https://www.alvesagsma.net/o-balde daily 0.75 2025-04-27 https://www.alvesagsma.net/o-balde/monstra-2025-en monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240783998-A1632XHMKA6Q4DQHNU4Z/maxresdefault.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - Click on the image to watch Veni Vidi Non Vici https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240792609-X2T7ZYLWCK5AUCI6G4A2/Thumbnail.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239595644-OEKG3L8CTYNCLD52R975/circle-joung-yumi2.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239593494-V2PJMT57AN12UL1ASZ38/1501238.jpeg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - Click on the image to watch Loca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239598111-7VTEQR222910QMPLBKQN/TWTC_04-1024x429.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239596989-W71ZMO1TFTPQR9GVLEM8/bc72543a-af79-4a96-9588-7fb724048e7f.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239593945-66LZNU9V01PQ1H8YJCJN/471051886_18048963842476432_2370629685710085489_n.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239597160-1JUBL8H985XF2C8FXFFG/MiserableMiracle_005.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223220635-QWDO3Q4LFL7VX9CTX7W3/fe_896_504_cipok_es_patak1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223220437-1M6R06OPOPEXBETI0NOZ/1903327369-08adbea1ce447bc72eb6d47aa7b1af76dd0e618ee4579e2890b80bbe188f9042-d.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223218991-78HZLEYDT0L44EWW7O11/24a2b525e1c23995-2360-1000-e-60.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223221489-2WJP94GO4LRDWEMY3DJP/visuel-confirme-4-730x437.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224117194-B72G6GDTFA2KFXBAFBSZ/%E2%98%85pear+garden_still+01.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - PEAR GARDEN, by Shadab Shayegan (Germany) An adorable movie about one of the hardest subject to explain to a child: breast cancer. This movie ends with an hilarious and heartwarming outcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224201528-QWPULKJB61S9K4K6AWP9/Baran_Sedighian_The-Deer_Baran_Sedighian_The-Deer00656-1000x563.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - THE DEER, by Baran Sedighian (Netherlands) A picturesque fable told by an Iranian director based in the Netherlands, this contains a minimalist art direction, though with a composition similar to eastern tapestry to tell a story with medieval sensibilities, with a highly effective result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224117567-SIAT4QCW5D9QFP2BW2NF/HSD008+copy.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - HIC SVNT DRACONES, by Justin Fayard (France) This movie must be seen on a big screen, like an IMAX one, for its ghostly landscapes and its otherworldly soundscape are worthy of the famous latin phrase, which describes an unknown and inhospitable place for any living being. Seeing this movie felt like climbing down a cave of ice and cold fire, unable to return. Without a shadow of a doubt, my favorite movie from this competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224201137-DFCYRFL75BK52TTZL0MQ/ba44f44695be6ccb-1600-1600-f-80.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - YOU ARE MY LIGHT, by Hana Stehlíková (Czech Republic) A goregeous and moving story about the pressure and stress a mother deals when her child is born. Post-labor depression is sort of an abstract concept for the male audience, and this movie explains this unexpected predicament effortlessly through the use of metaphors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224114155-VS5GFZGNKBO692AVXWRM/HEY-DAD_3.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - HI DAD, by WeiFan Wang (Taiwan) A succinct but deeply impactful movie. The director reveals his conflict and frustration in coming out to his father. To complement the brief dialog, surreal images fill the screen to emphasize the protagonist’s pressure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224110270-SBLPRGT6SM0D6Z5U7SZH/film_image_PA_jugement-dernie_1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - FINAL JUDGEMENT, by Clémence Taveau (France) A short but fun film about a field trip to Italy. A pleasant surprise, for I can relate with this story and the field trips which it’s inspired on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224118690-C27ZPF7DAHS9XMB8WUPS/image-w1280.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - ADIÓS, by José Prats (United Kingdom) This gorgeous stop motion movie won the Generation M award at the Monstrinha competition, but it’s worth being mentioned in this category. A self-reflective movie about migration in search of a new life, at the cost of leaving the family behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744217783258-DW4L10PHSAJD93SKPOEZ/MONT_NOIR_Marguerite-1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - MONT NOIR, by Erika Haglund, Jean-Baptiste Peltier (France, Portugal) This co-production of Portugal and France was at Annecy’s official selection, and it stands out from its picturesque art direction and heartbreaking story of a young girl that writes to deal with mortality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218289567-ZZNMYRMS9NYXWT012C33/Entropic-Memory_Still-2.