World Premiere
The director returns to his parents’ home and talks them into playing roles in a film he is making, addressing delicate personal and familial subjects in the process. This is an extremely engaging and reflective documentary that explores family relations in a low-key, often humorous way that offsets the seriousness of some of the subjects. The film is also a visual treat, taking us on a tour around his parents’ house and community in Lisbon, while it plays with images of youth, age, and the relationship between memory, film, and time. From discussions about mortality to imitating Marcello Mastroianni, Ponto Final strikes a beautiful balance between the family’s personal lives and their distractions for the camera.
Community Partner
Elvira Beraza, Jesús López
Spain/Portugal
2022
In Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles
Featured in:
International Shorts: Personal Journeys
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Credits
Producer
Mireia Graell Vivancos
Screenwriter
Miguel López Beraza, Mireia Graell Vivancos
Cinematography
Alberto González Casal
Editor
Pedro Collantes
Production Design
Patricia Huguet
Original Music
Laura Casaponsa
Director
Chad Charlie
Madrid-based filmmaker Miguel López Beraza combines architecture with filmmaking. He was awarded a scholarship to take part in the DoCNomads Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking and, afterwards, another one to attend the advanced screenwriting workshop at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba. His first film, Walls (2014), received the 2015 Goya Award in Spain for Best Documentary Short. His next work, With All Our Cameras (2016), premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival’s European Short Film Competition.