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SUPER NATURAL

Jorge Jácome
Portugal, 2022
85 min.

Voids. Abstract visuals. Tender portraits of all kinds of bodies before the camera. Landscapes of a sensuous Madeira. Super Natural inspires and reaches for connection, looking inwards as much as outwards for a collective sense of belonging to the world.

Me, you. Us. The term inclusion often implies exclusion – Super Natural argues, instead, for a sense of collective belonging. To whom? To each other, to nature and beyond it. Voices guide us through pure visual poetry; we are all on a journey, possibly the same, and connection is the key word. Hug me. Abstract voids, tender portraits of bodies in diverse shapes and forms, awe-inducing landscapes: all contain an ineffable candour that invites to meditation, to a transcendental exploration of the mind and of what brings matter together – be it humans, be it insects, be it dust. The film reaches towards the viewer, unfolding with such a beautiful sense of immersion that it could almost be expanded cinema. (Dora Leu, BIEFF 2022)

Date and Location

27th of Septembrer, 21:00, Cinema Elvire Popesco

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Jorge Jácome

Jorge Jácome (b. 1988) is a filmmaker and artist based in Lisbon. He was born in Viana do Castelo and grew up in Macau. He graduated in Direction and Edition at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema and holds a post-graduation at Le Fresnoy. In his works, which blurs the lines between documentary and fiction, he investigates relations between utopias, melancholy, disappearance and desire. He won several awards, such as Best Film Award at Hamburg, Short Film Grand Prize at Indielisboa — with Past Perfect (2019); Grand Prix at 25 FPS, Best Film Award at Hamburg, Punto de Vista, BIEFF, New Talent at IndieLisboa — with Flores (2017). He works also as an editor and regularly collaborates in performing arts projects.

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  • Production and distribution
  • CAST: Alexis Fernandes, Bárbara Matos, Bernardo Graça, Celestine Ngantonga Ndzana, Diogo Freitas, Isabel Gomes Teixeira, Joana Caetano, Maria João Pereira, Mariana Tembe, Milton Branco, Pedro Alexandre Silva, Rui João Costa, Sara Rebolo, Sofia Marote, Telmo Ferreirra
  • EDITOR: Jorge Jácome
  • SCRIPT: André E. Teodósio, Jorge Jácome, José Maria Vieira Mendes
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marta Simões
  • SOUND: Shugo Tekina
  • SOUND DESIGN: António Porém Pires
  • MUSIC: Raw Forest, Violet
  • DESIGN: The Royal Studio

PRODUCTION: Ukbar Filmes

CO-PRODUCTION: Teatro Praga, Dançando com a Diferença

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