Tales of oblivion
Dulce Fernandes
Portugal, 2023, 63'
Portugal, 2023, 63'
Producers: Pablo Iraola, Ansgar Schaefer, Pandora da Cunha Telles
Co-production: Ubkar Filmes, Kintop
Awards and Festivals (selection):
Indielisboa International Film Festival, Special Mention, Tree of Life Jury, 2023 - Portugal
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024 - Austria
Indielisboa International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024 - Portugal
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Official Selection, 2023 - Netherlands
Co-production: Ubkar Filmes, Kintop
Awards and Festivals (selection):
Indielisboa International Film Festival, Special Mention, Tree of Life Jury, 2023 - Portugal
Crossing Europe Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024 - Austria
Indielisboa International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2024 - Portugal
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Official Selection, 2023 - Netherlands
Recent archaeological findings in Lagos, southern Portugal, unearthed the forgotten past of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved African people. Invoking the distance between what we want to forget and the urgency of memory, Tales of Oblivion is a territory of revelation of the past in the present.