Mahjong

Synopsis

Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese dress. The confrontation between the East Wind and the Red Dragon; the cardinal points switched as in an ultimate Mahjong game.

Original Title
MAHJONG
Director
João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
Producer
Curtas Metragens C.R.L.
Script
João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata
Photography
José Magro
Editing
Mariana Gaivão
Music
Luís Fernandes
Sound
Nuno Carvalho
Adrian Santos
Production Manager
Pedro Maia
Main Actors
Fernando Vhou, Anne Pham, João Rui Guerra da Mata, João Pedro Rodrigues
Original Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
French, English, Portuguese

Film Statistics

  • 4375 Spectators
  • 43 Festival Selections
  • 56 Exhibitions
  • 1 Awards

Awards and Selections

07.2013
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
08.2013
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
08.2013
Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
09.2013
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
09.2013
International Cinematographers Film Festival Ostrava Kamera Oko, Czech Republic
10.2013
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada
10.2013
Athens Avant Garde Film Festival, Greece
10.2013
DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival, Korea
11.2013
Sevilla Festival de Cine - Cine Europeo y Contemporáneo, Spain
11.2013
Amiens International Film Festival, France
11.2013
International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain
SILVER MIKELDI to the Best Fiction
11.2013
Torino Film Festival, Italy
01.2014
Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival, Switzerland
02.2014
FICUNAM International Film Festival, Mexico
04.2014
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Argentina
04.2014
NexT International Film Festival, Romania
04.2014
Festival du Cinema de Brive, France
04.2014
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Uruguay
06.2014
FICH ? International Festival of Chinese, Portuguese and Portuguese speaking, Portugal
08.2014
Festival Silhouette, France
09.2014
Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific countries - PACIFIC MERIDIAN, Russia
10.2014
Nice Short Film Festival, France
06.2015
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
07.2016
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
05.2017
Sicilia Queer International LGBT & New Visions Filmfest, Italy
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Other Screenings

09.2013
Film Society of Lincoln Center
11.2013
Ciclo de Cinema Português - Valencia
11.2013
Ciclo de Cinema Português - Galiza
11.2014
Cinema em Conversa - Cineclube da Maia
06.2015
Mostra - L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Yokohama
07.2016
Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde - Cinemateca Portuguesa
11.2016
João Pedro Rodrigues at the Centre Pompidou
03.2017
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Março
03.2017
João Pedro Rodrigues - Instituto Moreira Salles
12.2018
VAIVEM - Buenos Aires
12.2018
VAIVEM - Chile
01.2019
VAIVEM - Mexico
08.2019
VAIVEM - Uruguay
09.2019
VAIVEM - Colombia
09.2019
VAIVEM - Ecuador
03.2020
Short Films For Long Days
02.2021
Filmes para a União
01.2024
Cinematheque Seoul Art Cinema - João Pedro Rodrigues program
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