• Ruby

    Directed by Mariana Gaivão
    Portugal | 24 minutes |

The chorus of dawn descends the burned mountain, echoing in the shale walls of a Portuguese village. Ruby awakens and stands in the half light. Outside, her dog Frankie has run away.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes

film synopsis

film details

Director: Mariana Gaivão
Producers: Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Mariana Gaivão, Alexander Gerner
Screenwriter: Mariana Gaivão
Cinematographers: João Ribeiro
Editor: Mariana Gaivão
Music: Frankie Wolf, Lena Huracán, Dax J, Keith Carnal, Subjected, Kim Gordon, Lee M. Ranaldo, Steven Jay Shelley, Thurston Moore
Cast: Ruby Taylor, Millie Romer
Country: Portugal
Language: In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 24 minutes
Awards: Portugal Prize for the Best Portuguese Director, Curtas Vila do Conde; Portugal Best Short Film, Caminhos do Cinema Português
Primary Company: Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency
Contact Email: agencia@curtas.pt
Website: https://agencia.curtas.pt/films/show/497

director biography

Born in Lisbon, she studied Photography at Ar.Co and Directing at the National Conservatorium of Lisbon. She began her career as a film editor, having collaborated in films screened and awarded worldwide, in the festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Locarno, among others. Her first short film, SOLO, was awarded the Best Short Film Award at the Montreal Film Festival, among others, after which she is selected for the Berlinale Talents as an emerging talent in Directing. She then directs “First Light", a carte blanche commissioned by the 42nd Du Nouveau Cinéma Festival, and, most recently, her new short film "RUBY". Her first documentary, a German-Portuguese co-production, is currently in it's shooting stage. Alongside this she is also a programmer at Queer Lisboa - Queer International Film Festival, has taught Directing at ETIC - School of Innovation and Creation Technologies, and is a collaborator of the research line “A Philosophy of Human Technology”, at the Center of Philosophy of Science of the University of Lisbon.

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