Festival internacional Signos da Noite - Lisboa
International Festival Signs of the Night - Lisbon
 





8° Festival internacional Signos da Noite - Lisboa - Montijo - Novembro 5-10, 2024

22th International Festival Signs of the Night - Portugal

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Montijo
Ateneu Popular do Montijo

6 Novembro
18 hs

The Dawn Chorus

Le choeur de l'aube
Arthur Shelton
France / 2024 / 0:16:59

At a time when everyone seems to have lost the ability to dream, Alice and her artists' collective are fighting to help people find their way back to their dreams. When she finally meets Ilam, her regular contact at the virtual friendship call center, the two confront their vision of this ultra-connected world that accentuates loneliness.

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

 

Rickshaw

Raphaël Hernandez
United Kingdom / 2023 / 0:08:30

Paul and his family are going for a fun rickshaw ride when a sudden surprising encounter stops them on their journey home.
 

Palimpsest

Tova Beck-Friedman
United States /2024 / 0:04:52

Using cicadas as a metaphor, this cine-poem, Palimpses, is a philosophical musing into the idea of life.

PORTUGAL PREMIERE


 

 

I'M Not a Robot

Victoria Warmerdam
Netherlands / 2023 / 0:22:22

After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?



 

 


Violet

Laura Engelhardt
Germany / 2023 / 0:21:00

After an argument with his mother, 12-year-old Dan seeks love and intimacy from Anna. When his mother leaves for the night shift, Dan and Anna cross established boundaries.

PORTUGAL PREMIERE




 

The Watchman

Ali Cherri
Italy / 2024 / 0:26:00

Sergeant Bulut, a young Turkish Cypriot soldier, is doing his military service in Lourujina, a village under the control of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic. Responsible for guarding the border, he begins to see strange things happening… The Watchman explores the idea of waiting not only as a temporal experience, but also as a spatial one. It's about a soldier caught in the false ridges of duty and a tale of disappointment. It's a life wasted waiting for an enemy who never arrives...