INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Ascension
Ascensão
Directors
Pedro Peralta
Producers
João Matos
Cinematographers
João Ribeiro
Editors
Francisco Moreira
Sound
Miguel Martins
Ricardo Leal
Contact
TERRATREME
João Matos
+351 212 415 754
[email protected]
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2016
Portugal
18 min
Color
At dawn, a group of peasants tries to rescue the body of a young man from the inside of a well. Women veil their faces in silence while men endure the situation. In the centre of it all, a mother awaits her son's body. How can life cease to be when in nature there is an enduring renewal?
Director
Pedro Peralta was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works. In 2012 he completed the Masters in Film Studies, where he directed the short film MUPEPY MUNATIM (2012), which was selected and awarded in several national and international film festivals. His latest short is ASCENSAO, selected to premiere at the Cannes' La Semaine de la Critique.
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