BY JOÃO ROSAS
Documentary | HD | 116 min | 2022
Co-production: Terratreme | SoproFilmes
Commercial premiere: 26 Maio 2023
Synopsis: In the heart of Bairro Alto, right in the center of Lisbon, an old printing house is demolished to make way for luxury apartments. The director sees this as a perfect image of the death of a certain Lisbon in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the exponential growth of real estate and tourism that followed. The film captures an urban diary that portrays the daily life of the construction site and those who work there. What starts as a film focused on work, ends up being the story of the director's relationship with his hometown and the people who built it.

AWARDS
DocAlliance Award - Best Documentary Feature 2023
Best Film - SPA, Portugal '23   

FESTIVALS
Doclisboa - International Film Festival, Portugal '22
Zinebi International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Spain '22
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal '22
Andares Contemporary Film Festival, Peru '23
Arquiteturas Film Festival, Portugal '23
FID Marseille, France '23
DokuFest, Kosovo '23
International Ethnographic Film Festival of Recife, Brazil '23
Cinemacia Metropolitan Film Festival, Colombia '23
Imagens no Tejo - Showcase of Portuguese Cinema, Portugal '23
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic '23
International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier - Cinemed, France '23
L'Alternativa, Spain '23
Tirana European Youth Film Festival, Albania '24

SCREENINGS
Cantina do M_EIA, Mindelo, Cape Verde '23
Centro Georges Pompidou, France '23