PORTUGAL
GOMES SHORTS PROGRAM

Miguel Gomes' gift for comedy, complexity and eccentric stylization was already apparent when he filmed these early shorts. Taken together, they confirm his standing as a filmmaker whose formal inventiveness never gets in the way of his humor or humanism.

MEANWHILE [Entretanto]

A sullen young girl forms an adolescent ménage à trois with two soccer players.

DIR Miguel Gomes. Portugal, 2002, 25 min.

PRE-EVOLUTION SOCCER'S ONE-MINUTE DANCE AFTER A GOLDEN GOAL IN THE MASTER LEAGUE

A wonderfully titled and playful variation on the well-known soccer video game.

DIR Miguel Gomes. Portugal, 2004, 1 min.

CHRISTMAS INVENTORY [Inventário de Natal]

Gomes explores the lives of youths. A group of kids escape into their own world during a family Christmas gathering.

DIR Miguel Gomes. Portugal, 2000, 23 min.

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A character study of sorts about two aristocratic teens who fight boredom with tennis lessons and neighborhood pranks.

DIR Miguel Gomes. Portugal, 2001, 27 min.

CANTICAL OF ALL CREATURES [Cântico das criaturas]

An unlikely troubadour wanders the streets of Assisi singing a song supposedly written by Saint Francis.

DIR Miguel Gomes. Portugal, 2006, 24 min.

Thurs, Oct 14, 5:30