Vortex

  • José Bica

PT - SHORT / DRAMA _ HORROR (2022) After another long day at work, at 3 am, an exhausted man searches for a seemingly inexistent place to park his car. When he discovers he's not alone, what seemed like a routine exercise turns into a surreal race with deadly consequences. director and screenplay Guilherme Branquinho starring Cristóvão Campos Isabel Abreu sound recordist Cyril Santos boom operator Filipe Goulart cinematography Tomás Brice editor Guilherme Branquinho Sérgio Pedro producer Andreia Nunes Frederico Serra assistant producer Rafa Estevão music Zé Cruz Awards: [2022] Best Portuguese Shortfilm Award at MotelX - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa [Portugal] [2023] Best January Shortfilm Award - Shortcutz Lisboa [Portugal] Festivals: [2022] FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival [Portugal] [2022] LA Shorts International Film Festival [EUA] [2022] MotelX - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Terror de Lisboa [Portugal] [2022] Entre Olhares - Mostra de Cinema Português [Portugal] [2023] Shortcutz Lisboa [Portugal] [2023] Shortage [Portugal] [2023] Tampere Film Festival [Finland] [2023] Hard:Line Film Festival Regensburg [Germany] [2023] FRISS HÚS Budapest ISFF [Hungary]