Porto Femme Sessions – Travels #25


Avenida - Café Concerto

Event Details

In September, at Avenida Café-Concerto in Aveiro, we present the 3rd cycle of a program based on the 2nd Edition of the Porto Femme International Film Festival, which took place from June 18th to 22nd.

This program includes some team favorite’s films and others highlighted by several factors. The purpose is to present a sample that is representative of the program presented, as well as of perspectives and genres.

This includes 3 short fictions and 1 animation coming from Lebanon, Hungary, France and Afghanistan.

Porto Femme Sessions are thematic cycles in which the common denominator is films directed by women. The objective is to give visibility to the work of women in the film industry, through the projection of their works and, whenever possible, their presence in the sessions, promoting the encounter between the public and the authors.

 

 

TSHWEESH

Lebanon | 25’00’’ | Fiction | 2017

Director: Feyrouz Serhal

Cast: Petra Serhal

Production: Stefan Gieren, Felipe Lage Coro, Feyrouz Serhal, Lara Abou Saifan

 

 

Synopsis

The football World Cup kicks off today and the people of Beirut are eager for the big awaited event.

While life moves on normally in such a day, the signal of the first match seems to be disrupted by strange audio waves. The frustration in the air builds up giving way to a bigger live event.

 

Link Trailer: https://vimeo.com/240640770

  

 

LAST CALL 

Hungary | 27’17’’ | Fiction | 2018 | BEST ACTRESS AWARD

Director: Hajni Kis

Cast: Kati Zsurzs

Production: Gábor Garami, Miklós Gorácz

 

 

Synopsis

Anikó, 61, is about to leave Hungary to move in with her daughter’s family abroad. This is her final day before departing from everything she used to have.

 

Link Trailer: https://vimeo.com/284487515

 

 

CLEMENCE’S AFTERNOON 

France | 10’00’’ | Animation | 2017

Director: Lénaïg Le Moigne

Voices: Rémi Sulli, Frédéric Colas, Franck Beckmann, Manuel Morvant, Edwige Livet, Martine Tornil-Ladoire, Aude Briand, Lilou Tondut

Production: Miyu Productions, Lénaïg Le Moigne

Synopsis

Clémence and her parents participate to a big country picnic. Arriving late, Clemence joins the other children who are already playing away from adults, but everything does not happen in the good mood expected.

 

Link Trailer: https://vimeo.com/255755358

 

 

THE RED BICYCLE

Afghanistan | 11’ | Fiction | 2018

Director: Fazila Amiri

Cast: Farzana Nawabi, Mahal Wak, Sadam Wahidy

Production: Salar Pashtoonyar

 

Synopsis

Mahal, a young Afghan woman, jailed for “moral crime” in a women’s prison, plots a daring escape in order to meet with her lover before he departs for war.

 

Link Trailer: N/A