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - ENTROPIC MEMORY, by Nicolas Brault (Canada) One of the experimental movies that I saw at both Annecy and Cinanima, winning an award in the latter. A creative use of objects gathered from the aftermath of a flood, which oozes a profuse aura of sadness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218289981-095XPBFELX7RTHHYKUIG/Renoldner_Stampfer_Dreams_30_Zirkustraum-Ende_courtesy_sixpackfilm.large.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - STAMPFER DREAMS, by Thomas Renoldner (Austria) The latest movie by one of Monstra’s guest artists, and his most accessible work from his long career as a filmmaker, Thomas Renoldner made an extensive research of the live and work of scientist Simon von Stampfer and the creation of the stroboscopic disc, one of the first optical toys and an ancestor of cinema. The final result is a movie made with a lot of care, and a fascinating companion book about the making of this tribute to Stampfer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218522011-8KWEZET2UT7W36A3W4AA/volcelest-16-web-1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - VOLCELEST, by Eric Briche (France) An intense movie about a ferret that tries to survive the harsh winters in the mountains. An excellent movie on a technical level, and an anxiety-inducing story. Not at all a fairy tale with cute woodland critters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218644248-QTF1G779C8YSWYSNBWQT/kronicitet_3.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - CHRONICITY, by Aleta Rajič (Bosnia and Herzegovina) The less I talk about this movie, the better. It’s a prime example of a plot twist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218902235-XVAFU2HYBHBK5RM41YRN/MV5BYzM3MzI0ZGItNzAwNi00MzZhLWI2YjgtNDEyOTJkZjRmNmEzXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - TENNIS, ORANGES, by Sean Pecknold (USA) Another movie from Annecy and Cinanima’s official selections, this surreal stop-motion movie starts out funny, but as the fable of the rabbit and the roomba unfolds, it becomes moving or even tragic. With this movie I learned that I have a keen sense in identifying a crowd 's applause, and with Tennis, Oranges, I recognized a moved and enthralled public applauding when it was over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218963628-YV5UJ5JJCWOCC9GNCD9N/1728124926341d5f6c8490eb30d655f1e.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - SKRFF, by Corrie Francis Parks e Daniel Nuderscher (Austria) Another experimental movie with an exquisite quality, this time around about a public wall in Vienna with over 40 years worth of graffiti and paint, which is scraped layer by layer, revealing a surprising color palette. A geology lesson in concrete. The SKRFF_ology Team brought over to the festival postcards with screenshots of the movie and augmented reality, a brilliant way to promote the movie, which will be part of Annecy’s official selection this year. Hats off to everyone at SKRFF_ology Team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225394728-K86TJPD8SXRN2V3OB9RO/10_1-090.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225393771-3HOQ64XWCJG5TO2Q0WWD/1_10-007632.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225394096-TZ8BG1I74354TORXXEXI/0002.1709814274.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225395986-755WO9IAQ9TK2K87TQBD/1062341-recordari-1280.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225396404-1H6JHYYCKYTUUO1S1K2D/unnamed.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236375732-W87001W5XHBLVF1KPCX1/Hello_Summer-1_Maur-film.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - HELLO SUMMER!, by Martin Smatana e Veronika Zacharová (Slovakia) Smatana is a creative and brilliant craftsman, and Hello Summer! Is another prime example of his universally appealing work, using everyday objects in unorthodox ways, as well as a hilarious and relatable narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236378842-WQ3VU5QNCWPDMF1NV44K/lt-mainpoitrinecoeur-w.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - THE PAINTING, by Michèle Lemieux (Canada) A movie which with every new watch becomes more somber. The reinterpretation of a painting as innocuous as a portrait of Marianne of Austria by Velásquez is displayed with zero subtlety and a ghostly aura, all around the young queen’s sad expression. The movie is available on NFB’s YouTube channel. WATCH HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236375476-FYK5OR4H8YS8KNG52G2W/A-Night-at-the-Rest-Area_Still-4.