As Sacrificadas (The Left Behind)

Fiction | 00:21 | SWITZERLAND – PORTUGAL
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY AURÉLIE PERNET OLIVEIRA
IN COPRODUCTION WITH PRIMEIRA IDADE (PT)
DISTRIBUTION & SALES AGÊNCIA DA CURTA METRAGEM
Synopsis

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.

Bio | Filmography

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, 2021
Triste Cortège, archives found footage, 2015
Meccarillos, fic, 2014
Images

Trailer
Medias
Distribution

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

Credits

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

Actualités

Sortie romande de Laissez-moi

• Dès le 25 octobre au cinéma

Flores del otro Patio candidat aux EFA

• Eligible aux European Film Awards

Laissez-moi en première mondiale à Cannes

• Sélection à l'ACID du Festival de Cannes

Flores del otro Patio & As Sacrificadas sélectionnés à Soleure

• Section Panorama & Eligibles au Prix du Cinéma Suisse

Flores del otro Patio primé à Winterthur

• Prix du Meilleur Film Suisse

Chute primé à Locarno

• Pardino d'Oro | Pardi di Domani

Spectrum

• est sélectionné au programme Alliance 4 Development du Festival de Locarno 2021

Menschenskind !

• Sélections Officielles à Visions du Réel & DOK.fest Münich

Spectrum

• Sélection au Torino Script Lab 2020

Laissez-moi

• Sélections au Village de Coproductions des Arcs 2019 & Atelier Grand Nord 2020

Putin's Witnesses

• Nomination aux European Film Awards

Tempête Silencieuse primé à Locarno

• Pardino d'Argento | Pardi di Domani

Sœurs Jarariju distingué à la Berlinale

• Mention Spéciale du Jury International

Putin's Witnesses

• Sélection Officielle au TIFF 2018
• Grand Prix du Meilleur Documentaire à Karlovy Vary

Je fais où tu me dis distingué à la Berlinale

• Mention Spéciale du Jury des Jeunes