CHAMA-SE CARLA (HER NAME IS CARLA)
Fiction, Digital, 11’28”, 2021

With her boyfriend arrested for drug dealing, Carla, 8 month pregnant, spends her days at the jail door. As the days go by, an unlikely relationship eventually emerges, putting everything in question.

Com o namorado preso por tráfico de droga, Carla, grávida de 6 meses, passa os dias à porta da cadeia. Com o passar dos dias, uma relação improvável acaba por surgir, colocando tudo em causa.

Director Cátia Biscaia Writer Cátia Biscaia, Bruno Carnide Production Bruno Carnide, Cátia Biscaia, Eduardo M Escribano Solera Cast Inês Sá Frias, Tobias Monteiro, Ricardo Tê DoP Bruno Carnide, Tiago Iúri Editing, Sound Bruno Carnide Original Music Miguel Samarão, Ricardo Tê

AWARDS & SELECTIONS
– Winner Best Narrative Short Film – Cinema on the Bayou, United States 2022
– Winner Best Portuguese Actress in Short Film – Cineuphoria, Portugal 2022
– Winner Top Best Portuguese Short Films – Cineuphoria, Portugal 2022
– Nominated for Best Portuguese Short Film & Best Director in Short Film & Best Screenplay & Best Actor in Short Film & Best Director of Photography & Best Original Music – CinEuphoria, Portugal 2022
– St. Louis International Film Festival, Unied States 2021
– Festival Ibérico de Cine de Badajoz, Spain 2021
– Festival Internacional de Cine de Alicante, Spain 2021
– Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira, Brazil 2021
– Porto Femme, Portugal 2021
– Planos Film Fest, Portugal 2021
– Short/age, Portugal 2021
– Tuzla Film Festival, Bosnia 2021
– Festival Internacional de Cine Piélagos en Corto, Spain 2021
– Islantilla International Film Festival, Andalucía, Spain 2021
– NY Portuguese Short Film Festival, United States 2022
– Cinema on the Bayou, United States 2022
– Klein Film Festival, Croatia 2022
– Ahora Es Corto, Spain 2022
– Fernando di Leo Short Film Festival, Italy 2022
– Cinema na Cave – Vila Real, Portugal 2022
– Leiria Film Fest, Portugal 2022
– ShortCutz Lisboa, Portugal 2022
– ShortCutz Ovar, Portugal 2022
– ShortCutz Aveiro, Portugal 2022
– ShortCutz Guimarães, Portugal 2022