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - A NIGHT AT THE REST AREA, by Saki Muramoto (Japan) There’s no situation during a trip more unpleasant than a forced stop at a rest area in the middle of the night, and I know no movie that demonstrates such reality like this one, with the use of cute animals in contrast to the depressing environment, exacerbating the movie’s humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236374124-PCMF2IY2TR829JSH8ZTK/67d54b0b-ff91-4b91-a248-773cf5b68e1c_rw_1920.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - DAUGHTER OF BUTADES, by Hirotoshi Iwasaki (Japan) A movie hard to recommend to anyone, but beautiful regardless, with its graphite drawings flowing at the narrator’s voice, in a reflective and sad tone. The movie had a complementary exhibition which can be seen in Hirotoshi Iwasaki’s website. WATCH HERE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236380191-2MXR8G97KKOUXFAFYYMV/UNDGR_1_00001185.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - UNDERGROUND, de Yiannis Christoforou (Grece, Cyprus) A movie with a nihilistic, even hellish ambiance, with a stop-motion animation and camerawork that help emphasize its claustrophobic environment. An authentic Divine Comedy for ambient lovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236435817-KOKKIVQMNHAGXP3I34VW/1966649664-76309f878596a4ed3a20fa7c3c14ac62c77ef087c0103f434879a4b103159d45-d.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - Gina Kamentsky’s Pinnochio in 70mm (USA) One of the wackiest movies seen at Annecy, Gina Kamentsky creates her own version of Carlo Collodi’s classic, likely as a response to the amount of animated adaptations that showed up over the last couple of years, from Disney’s remake to Guillermo del Toro’s stop motion movie. The movie is available on the director’s Vimeo channel.WATCH HERE (epilepsy warning) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236379811-ADVSF6SML77TT74HWQCT/The20Night20Boots_primaryStill_01.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - THE NIGHT BOOTS, by Pierre-Luc Granjon (France) This movie received an honorable mention but I’ll mention it here for it’s a delight. An artistic and narrative style worthy of a children’s book, the story of a boy that makes a bizarre friendship in the middle of the woods at night was the biggest surprise of this festival, not only for being new for me, but also for being executed practically flawlessly. A masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240167232-P9BJR41C1KQ0B2RZEQMU/TVC_Still3_web.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - THREE COMMA FOURTEEN, by Joana Nogueira e Patrícia Rodrigues Animais AVPL is a studio that encourages experiment in film, as well as the exploration of themes barely touched, if at all, by auteur cinema. Three Comma Fourteen feels like the culmination of both pillars, exploring a rather contentious subject for certain parents, that being children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, and using many animation techniques to create various planes of existence and perspectives from the points of view of children stuck in their classroom tables. A movie that becomes more intriguing on the second watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240178998-40ZOAIGCTYW5VGZUA6UN/The20Girl20with20the20Occupied20Eyes20FINAL-1.jpg.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - The Choices of António Alves - THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES, by André Carrilho The first time I saw the movie it convinced me to buy the book this movie is based on, to my nephew, who loved it the moment he opened the first page and was in awe of André Carrilho’s vibrant illustrations. Watching it a second time made me realize that André is a remarkable director. Rather than it being a direct adaptation of the book, several changes were made in order to make the movie more accessible and not render the book obsolete: for instance, changing narration for an original soundtrack by musician Nuno Costa and his band was a stroke of genius. Other details, such as the titular girl reacting to certain characters and the phone literally pulling her away as if it was cursed, and the world that gains shape with strokes and blots that gradually show up, complementing the song that sounds seemingly improvised, are elements that make this movie particularly special. A movie adaptation is never easy, especially children's books with a distinct visual identity, and many times the authors of their respective books aren’t tailored for such job, but André Carrilho has proven otherwise and emerged triumphant in this challenge. https://www.alvesagsma.net/o-balde/monstra-2025-pt monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225394728-K86TJPD8SXRN2V3OB9RO/10_1-090.