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)


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/Belgium/Finland/Brazil




AWARD

Award - Best National Student Animation - Caminhos do Cinema 2024 - Portugal
Prémio de Melhor Ensaio Nacional de Animação


NOMINATIONS

Best Master and Ph.D. short film in the Sophia Awards 2024 - Portugal

EXHIBITIONS

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
21st Imaginaria - International Animation Film Festival - Italy
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.


more to be announced!






CREDIT LIST

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