

Ara had always believed she would disappear at twenty-eight years old. With that birthday approaching, she pursues the most basic feelings of existence in the water, the sun and the sublime. The state of trance is a wholesome place, alien-like, pervaded by invisible forces. When Ara realizes where her belief came from, she's propelled to catharsis: does she disappear?
Featuring: Ágata de Pinho, Diana Sá, Maria Gil, Maria Alice de Pinho, Íris
Directed by: Ágata de Pinho
Cinematography: Leonor Teles
Sound: Bernardo Theriaga, Joana Niza Braga
Editing: Alexander David, Tiago Siopa, Ágata de Pinho
Producers: Ágata de Pinho, Filipa Reis
Produced by: Uma Pedra no Sapato
Promotion and International Sales: Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency
Funded by: ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Fundação GDA
Festivals and Awards
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Short & Mid-length (NL 01.2022)
IndieLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema
National Competition (PT 04.2022)
Curtas Vila do Conde
National Panorama (PT 07.2022)
Edinburgh International Film Festival
(IE 08.2022)
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Short Film Competition (HK 08.2022)
Caminhos do Cinema Português
Selecção Caminhos (PT 11.2022)
Queer Porto
(PT 11.2022)
Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival
International Competition (GR 06.2022)
Leiden Shorts
International Competition (NL 06.2022)
DokuFest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival
International Shorts (XK 08.2022)
Split Film Festival
International Festival of New Film (HR 09.2022)
Porto Femme – Festival Internacional de Cinema
National Competition (PT 09.2022)
Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
(FI 09.2022)
Tampere Film Festival Pop-up gallery @ Pispala Clothing
(FI 09.2022)
Film Festival Cologne
Look (DE 10.2022)
Entre Olhares
Olhar o Mundo (PT 11.2022)
Cork International Film Festival
(IE 11.2022)
Exground Filmfest
(DE 11.2022)
Mar Film Festival
(PT 11.2022)
Triste Para Sempre
(PT 12.2022)
Honorable Mention of the National Competition
Festival de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sección Oficial (ES 04.2023)
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