A visual and soundscaped short ambience voyage through an utopian, ghost-like city-state. In this mid twentieth century imaginary Lisbon, the power plants continue to produce energy, brand new Subway Network locomotives’ engines hum in standby, city lights and neon signs come alive each night and radio receivers spread Salazar’s [Portuguese Dictator] speeches - yet, nowhere is to be found the slightest human presence: there isn’t anyone to see and hear this newcomer modernity’s heartbeat. Only statues and facades inhabit the metropolis.
"CINZA" is a short film made entirely with photographs from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Art Library Archive.
Director, Image & Sound Editing - Micael Espinha
Special Effects & Image Treatment - Micael Espinha e David Gabriel
Production - Roughcut & Companhia do Inferno

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