CHERRY, PASSION FRUIT
Short film, Animation, 5', 1.37:1
Charcoal - Under the Camera technique
Film developed on the context of ReAnima Joint Masters (Lusófona University/ LUCA School of Arts/ AALTO University)
Short film, Animation, 5', 1.37:1
Charcoal - Under the Camera technique
Film developed on the context of ReAnima Joint Masters (Lusófona University/ LUCA School of Arts/ AALTO University)
SYNOPSIS
Nature contains both the flowing waterfall and the consuming fire. Inside a mysterious rainforest, lust takes shape between love and pain. Would you face your haunting desire?
2024, Portugal/Brazil
Nature contains both the flowing waterfall and the consuming fire. Inside a mysterious rainforest, lust takes shape between love and pain. Would you face your haunting desire?
2024, Portugal/Brazil
“Através da simplicidade da mancha e dureza do traço, o filme revela a sensibilidade e vulnerabilidade de um desejo contido” .
| Best National Student Animation | |||
| Prémio de Melhor Ensaio Nacional de Animação
Caminhos do Cinema 2024 - Portugal “Este filme impressionou-nos pela sua abordagem sensorial e experimental à complexidades das nossas emoções, sendo criado com um traço expressivo, a carvão.” Best Portuguese Short - Student Competition Melhor Curta Portuguesa - Competição Estudantes MONSTRA Festival 2025 - Portugal “Cherry, Passion Fruit impressiona pela complexidade de sua estrutura narrativa e pelo roteiro maduro. A direção é o ponto alto, articulando habilmente os elementos poéticos da obra para contar uma história profunda e marcante.” Best Direction - Main Competition Melhor Direção Lanterna Mágica 2025 - Brasil NOMINATIONS Best Master and Ph.D. short film in the Sophia Awards 2024 - Portugal |
Animafest Zagreb 2024 - Croatia (Worldwide Premiere)
15th Anibar International Animation Festival - Kosovo
32nd Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival - Portugal
| PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival). Tallinn, Estonia |
13th Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival - Brazil
ANIMAGE - Brazil
10th Taichung International Animation Festival - Taiwan
42nd Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival - USA
| Fredrikstad Animation Festival. Fredrikstad, Norway |
| Animasyros International Animation Festival. Syros, Greece | |||
| ANIMAGE. Pernambuco, Brazil | |||
| Cinema Queer; Stockholm Queer Film Festival. Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| 9th Ajayu International Animation Festival. Puno, Peru | |||
| Queer Porto 10 - Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer. Porto, Portugal | |||
| Scottish Queer International Film Festival. Glasgow, Scotland UK | |||
| Bolton International Film Festival. Bolton, UK | |||
| 10th Taichung International Animation Festival. Taichung, Taiwan | |||
| 16th International Animated Film Festival Banjaluka | |||
| Queer Film Festival Oldenburg. Oldernburg, Germany | |||
| Entre Olhares - Mostra de Cinema Português. Barreiro, Portugal | |||
| 17th Beijing Queer Film Festival. Beijing, China | |||
| 22º Curta Santos. Santos, Brazil | |||
| Mix Brasil Festival of Diversity Culture. São Paulo, Brazil | |||
| Caminhos do Cinema Português. Coimbra, Portugal | |||
| The 21st Animateka International Animated Film Festival. Ljubljana, Slovenia | |||
| Animaí 2024. Bahia, Brazil | |||
| International queer film festival Merlinka. Belgrade, Serbia | |||
| 21 MFL - Mostra do Filme Livre. Brasília, Rio de Janeiro e Sao Paulo, Brazil. MONSTRA. Lisbon, Portugal |
more to be announced!
A film by Renato José Duque
Animation and Text Renato José Duque
Sound Mariana Vieira Gregório
Original Soundtrack Afonso Gaspar
Animation Assistants Diogo Almeida
Helena Figueiredo
Ending Illustration Marcella Tamayo
Life Model Afonso Gaspar
Graphic Designer Bruno Claro
Foley Marília Mencucini
Sound Recording Afonso Pinto
Project Supervisor Paulo Viveiros
Project Advisor José Miguel Ribeiro
Project hosting Praça Filmes
Confraria de Sons e Charutos