The short film by Marco Espirito Santo and Miguel Coimbra, won the best documentary award at the Tampere Film Festival.
"Blood Brothers" follows one night in the lives of the Amateur forcado of Montemor. Returning to the main arena of the country for the first time after the death of their leader, these pitchforks will have to demonstrate that their winning spirit still lives among them.
The film, which has not yet premiered in Portugal, have been through film festivals in Mexico, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Italy, Netherlands, Korea, Lithuania and Russia.
The prize was awarded by the jury of the international competition consists of Lauris Abele (Latvia), EG Bailey (USA), Tatu Pohjavirta (Finland), Alina Rudnitskaya (Russia) and Enrico Vannucci (Italy).
The Tampere Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals and most prestigious internationally, is every year, the meeting point for professionals in the film industry. The 46th edition of the festival took place between 9 and 13 March that Finnish city.
Agency films awarded at Monstra
The Monstra attributed to the short film "Shards" by José Miguel Ribeiro Award for Best Portuguese Short Film, the Audience Award and an Honorable Mention. The Lisbon animation festival also awarded the "Amelia & Duarte," Alice Guimarães and Monica Santos, the SPA Awards and Vasco Granja Best Portuguese Film.
The production of the Short Film CRL, "Our Lady of the Presentation" held by Abi Feijo, Alice Guimarães, Daniela Duarte and Laura Gonçalves, and the film "Within", Natalia Andrade de Azevedo, were awarded honorable mentions.
The films are part of the catalog of the Short Film Agency. Built in 1999 by Short Film CRL, an entity that performs more than two decades Short Vila do Conde International Film Festival, the ACC plays an extremely important role in the international projection of Portuguese short films, either through promotion actions in several film festivals or by organizing special retrospective programs or initiatives such as the shortest day. Currently, the catalog of the Agency Short Film includes almost 400 films, emerging authors and renowned Portuguese directors.
