June 14, 2025
Light Viewpoint
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, the curated selection consisted of films that reflect on migration, intrinsic human value, and freedom of movement. The session culminated in a film concert in collaboration with the band TOFU BAD'TRIP, which addressed human flows and the obstacles they face in both concrete and abstract ways.
Some people tell the audience how they arrived at Luz.
JUNE
14
official selection of short films
2025
This selection was curated by the Pátio collective, focusing on films that reflect on migration, intrinsic human value, and freedom of movement .
An Orange from Jaffa
Mohammed Almmughanni FIC Palestine/Poland/France
Mohammed, a young Palestinian man, desperately seeks a taxi to cross an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers he has already missed the crossing. Problems begin.
Two Point Five Stars
Robin is at the reception of a hostel, as usual. She plays online chess to the monotonous sounds of the lobby. But guests create bizarre situations and she ends up being swept away by the absurdity.
The Pigeon Game
George Daniell DOC Portugal
In Lisbon, pigeon fancier Jorge Cunha maintains the age-old practice of training and competing with pigeons, reflecting on an unchanging routine in a changing city.
Barnacles
Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves ANIM Portugal
With the sea and urban Algarve as a backdrop, we follow the life cycle of barnacles, from formation to the plate, crossing contexts that better reveal the region and the people who live there.
Fusion
Richard Reeves TELEDISCUS Canada
It investigates the relationship between sound and image. An experimental animation experience created by drawing sound and image directly onto 35mm film.
A film-concert that explores, in both concrete and abstract ways, human flows and the obstacles they face.
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