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225393771-3HOQ64XWCJG5TO2Q0WWD/1_10-007632.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225394096-TZ8BG1I74354TORXXEXI/0002.1709814274.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225395986-755WO9IAQ9TK2K87TQBD/1062341-recordari-1280.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744225396404-1H6JHYYCKYTUUO1S1K2D/unnamed.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223220635-QWDO3Q4LFL7VX9CTX7W3/fe_896_504_cipok_es_patak1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223220437-1M6R06OPOPEXBETI0NOZ/1903327369-08adbea1ce447bc72eb6d47aa7b1af76dd0e618ee4579e2890b80bbe188f9042-d.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223218991-78HZLEYDT0L44EWW7O11/24a2b525e1c23995-2360-1000-e-60.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744223221489-2WJP94GO4LRDWEMY3DJP/visuel-confirme-4-730x437.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239595644-OEKG3L8CTYNCLD52R975/circle-joung-yumi2.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239593494-V2PJMT57AN12UL1ASZ38/1501238.jpeg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Carregue na imagem para ver Loca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239598111-7VTEQR222910QMPLBKQN/TWTC_04-1024x429.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239596989-W71ZMO1TFTPQR9GVLEM8/bc72543a-af79-4a96-9588-7fb724048e7f.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239593945-66LZNU9V01PQ1H8YJCJN/471051886_18048963842476432_2370629685710085489_n.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744239597160-1JUBL8H985XF2C8FXFFG/MiserableMiracle_005.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240783998-A1632XHMKA6Q4DQHNU4Z/maxresdefault.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Carregue na imagem para ver Veni Vidi Non Vici https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240792609-X2T7ZYLWCK5AUCI6G4A2/Thumbnail.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224117194-B72G6GDTFA2KFXBAFBSZ/%E2%98%85pear+garden_still+01.png O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - O JARDIM DAS PÊRAS, de Shadab Shayegan (Alemanha) Um filme adorável sobre um dos tópicos mais difíceis de explicar a uma criança: o cancro da mama. Este termina com um final simultaneamente cómico e amoroso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224201528-QWPULKJB61S9K4K6AWP9/Baran_Sedighian_The-Deer_Baran_Sedighian_The-Deer00656-1000x563.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - O VEADO, de Baran Sedighian (Países Baixos) Uma fábula pitoresca vinda de uma realizadora iraniana sediada nos Países Baixos, este possui uma estética minimalista, contudo semelhante à tapeçaria oriental para contar uma história com uma sensibilidade medieval, que resulta de forma surpreendente. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224117567-SIAT4QCW5D9QFP2BW2NF/HSD008+copy.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - HIC SVNT DRACONES, de Justin Fayard (França) Este filme merece ser visto numa tela grande, como as de uma sala IMAX, pois as paisagens fantasmagóricas e a sua sonoplastia do outro mundo fazem jus à famosa frase latina que indica um lugar desconhecido e inóspito para qualquer ser vivo. Ver este filme foi como explorar uma caverna de gelo e fogo frio sem retorno. Sem dúvida o meu filme favorito nesta competição. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224201137-DFCYRFL75BK52TTZL0MQ/ba44f44695be6ccb-1600-1600-f-80.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - ÉS A MINHA LUZ, de Hana Stehlíková (República Checa) Um filme belo e comovente sobre a pressão e o stress que uma mãe lida quando o primeiro filho chega ao nosso mundo. Depressão pós-parto é algo abstracto para um público masculino, e este filme ajuda a explicar com metáforas esta situação inesperada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224114155-VS5GFZGNKBO692AVXWRM/HEY-DAD_3.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - OLÁ, PAI, de WeiFan Wang (Taiwan) Um filme sucinto mas com um impacto profundo. O realizador divulga o conflito e a frustração em revelar ao seu pai a sua orientação sexual. Para complementar o curto diálogo, imagens surreais preenchem o cenário para dar ênfase à pressão que o protagonista enfrenta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224110270-SBLPRGT6SM0D6Z5U7SZH/film_image_PA_jugement-dernie_1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - JUÍZO FINAL, de Clémence Taveau (França) Um filme curto mas divertido sobre uma visita de estudo a Itália. Esta foi uma surpresa agradável, pois relaciono com este filme e as visitas de estudo da qual esta história inspirou-se. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744224118690-C27ZPF7DAHS9XMB8WUPS/image-w1280.