As the world ends, two ghosts enact the death throes of a relationship.
Jack Haven, Inês Castel-Branco
Portugal
2025
English
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Credits & Director
Producer
Margarida Lucas, Gabriel Abrantes
Screenwriter
Gabriel Abrantes
Cinematography
José André, Luis Martins, Ivo Francisco
ANIM
José André, Luis Martins, Ivo Francisco
Editor
Margarida Lucas
Original Music
Bernardo Theriaga, Lena Kryggan, Hugo Leitão, Pedro Góis
Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes, born 1984 in North Carolina, is a Lisbon-based visual artist and filmmaker. His films have won prizes at Berlinale and Locarno, where he received the Golden Leopard, and have premiered at major festivals including TIFF and NYFF, with exhibitions at prestigious institutions including the Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, and MIT List Visual Arts Center. His film Diamantino (2018, co-directed with Daniel Schmidt) won the Grand Prize at Cannes’ Critics Week, and his horror film Amelia’s Children (2024) won the Jury Prize at Gérardmer.
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