38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Portugal
2001 Fiction 13 min
Luis' aquaphobia leads him to have a series of dreams that all end with his death. Simultaneously, his nightmares cause a projection of his unconscious onto his real life.
With : Filipe Duarte, Gracinda Nave, Jorge Silva
Screenplay : Miguel Seabra Lopes, Luis Bras
Image : Paulo Menezes
Sound : Inês Oliveira, Tiago Matos
Editing : Leonor Noivo, José Ricardo Matos, Miguel Seabra Lopes
Production : Ecole Supérieure de Théâtre et Cinéma
Born in 1975, Miguel Seabra Lopes directed Sobre viver in 1998, or que e que eu nao disse nada gertal in 1999, and O tejo de redol in 2001. A student in the ESTC production department, A Deriva is his graduation film.