29 APRIL — 09 MAY 2027

INDIELISBOA 2023

Silvestre
IndieLisboa 2023

De humani corporis fabrica

COMPETITION A documentary that explores the human body in a clinical yet intimate way. It all began with a series of 16th century books on human anatomy that provide a detailed study of the inside of our bodies. Here, the camera travels through five hospitals, in Paris, and the work of surgeries and autopsies that take place there, in an immersive and sensory tour of our literal and vulnerable core, in an expressionist abstraction.
Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
France / United States / Switzerland

2022, 118'

Brand New
IndieLisboa 2023

Dead Nerve

A world made of sounds, another made of silence. Luísa in the middle, between the two experiences, trying to find balance. And us hearing the world through her ears.
Margarida P Fonseca
Portugal

2023, 10'

National Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Death in August

A traumatic event leads to different ways of reacting among members of a group of friends. While some revolt, others move away from reality, looking for comfort in a virtual world.
Bruno Abib
Portugal

2023, 16'

National Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Death of a Mountain

Perhaps a mountain cannot belong to anyone, but memories and its presence within them result in something steeped in tradition. But everything that one looks upon with nostalgia has to be confronted with grown-up eyes. What do we do with the death (of the symbolism) of a mountain?
Nuno Escudeiro
Portugal / France

2023, 37'

IndieJúnior
IndieLisboa 2023

Dede Is Dead

A dog accompanies his faithful human for a long time. They do everything together. Until the day Dede is no longer present.
Philippe Kastner
Czech Republic

2023, 8'

IndieJúnior
IndieLisboa 2023

Dede Is Dead

A dog accompanies his faithful human for a long time. They do everything together. Until the day Dede is no longer present.
Philippe Kastner, Philippe Kastner
Czech Republic

2023, 8'

National Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Dildotectonics

Two stories separated by time and united by the concept of a ceramic dildo. In contemporary days, Rebeca tries out the artisanal manufacture of dildos that is not totally dominated by the usual heteronormative and phallic image. Centuries earlier, a discovery of a similar object unleashed an illicit relationship.
Paula Tomás Marques
Portugal

2023, 16'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Dimensions of Dialogue

A surrealist animation about the inherent difficulties of human communication, in which clay bodies are transmuted in the most incredible ways.
Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia

1982, 11'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Don Juan

Don Juan seen through the lens of traditional Czech plays. In this film, huge puppets represent the classic story of the Spanish libertine.
Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia

1970, 30'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Down to the Cellar

All a girl’s fears catch up with her when she goes down to the basement.
Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia

1982, 14'

International Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Eeva

A bird brings a message in morse code. A man surprisingly dies. A woman deals with the death of her husband. Nothing is as simple as it might seem.
Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak
Estonia / Croatia

2022, 16'

International Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Endless Sea

A day in the life of an elderly New York woman in need of her medication is portrayed by Sam Shainberg with all the chronic anxiety and haste that permeate this city that never sleeps, in a demonstration of the need for universal healthcare systems.
Sam Shainberg
United States

2022, 18'

Silvestre
IndieLisboa 2023

Entrance Wounds

When the cause of trauma can only be overcome through an excruciating and exhaustive investigation. Calum Walter makes a penetrating work about images and bullets, especially poignant within the context of a country with a morbid fascination with firearms.
Calum Walter
United States

2023, 18'

Silvestre
IndieLisboa 2023

Enys Men

COMPETITION Mary Woodvine stars as a volunteer who records her daily observations. Isolated on an island with no inhabitants off the coast of Cornwall, we feel the weight of tragedy both in the landscape and in the past of the woman we accompany. Mark Jenkin builds a ghostly atmosphere that blurs the line between dream and reality.
Mark Jenkin
United Kingdom

2022, 91'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Et cetera

Minimalist figures perform a series of fantastic acrobatics, such as learning how to use wings to fly.
Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia

1966, 8'

International Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Euridice, Euridice

Ondina lives a beautiful, intense and sensual love for Alexia. Until the day her girlfriend doesn’t return from a trip to Greece. And Ondina finds herself haunted by the love she still feels.
Lora Mure-Ravaud
France / Switzerland

2022, 40'

IndieMusic
IndieLisboa 2023

Even Hell has its Heroes

A documentary that is like the music of the band it focuses on, Earth: slow, poetic and immersive, eschewing the traditional music documentary structure in favour of an atmospheric exploration. The world’s slowest metal band, led by Dylan Carlson, reveals itself through the testimonies of a painful past — heroin use and a connection to Kurt Cobain’s death, a ghost that haunts the enterity of the film — becoming something if not triumphant, at least sublime. 
Clyde Petersen
United States

2023, 110'

Focus
IndieLisboa 2023

Fado Lusitano

Through collage, this animation crosses a series of national events (from maritime expansion to accession to the European Community), thus composing a satirical portrait of Portugal.
Abi Feijó
Portugal

1995, 6'

International Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

Fantine’s Big Day out

When everything goes wrong, all we have is a sense of humor. Jeanne and Piero want to spend the weekend in the country with their baby Fantine. After the confinement and the pandemic, they want to leave Paris. But nothing is simple for these young parents.
Julie Colly
France

2022, 29'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Faust

Claymation, puppets, stop motion. All elements thrown like clay on the surrealist wall to create a version of Faust’s story and his dance with Lucifer that brings together elements of Goethe and Christopher Marlowe, as well as some traditional folklore and even a Kafkaesque visit to a Portuguese court.
Jan Švankmajer
Czech Republic / France / United Kingdom / Germany

1994, 90'

Silvestre
IndieLisboa 2023

Fawley

A giant structure in the middle of a community. A chimney of brutalist architecture that dominates a British landscape and awaits its demolition. The stories that can be told about its decades of existence through the eyes of those who got used to it.
Adam Gutch, Chu-Li Shewring
United Kingdom

2022, 26'

Special Screenings - 5L
IndieLisboa 2023

Fest

A neighborhood party, music, drones, barbecue and ice cream. And then a stunt. “Fest” is an animated simulation based on Youtube videos.
Nikita Diakur
Germany

2018, 3'

National Competition
IndieLisboa 2023

First Age

A little fish that murmurs that it is alive. A village where children do not know death. In his first feature film, Alexander David creates a community without adults, where children are governed by strict beliefs and where loss of innocence is the awareness of a world beyond their island.
Alexander David
Portugal

2023, 82'

Retrospective
IndieLisboa 2023

Flora

A creature made of perishable fruits and vegetables, decomposing so close to a regenerating glass of water.
Jan Švankmajer
United States

1989, 0'

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