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Water tongue

Short film, 19 min

Songs of whales, calls of Cory’s shearwaters, transatlantic letters, radio signals.

Mariana, who is Azorean, and Stella, based in Lisbon, begin with a liquid correspondence, later traveling and filming together in the Azorean Archipelago. Their exchange unfolds like a road movie across the islands, shaping a polyphonic orchestra where human and animal voices share an equal stage.

Premiere: IndieLisboa Film Festival

Screenings:

22.06.2025 — Moonscreen, Waking Life Festival

04.06.2025— -[A] VIDEO, Experimental film nights, Lisbon #03

15.07.2025 —Curtas Vila do Conde

1.08.2025 — Labocine

21.08.2025 —- Giri Berlin

2-8.8.2025— Bendita Tú Festival de Cine, Madrid, Buenos Aires

Credits:
Director / Cinematography / Editing: Stella Horta
Production / Acting/ Creative collaborator: Mariana Pacheco de Medeiros
With: Ana Goulard/ Mónica Silva/João Luís Mariano
Music / Composition / Mixing: Marc Lohr
Musical Contribution: Stav Yeini
Voice Recording: Pedro Loios, David Almeida Ribeiro, Elliot Sheedy
Colorist: Joana Silva Fernandes
Underwater Cinematography: Nuno Sá
Graphic Design: Martim Cruz

Text based on conversations with

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1064106905/980e25f93d?ts=0&share=copy

https://feival.curtas.pt/filme/fc-227

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Screening at [A] VIDEO, Lisboa

Screening at Waking Life, Moonscreen

Poster design by Martim Cruz