Films
Russa
João Salaviza & Ricardo Alves Jr.
Portugal, Brazil, 2018
16mm, Colour, 19'57''
Russa returns to Bairro do Aleixo in Porto, visiting her sister and friends with whom she celebrates her son’s birthday. In this brief reunion, Russa returns to the collective memory of her neighbourhood where three of the five towers still remain standing.
Information
With: Helena Campos, Maria Antonieta, Alberto Moreira
Directed by: João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr.
Production: João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, Ricardo Alves Jr., Thiago Macêdo Correia (Karõ Filmes, Entre Filmes, Material Bruto) Câmara Municipal do Porto - Pelouro da Cultura
Cinematography: Renée Nader Messora
Script: João Salaviza,, Ricardo Alves Jr., Renée Nader Messora, Germano Melo
Editing: João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr.
Sound director: Breno Furtado
Sound design: Léo Bortolin
Sound mix: Ariel Henrique
Original languages: Portuguese
Festivals & sales: Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency
Festival Selections
2018
- Berlinale Int. Film Festival
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival
- IndieLisboa (Árvore da Vida Award for Best Portuguese Film)
- Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival (Team Work Award)
- Zinebi Bilbao Int Festival of Documentary and Short Film
- Curtas Vila do Conde
- Hamburg Int. Short Film Festival
- Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes
- Guanajuato Int. Film Festival Expresión en Corto
- São Paulo Int. Short Film Festival KinoFórum
- Belo Horizonte Int. Short Film Festival
- Cinemed Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
- IBAFF Murcia Int. Film Festival
- Glasgow Short Film Festival
- CineMigrante - Festival Internacional de Cine
- Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema
- La Orquidea Film Festival
- Short Waves Film Festival
- Prémios Sophia APC (Nomitation Documentary Shortfilm)
- Macao International Documentary Film Festival
- Makedox - Creative Documentary Film Festival
- Kinemastik International Short Film Festival
- Perth Independent Latino Film Festival
- Medfilm Festival
- FIKE Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens
- Berlinale Spotlight India
- Urbanism Futurism Reality FvF Berlin
- Festival de Cinema Luso-brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira
- Córtex Sintra Short Film Festival
- Curt'Arruda - Festival de Cinema de Arruda dos Vinhos
- CineAvante!
- CloseUp Famalicão
- VistaCurta Festival de Curtas de Viseu
- Phi Centre Montreal
- EcoPorto
- As Noites de Boris - Cineclube do Porto
- Festival de Cinema Português - Rússia
- Desobedoc Mostra de Cinema