Directo

Written and Directed by: Luís Alvarães and Luís Mário Lopes

Short film, 2010

Format: HD

Whilst their maid sets the table for dinner, a couple watches a bank robbery happening on live TV. The robbers have taken two hostages and are being targeted by snipers. The couple’s phones are constantly ringing. The husband reveals that he is the one who has to give the order to kill the robbers. Nothing can stop the execution…

Festivais

2012

Academia Portuguesa de Cinema – Seleccionado para Prémios Sophia 2012 – Lisboa, Portugal

Festival de Cinema de Arouca – Cine Club de Arouca, Portugal – Melhor Filme Nacional

2011

Fest’Afilm, Festival International du Film Lusophone et Francophone de Montpellier – França – Grande Prémio do Júri AMADIS

Faial Film Festival, Festival de Cinema dos Açores – Açores, Portugal

Cortopotere Short FilmFestival, XI – Bergamo, Itália

Cineport, Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa – Paraíba, Brasil – Prémio Andorinha Curta-metragem – Melhor Ficção

Shnit International Shortfilm Festival – Competição Internacional “shnit-OPEN” – Berna / Cape Town / Cologne / Vienna

2010

VII Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português – Coimbra, Portugal

15ª Edição OvarVideo, Festival de Vídeo de Ovar – Portugal