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

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PORT 02 Portuguese Short Film Agency - Animation

The Portuguese Short Film Agency presents new highlights from its animation catalogue, which deploy poetic visual language and subtle storytelling in their exploration of everyday moments, intimate relationships and extraordinary occurrences. Sometimes humorous, sometimes thoughtful, the stories move between reality and dreams, between small gestures and life's big questions. They show how personal memories, family ties and social experiences become visible in animations, allowing us to immerse ourselves in foreign worlds, feel empathy and discover new things. 

Curated by: Joaquim Pedro Pinheiro
All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles.

06.11.25, 20:30h, Kino & Bar in der Königstadt

09.11.25, 18:00h, ACUDkino

Kurzfilm Agentur Portugal - Animationen
6 films
Cão Sozinho

Cão Sozinho

Dog Alone

Marta Reis Andrade // Portugal, France // 2025 // 13:02 min

Animation

A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when a grandfather began to experience his widowhood. His granddaughter Marta is returning from London, a place where she felt lonelier than ever.

[Content Note: Animal cruelty or animal death]

Amarelo Banana

Amarelo Banana

Alexandre Sousa // Portugal, Hungary // 2025 // 12:42 min

Animation

After another night of insomnia, a man comes across a strange community living in his building and discovers the elaborate illusion they have created.

Amanhã não dão chuva

Amanhã não dão chuva

It Shouldn't Rain Tomorrow

Maria Trigo Teixeira // Portugal, Germany // 2024 // 11:30 min

Animation

In the belief that her aging mother is no longer able to live alone, a woman moves back into her parents' home. While she gets used to her new life, her mother seems to be drifting off into another world.

[Content Note: Mental illness]

Garrano

Garrano

David Doutel / Vasco Sá // Portugal, Lithuania // 2022 // 14:08 min

Animation

A Garrano horse is forced to pull a heavy load under a blazing sun. Young boy Joel helps his father gather junk in the woods, for recycling. He discovers a man who is about to set a forest on fire.

[Content Note: Physical Violence, Animal cruelty or animal death]

Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants

Ice Merchants

João Gonzalez // Portugal, France, United Kingdom // 2022 // 14:00 min

Animation

Every day, a father and son parachute down from their chilly house, vertiginously attached to a cliff, to reach the village far down below on the ground and sell the ice they produce on a daily basis.

[Content Note: Death or dying, Suicide]

Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias

Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

Regina Pessoa // Portugal, Canada, France // 2019 // 13:00 min

Animation

From Regina’s memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, a humble man with a simple and anonymous life. An acknowledgment that one does not have to "be somebody” to become exceptional in this lifetime.

[Content Note: Mental illness]