Square the Circle
A self-searching Finnish comedy about infinity, space and procrastination, innovatively framed as a circle.
17'
Finland
IFFR 2023
In an ominous Lisbon courtyard where the last executioner of the kingdom once lived, an accident is waiting to happen. After a patient game of who's observing who, four characters will collide with dire consequences. Based on the short story A Fratricide by Franz Kafka, this is a masterclass in slow cinema, a pure 16mm cinematic pleasure by André Gil Mata.
– Ivan Ramljak
IFFR 2023
- 44'
- Portugal
- 2023
- Director
- André Gil Mata
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 44'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Pátio do Carrasco – The Damned Yard
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Marta Lima, Frederico Lobo, André Gil Mata, Luís Palito, João Vladimiro
- Production Companies
- Primeira Idade, Agente A Norte, Rua Escura
- Sales
- Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency
- Cinematography
- Frederico Lobo
- Editor
- Fabiano Teixeira Mota
- Production Design
- Sandra Neves
- Sound Design
- Rafael Cardoso
- Cast
- André Gil Mata, David Almeida, Catarina Lacerda, António Júlio
- Director
- André Gil Mata
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 44'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Pátio do Carrasco – The Damned Yard
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Marta Lima, Frederico Lobo, André Gil Mata, Luís Palito, João Vladimiro
- Production Companies
- Primeira Idade, Agente A Norte, Rua Escura
- Sales
- Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency
- Cinematography
- Frederico Lobo
- Editor
- Fabiano Teixeira Mota
- Production Design
- Sandra Neves
- Sound Design
- Rafael Cardoso
- Cast
- André Gil Mata, David Almeida, Catarina Lacerda, António Júlio
Programme IFFR 2023
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