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - ADIÓS, de José Prats (Reino Unido) Este belo filme de stop-motion ganhou o prémio Geração M na competição Monstrinha, mas vale a pena ser mencionado nesta categoria. Um filme auto-reflexivo sobre a migração em busca de uma nova vida, à custa de deixar a família para trás. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744217783258-DW4L10PHSAJD93SKPOEZ/MONT_NOIR_Marguerite-1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Mont Noir, de Erika Haglund, Jean-Baptiste Peltier (França, Portugal) Esta co-produção da França e Portugal esteve na selecção oficial de Annecy, e destaca-se pela direcção artística pitoresca e uma história avassaladora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218289567-ZZNMYRMS9NYXWT012C33/Entropic-Memory_Still-2.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Entropic Memory, de Nicolas Brault (Canadá) Um dos filmes experimentais que vi em Annecy e no Cinanima. Um uso criativo de materiais destruídos por uma cheia que convoca um ambiente de tristeza pura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218289981-095XPBFELX7RTHHYKUIG/Renoldner_Stampfer_Dreams_30_Zirkustraum-Ende_courtesy_sixpackfilm.large.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Stampfer Dreams, de Thomas Renoldner (Austria) O novo filme de um dos artistas convidados desta edição da Monstra, e o trabalho mais acessível da sua longa carreira de cineasta, Thomas Renoldner fez uma pesquisa extensiva na vida e trabalho do cientista Simon von Stampfer e a criação do disco estroboscópico, um dos primeiros brinquedos ópticos e um antecessor do cinema. O resultado é um filme feito com imenso carinho, e um livro fascinante sobre a criação deste para homenagear Stampfer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218522011-8KWEZET2UT7W36A3W4AA/volcelest-16-web-1.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - VOLCELEST, de Eric Briche (França) Um filme arrebatador sobre um arminho que tenta sobreviver ao duro inverno nas montanhas. Um filme excelente a nível técnico, e extremamente intenso. Não é de todo um filme sobre animais do bosque para os mais novos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218644248-QTF1G779C8YSWYSNBWQT/kronicitet_3.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Chronicity, de Aleta Rajič (Bósnia e Herzegovina) Quanto menos falar deste filme, melhor. É um filme exemplar em como revelar uma surpresa, ou como os ingleses dizem, um plot twist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218902235-XVAFU2HYBHBK5RM41YRN/MV5BYzM3MzI0ZGItNzAwNi00MzZhLWI2YjgtNDEyOTJkZjRmNmEzXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Tennis, Oranges, de Sean Pecknold (Estados Unidos) Outro dos filmes da selecção oficial de Annecy e do Cinanima, este filme de stop-motion surreal começa cómico, mas à medida que vemos esta fábula do aspirador e do coelho a desenvolver-se, torna-se comovente e até trágico. Com este filme aprendi que tenho um ouvido a distinguir os aplausos do público, e com Tennis, Oranges, identifiquei este como o de um público emocionado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744218963628-YV5UJ5JJCWOCC9GNCD9N/1728124926341d5f6c8490eb30d655f1e.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - SKRFF, de Corrie Francis Parks e Daniel Nuderscher (Austria) Mais um filme experimental de uma qualidade soberba, desta vez sobre uma parede pública em Viena coberta com 40 anos de graffiti e outras tintas, que são raspadas camada a camada, revelando uma paleta de cores impressionantes. Uma lição de geologia em betão. A equipa SKRFF_ology trouxe para o festival postais do filme com realidade aumentada, uma forma genial de promover o filme, que vai este ano entrar na selecção oficial de Annecy. A SKRFF_ology está toda de parabéns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240167232-P9BJR41C1KQ0B2RZEQMU/TVC_Still3_web.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - TRÊS VÍRGULA CATORZE, de Joana Nogueira e Patrícia Rodrigues A Animais AVPL é um estúdio que motiva a experimentação em filme, como também a exploração de temas que são pouco ou mal explorados no cinema de autor. Três Vírgula Catorze parece ser o culminar dos dois patamares, explorando um tópico difícil para certos pais, este sendo as crianças com Perturbação de Hiperatividade com Défice de Atenção, ou PHDA, e misturando diversas técnicas para criar planos de existência e perspectivas diferentes vindos das crianças presas nas suas secretárias na sala de aula. Um filme que se torna mais potente numa segunda visualização. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744240178998-40ZOAIGCTYW5VGZUA6UN/The20Girl20with20the20Occupied20Eyes20FINAL-1.jpg.