Shorts

Shorts
Corrente (Flow)
Rodrigo Areias
Portugal, 2008
35mm | 15min. | Black and White | SD

Production: Periferia Filmes
Distribution: Portuguese Short Film Agency ([email protected])

Screenplay: Rodrigo Areias
Photography: Jorge Quintela
Editor: Tomás Baltazar
Music: Sean Riley & The Slowriders
Sound: Pedro Pestana
Actors: Vítor Correia, Inês Mariana Moitas
 
Sinopsis
Every day he washes in the river to try and scrub his miner's life off his skin and let himself go with the flow; she dreams of going too, but she's stuck. They're both held back by chains.
 
Bio
Rodrigo Areias (Guimarães, Portugal, 1978) studied sound and image at the Universidade Católica in Lisbon, and film at Tisch School of the Arts, New York. Back in Portugal, he worked with Contracosta (João Trabulo, Pedro Costa), Edgar Pêra and Paulo Rocha. He has directed videoclips and is a producer at Periferia Filmes.
 
Festivals

Best Short National Competition - Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, 2008
Onda Curta Award - Évora International Short Film Festival, 2008
Best Short Film - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Luanda (Angola), 2008