MERCURY

Synopsis

At this pace, no one belongs to no one, everything changes before our eyes.

Director's Bio-filmography

Born in 1974 in Portugal, Sandro Aguilar studied film at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. In 1998 he founded the production company O Som e a Fúria. His short films have won awards at festivals, such as La Biennale di Venezia, Locarno, Vila do Conde, and have been shown in Rotterdam, Belfort, Montreal, Clermont-Ferrand among others. A ZONA is Sandro Aguilar’s first fiction feature film.

MERCURY [2010] VOODOO [2010] UPRISE [2008] ARCHIVE [2007] THE SERPENT [2005] REMAINS [2002] IN BETWEEN [2001] MOTIONLESS [2000] CLOSE [1998]

Awards & Festivals

Gijón Film Festival: Príncipe das Astúrias Award for Best Short [Spain, 2010]
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen: Principal Prize [Germany, 2011]
Adana Golden Boll Mediterrranean Film Festival: Best Short – Experimental [Turkey, 2011]
18th Curtas Vila do Conde – National Competition [Portugal, 2010]
Ovarvideo – In Competition [Portugal, 2010]
Cork Film Festival [Ireland, 2010]
Rotterdam International Film Festival [Netherlands, 2011]
BAFICI – Sandro Aguilar Retrospective [Argentina, 2011]
27th Hamburg International Short Film Festival [Germany, 2011]
LA Film Festival [USA, 2011]
L’Alternativa – Barcelona Independent Film Festival [Espanha, 2011]

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Cast

Isabel Abreu Albano Jerónimo Eduardo Aguilar

Crew

directed and writen by Sandro Aguilar cinematography Rui Xavier sound Marco Leão, Tiago Matos editing Sandro Aguilar producers Sandro Aguilar, Luís Urbano

HDCAM | 16:9 | 18’

© O SOM E A FÚRIA, 2010