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Rezbotanik film image; person dragging their hands across their face

Rezbotanik

North American Premiere

After a night partying, Rezmorah sobers up in the botanical gardens of Lisbon, pondering what the plants can teach us about queerness.

Director
Cast

Rezmorah

Credits
Country of Origin

Portugal/Brazil/Spain

Year

2025

Language

In Portuguese with English subtitles

18+
19 min
Experimental & Avant Garde LGBTQIA2S+ Shorts

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Credits & Director

Producer

Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mancha, Arrate Velasco, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Screenwriter

Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro, Rezmorah

Cinematography

Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro, Felipe Casanova

Editor

Deborah Viegas, Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro

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Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro

Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro is a Brazilian film director and an alumnus of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola in San Sebastián. He holds a Moving Image master’s degree from the Fine Arts School of Lisbon, and has collaborated with film festivals both as a producer and programmer. His films explore memories, images, and subjective or concrete places associated with urban spaces, welcoming their legends, tales, dreams, and ghosts of all kinds into his narratives.

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