As Sacrificadas (The Left Behind)
Fiction | 00:21 | SWITZERLAND – PORTUGAL
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY AURÉLIE PERNET OLIVEIRA
IN COPRODUCTION WITH PRIMEIRA IDADE (PT)
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In summer, the Portuguese countryside is ravaged by fires. Otilia, a cleaner at the municipal swimming pool, and Laurinda, her mother suffering from dementia, are strange witnesses. The flames awaken in them solitude, despair and desire to escape.
Biography
Aurélie Pernet Oliveira, Director
Born in 1990, Aurélie Oliveira Pernet first obtained a diploma in graphic design before undertaking a Bachelor’s degree in Cinema at HEAD – Geneva. She graduated in 2014 with her short film Meccarillos, notably screened at Indie Lisboa, Nara IFF and Tous Courts. Graduating with a Master’s degree in Film Studies from UNIL in 2019, she has since been developing her film projects. Her latest short film As Sacrificadas is selected at the festivals of Rotterdam (IFFR) and Vila do Conde (Curtas). She is currently writing her first feature film.
Filmography (selection)
As Sacrificadas, fic, 2021Triste Cortège, archives found footage, 2015
Meccarillos, fic, 2014
PRESSKIT – Français (download)
PRESSKIT – English (download)
PRESSKIT – Portugais (download)
Festivals
2022: IFFR Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2022: Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal)
2022: Porto Femme IFF (Portugal)
2022: Riga IFF (Latvia)
2022: Caminhos do Cinema Português (Portugal)
2022: Smita Patil IFF (India)
2023: Solothurner Filmtage (Switzerland)
2022: Clermont Ferrand ISFF (France)
2023: Indielisboa (Portugal)
2023: Akbank Short Film Festival (Turkey)
2023: ShortCutz Ovar (Portugal)
2023: Art Film Fest IFF (Slovakia)
2023: Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz (Spain)
2023: San Giò Verona Vídeo Festival (Italy)
Awards
2022: Best Short (National Competition) | Porto Femme
2023: Best Short Film (Nomination) | Swiss Film Awards
2023: Best Short Film (Nomination) | Portuguese Film Awards
2023: Best Short Film (Nomination) | Prémios Curtas Portugal
2023: Best Short Film, Best Directing & Best Actress | Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz
Cast
Tânia Alves
Valerie Braddell
Adriano Luz
Francisco Nascimento
Maria Joao Vaz
Written & directed by
Aurélie Oliveira Pernet
Cinematography
Augustin Losserand
Gaffer
Antoine Buisson
Sound
Raquel Jacinto Nunes
Production design
Joana Veloso & Vera Mendes
Costume design
Joana Veloso & Vera Mendes
Make-up
Catarina Freitas
Editing
Rebecca Trösch
Sound Design & Mix
Vuk Vukmanovic
Color Grading
Jean-Baptiste Perrin
Produced by
GoldenEggProduction | Gabriela Bussmann & Yan Decoppet
In coproduction with
Primeira Idade | Pedro Fernandes Duarte
With the support of
l’Office fédéral de la culture (OFC)
Cinéforom et le soutien de la Loterie Romande
Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
Fondation Engelberts
Distribution
Agência da Curta Metragem