INTERFILM 41 International Short Film Festival Berlin
4 - 9 November 2025

Altas Cidades De Ossadas
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Altas Cidades De Ossadas

High Cities Of Bone

João Salaviza // Portugal // 2017 // 19:00 min

Live Action, Documentary

Synopsis:

A pioneer of Cape Verdean Creole rap, Karlon was born in a slum on the edge of Lisbon. Now, he flees, withdraws. The nights pass, oppressively hot. Then, a whispering emerges from the sugar cane – he never stopped singing.

[Content Note: Classism]

Actor: Carlos Furtado Gomes "Karlon"

Screenplay: Carlos Furtado Gomes "Karlon", Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza

Score: Carlos Furtado Gomes "Karlon"

Producer: (TERRATREME FILMES), Pedro Pinho

Director: João Salaviza

Editor: Edgar feldman, João Salaviza

Distribution: Joaquim Pinheiro, Salette Ramalho

Kamera: Vasco Viana

The film is shown in the following programs

SPECIALS

PORT 01 Portuguese Short Film Agency - Colonial Continuities

07.11.25, 18:30h, Unterfilm Clubkino

09.11.25, 20:30h, Zeiss-Großplanetarium Kino