01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

01 MAY — 11 MAY 2024

Claudio’s Song

Andreas Nilsson

United Kingdom / Ukraine

2022, 10'

It’s not easy to be an influencer. Especially when a couple of criminals kidnap you and try to extort some money. But sometimes we have to give in to fate and hope that our name remains a flame burning through time. Let’s say that the plans, here, get complicated.

Question: what do digital influencers, Eastern European mobsters and futuristic new age cultists have in common? Nothing but poor Claudio. From abstract musical to acid comedy, this little wonder is a veritable tonal and narrative mindfuck. Claudio’s Song is a good example of a film that represents the spirit of Mouth of Madness in its entirety – it’s eerie, funny, bizarre, and unexpected. All this in just over 10 minutes. And wait till you hear Claudio’s song – a banger! (Bruno Pereira)

Mouth of Madness

SCREENINGS

April 27, Thursday, 19:15 (111')

Cinema São Jorge, Room 3 • C.174

May 05, Friday, 23:00 (363')

Cinema Ideal • C.666

INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Claudio's Song

LANGUAGE

English / French / Ukrainian

SUBTITLES

Portuguese / English

SCRIPT

David Kolbusz

CAST

Alex Avakumov, Didier Mallet, Georgiy Palovotskiy, Nina Naboka, Zaza Chanturia

PHOTOGRAPHY

Lasse Frank

SOUND

Lawrence Kendrick

EDITING

Ben Campbell

PRODUCER

Lee Groombridge, Tanya Sokolova, Darko Skulskiy

PRODUCTION

Biscuit Filmworks, Radioaktive Film

SALES

Festival Formula ([email protected])

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