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - A MENINA COM OS OLHOS OCUPADOS, de André Carrilho A primeira vez que vi o filme convenceu-me a comprar o livro que este se baseia para o meu sobrinho, que amou no momento que folheou as páginas e viu as ilustrações vibrantes do André Carrilho. Ao ver uma segunda vez, apercebi-me que o André é um realizador exímio. Em vez de ser uma adaptação directa do livro, diversas alterações foram feitas que tornam o filme mais acessível e não torna o livro obsoleto: antes de mais, trocar a narração por uma banda sonora original do músico Nuno Costa e a sua banda foi um golpe de génio. Outros pormenores, como o da menina a reagir a certos personagens e o telemóvel literalmente a puxar a protagonista como se estivesse amaldiçoado, e o mundo que ganha forma gradualmente com pinceladas e rabiscos que complementam a música que soa improvisado, são elementos que tornam este filme particularmente especial. Uma adaptação de um livro nunca é fácil, especialmente livros infantis com uma identidade visual estipulada, e muitas vezes os autores dos próprios livros não possuem essa destreza, mas André Carrilho triunfou esse objectivo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236375732-W87001W5XHBLVF1KPCX1/Hello_Summer-1_Maur-film.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - OLÁ VERÃO!, de Martin Smatana e Veronika Zacharová (Eslováquia) Smatana é um artesão criativo e genial, e Olá, Verão! É mais um exemplo do seu trabalho com um apelo universal, utilizando objectos do dia-a-dia de formas completamente fora da caixa, como também uma narrativa simultaneamente hilariante e relacionável. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236378842-WQ3VU5QNCWPDMF1NV44K/lt-mainpoitrinecoeur-w.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - O QUADRO, de Michèle Lemieux (Canadá) Um filme que com cada visualização torna-se cada vez mais tenebroso. A reinterpretação de um quadro de aspecto inócuo como um retrato de Mariana de Áustria por Velásquez é demonstrado com zero subtileza e com uma sensação fantasmagórica, tudo à volta da expressão infeliz da jovem rainha. O filme está disponível online na página do YouTube da NFB. VEJA AQUI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236375476-FYK5OR4H8YS8KNG52G2W/A-Night-at-the-Rest-Area_Still-4.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - UMA NOITE NA ÁREA DE SERVIÇO, de Saki Muramoto (Japão) Não há situação mais desagradável numa viagem do que ser obrigado a parar numa área de serviço a meio da noite, e não conheço nenhum filme que demonstra essa realidade tal como este, com o uso de animais de aspecto amoroso para dar contraste ao cenário depressivo, exacerbando o humor deste filme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236374124-PCMF2IY2TR829JSH8ZTK/67d54b0b-ff91-4b91-a248-773cf5b68e1c_rw_1920.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - A FILHA DE BUTADES, de Hirotoshi Iwasaki (Japão) Um filme difícil de recomendar a qualquer um, mas não deixa de ser belo, com os desenhos de grafite que fluem ao som da narradora, num tom reflexivo e triste. Uma exposição foi feita a complementar o filme, que pode ser visto no website do realizador. VEJA AQUI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236380191-2MXR8G97KKOUXFAFYYMV/UNDGR_1_00001185.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - DEBAIXO DE TERRA, de Yiannis Christoforou (Grécia, Chipre) Um filme com um ambiente nihilista e até mesmo infernal, com um stop-motion que faz jus ao ambiente claustrofóbico. Uma autêntica Divina Comédia para os amantes da natureza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236435817-KOKKIVQMNHAGXP3I34VW/1966649664-76309f878596a4ed3a20fa7c3c14ac62c77ef087c0103f434879a4b103159d45-d.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - Pinóquio de Gina Kamentsky em 70mm (Estados Unidos) Um dos filmes mais tresloucados que vi no festival de Annecy, Gina Kamentsky cria a sua própria versão do clássico de Carlo Collodi, provavelmente como resposta à quantidade de adaptações animadas que apareceram nos últimos anos, desde o remake da Disney ao filme de Guillermo del Toro. O filme está disponível na página Vimeo da realizadora. VEJA AQUI (aviso de epilepsia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66631289a4effd72e02212a8/1744236379811-ADVSF6SML77TT74HWQCT/The20Night20Boots_primaryStill_01.jpg O Balde - Monstra 2025 - A Curadoria de António Alves - BOTAS PARA A NOITE, de Pierre-Luc Granjon (França) Este filme recebeu uma menção honrosa, mas abro excepção, pois é uma delícia. Um estilo artístico e narrativa dignos de um livro infantil, a história de um rapaz que faz uma amizade inesperada numa floresta a meio da noite foi a maior surpresa deste festival, não só por ter sido uma novidade para mim, como também por ter sido executado de forma sublime, praticamente sem falhas. 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