Filomena goes to IndieLisboa

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"Who's Filomena?" Filomena is the character whose name is the title of a film by Pedro Cabeleira, commissioned by the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. This short film, which is part of an travelling exhibition of architecture, will première in Portugal at the 16th IndieLisboa - International Film Festival, happening in Lisbon, between 2 and 12 May, 2019.

The name Filomena won't sound strange to those who visited BINA - Belgrade International Architecture Week in 2018, where the travelling exhibition Lisbon Acts was presented. The result of an European co-production between two members of Future Architecture Platform - the Triennale and the organising body of BINA -, it celebrates 10 years of architecture from Lisbon in an exhibition that gathered 6 ateliers based in the Portuguese capital: Aspa, Barbas Lopes, Can Ran, Miguel Marcelino, PLCO and Site Specific. The 2018 edition of Lisbon Acts also counted on the work of writer Patrícia Portela, with the book Floraennui, and artist Catarina Botelho, with the photo series Projecto Filomena.

The Triennale's commission to a promising Pedro Cabeleira - the author of the prize winning feature film Damned Summer, with various shorts films and a film production company, Videolotion, under his belt. The film Filomena counted on the participation of Leonor Teles (Photography) to materialize a portrait of life in the city and the architecture that is part of it. The narrative follows the protagonist - whose name you already guessed - through 6 contemporary Portuguese architectural works, allowing us to put her personal dilemmas in perspective, through the experience of the architectonic spaces that provide it context.

The fictional film, result of yet another bet of the Triennale in young and emerging national talents, sees its effort recognized in Portuguese territory now that it is part of the National Competition category of the 16th IndieLisboa. Since its foundation, in 2002, this festival fills a void in the provision of films which Portuguese audiences are unable to access through mainstream distribution channels.  

The Triennale is very pleased to see this film première in a festival with the importance of Indie, a fact that adds to the many motives to be there. The Triennale will be there, Filomena will be there, José and Nuno will be there (Aspa), Patrícia will be there (Barbas Lopes), Catarina and Rita will be there (Can Ran), Miguel will be there (Miguel Marcelino), Patrícia and Paulo will be there (Site Specific), Pedro will be there (PLCO), Patrícia will be there (Patrícia Portela), Catarina will be there (Catarina Botelho).

After all, the question is not "Who is Filomena?" but "Who won't come to see her at Indie?".

The complete programme of the films presented in this year's Indielisboa can be checked here.