Archive: Year 2016
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Ascension
Ascensão
Director
Pedro Peralta
Producer
João Matos
Cinematographer
João Ribeiro
Editor
Francisco Moreira
Sound
Miguel Martins
Ricardo Leal
Contact
TERRATREME
João Matos
+351 212 415 754
[email protected]
2016
Portugal
18 min
Color
At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure the situation. In the centre of it all, a mother awaits her son's body. How can life cease to be when in nature there is an enduring renewal?
Director
Pedro Peralta was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works. In 2012 he completed the Masters in Film Studies, where he directed the short film MUPEPY MUNATIM (2012), which was selected and awarded in several national and international film festivals. His latest short is ASCENSAO, selected to premiere at the Cannes' La Semaine de la Critique.
Other films in INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
A Matter of Will
A Night In Tokoriki
Another City
Dota
Enemies Within
Eye for an Eye
Frankfurter Str. 99a
Greener Grass
Happy End
I Was a Winner
Import
Kanun
Lost Exile
Manoman
Mother
Mother Knows Best
Night Without Distance
Raisa
Still Holding Still
The Deal
The Goodbye
The Pain
The Sadness Will Not Last Forever
The Silence
Tuesday
Under The Sun
Virgin Land
Whatever the Weather
World War Cup
World Wide Woven Bodies
Yellow Fieber
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