THE COOP
Tangled in a world of beauty and decay, Santiago documents a world devouring itself, where chickens and ravers move in sync.
The Coop is a meditation on the absurdities of life and its unavoidable destiny.
The story follows Santiago, a young man working on a chicken farm, who begins filming both his daily routines and the frenetic nightlife of illegal techno parties, where he also works selling fried chicken. As he drifts between these two seemingly unrelated worlds, he becomes fascinated by their hidden similarities.
Shot both on 16mm and digital, The Coop is a celebration of existence in absurd spaces.
AWARDS
IATSE, International Cinematographers Guild
2023 Emerging Cinematographer Award, highlighting the work of the DOP Brook Karner.
FESTIVALS
New York Portuguese Short-Film Festival:
- Premiered at the Lincoln Film Center in New York, USA;
- Camões Angola - Cooperação, Cultura e Língua, Luanda, Angola;
- Camões Centro Cultural Pólo do Mindelo, Cape Verde
- Casa Garden, Fundação oriente, Macau
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra, Portugal;
The Foreigners
DOCUMENTARY, 11MIN, PORTUGAL, 2018
The discovery of Vido, a place on the northern border of Portugal, where melancholy dictates the fate of people. A story about the bravery of leaving and the resilience of staying.
FESTIVALS
Winner of Altominho Storytelling competition, 2019;
- Frames, Portuguese Film Festival, 2018 (Estocolmo, Sweden);
- Caminhos Film Festival, 2018 (Coimbra, Portugal);
- Córtex International Short Film Festival, 2018 (Sintra, Portugal);
- Shortcutz Leiria, 2020 (Leiria, Portugal);
Mostras:
- Cinema no Estendal, 2018 (Lisboa, Portugal);
- Mostra de Primeiras Curtas no Candelabro, 2020 (Porto, Portugal);
- Films from the South, 2020 (Thessaloniki, Grécia);
- Desafio da Time Out: uma curta por dia, 2021 (Online);
- Festival A Porta, 2021 (Leiria, Portugal);
