May 31, 2025
Santo Amaro neighborhood
The Estendal team was in residence in Lagos throughout June to bring cinema to the parishes of the municipality. We presented four sessions with a program that addresses what it is to be a child, to be a migrant, and to be a woman—reflecting on the housing crisis, the need for revolution, and the value of compassion. We filmed and created with the people of each neighborhood, mixing music with cinema and transforming the screen into a space for encounter, memory, and celebration.
In this session, we explored the theme of being a child. We joined the neighborhood children to film and create, giving them a handycam, a lens through which we could understand their own world.
Filipe filmed, Alexia danced, Jenni sang, and that's how the introduction to the Cinema on the Clothesline session was made.
The children welcomed the audience.
MAY
31
official selection of short films
2025
This curation was carried out by the Pátio collective with a focus on what it means to be a child.
Aaaah!
Osman Cerfon ANIM France
Shouting “aaaah!” can mean many different things. It can be a shout of joy, surprise, or pain, or even a shout of anger. It can even be a song. There’s always a new way to… aaaah!
T-ZERO
A real estate agent tries to persuade clients to rent apartments barely larger than shoeboxes, even if it means evicting the tenants living there.
Balkone
Xenia Smirnov ANIM Germany
"Balkone" showcases the curiosities and endearing quirks of everyday life in an apartment building, through glimpses from the residents' balconies.
My Stuffed Granny
Effie Pappa ANIM Greece
Little Sofia adores her grumpy grandmother, who eats what little they have. Her pension supports the family. But how far will they go when Grandma is no longer around?
Independência de Espírito
Marta Monteiro ANIM Portugal
Clélia is comfortable with solitude in her Lisbon home. She tends to her garden and, without noticing, begins to talk to the flowers—until she discovers that her neighbor... talks to pots and pans!
The difference between chaos and harmony can be as little as 15 minutes, which is the time it takes for three children and two mothers to get home from a car trip.
Circo
André Ruivo ANIM Portugal
With an ironic and nonsensical tone, and using short humorous gags, this film seeks to highlight clichés and the more unusual side of the circus concept.
Somni
Sonja Rohleder ANIM Germany
When bedtime arrives and we close our eyes, what do we see with our imagination as we enter the realm of dreams?
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