38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Miragem Meus Putos

Diogo Baldaia

Image Miragem Meus Putos
Portugal
2017 Fiction 21 min
An elementary school class without a teacher, a contract signing with a giant football club and a new year's eve party. Three tales tinged with aspiration and the desire to escape express a look into a youth absorbed by the power of dreams and the harshness of reality. A generation facing growth in tension with the future.
With : Luis Maza, João Marcelo, Maura Carneiro, Duarte Águas, Ricardo Alves
Screenplay, Editing : Diogo Baldaia
Image : Leonardo Simões
Sound : Nuno Henrique
Production : Diogo Baldaia, Maura Carneiro, Manuel Rocha da Silva
Distribution: Portugal Film
Diogo Baldaia was born in Porto in 1992. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) and is currently finishing a masters degree in Fine Arts (Video) at KASK (Ghent, Belgium). He works as an Assistant Director and as a Film Editor. His previous films Fúria and Vulto were shown at international festivals. Miragem Meus Putos is his first fiction.