(ENGLISH TITLE: CRUTCHES)
DRAMA | FICTION | COLOR | BLU-RAY / DCP | 4K | 20′
LOGLINE
A broken family gets together for Christmas dinner when their mentally ill daughter comes home for the first time since she was institutionalized.
Produced as a film workshop for Universidade da Beira Interior 2016/2017 Film students, coordinated by Luis Campos
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS / AWARDS
OFFICIAL SELECTION, FESTIVAL CINE DE MADRID FCM-PNR 2018 (SPAIN)
OFFICIAL SELECTION, SHORT FILM COMPETITION FESTin 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION, FRAMES PORTUGUESE FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (SWEDEN)
OFFICIAL SELECTION, AVANCA FILM FESTIVAL (PORTUGUESE FILM PANORAMA) 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION, CURTA AÇORES 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION, YMOTION – FESTIVAL DE CINEMA JOVEM DE FAMALICÃO 2018
OFFICIAL SELECTION, FIRST FORTNIGHT EUROPEAN MENTAL HEALTH ARTS & CULTURE 2019 (IRELAND)
OFFICIAL SELECTION, I MOSTRA DE CINEMA PORTUGUÊS, VFX 2019
NOMINATED FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, AIP AWARDS 2018
CANNES SHORT FILM CORNER 2018
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE ORIENTE – GUATAPE 2018 (COLOMBIA)
FESTIVAL MENTAL 2017 (LISBOA)
UBICINEMA 2017
MACHICURTAS 2018
BULLIRE COOLTOURALL 2018
TEATRO MUNICIPAL DE PORTIMÃO / CHUA – DIA DA SAÚDE MENTAL 2018
SHORTCUTZ FIGUEIRA DA FOZ 2018
SHORTCUTZ OVAR 2018
// BROADCASTED AT CINEMAX CURTAS, RTP2 (PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TELEVISION), 26/12/2018
CREDITS
Producer, Writer & Director: Luis Campos
Cinematographer: Fábio M. B. Guerreiro
Sound Director: David Badalo
Original Score: Trevor Bennett
Cast (in alphabetic order): Diogo Freitas, Inês Meira, Joana Ribeiro, Paulo Nery, Teresa Tavares, Tina Barbosa
Co-Producer: Universidade da Beira Interior
Shot on location at Caria, Portugal
PRODUCED WITH SUPPORT BY:
