Russa

João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr.
2018
Portugal, Brazil
DOC, FIC
19′57″

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Synopsis

Russa returns to Bairro do Aleixo in Porto, visiting her sister and friends with whom she celebrates her son’s birthday. In this brief reunion, Russa returns to the collective memory of her neighbourhood where three of the five towers still remain standing.

João Salaviza

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Ricardo Alves Jr.

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Original Title: RUSSA
Director: João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr.
Producer: Renée Nader Messora, MATERIAL BRUTO; Ricardo Alves Jr., Thiago Macêdo Correia, ENTRE FILMES; João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, KARÕ FILMES
Script: João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr., Renée Nader Messora, Germano Melo
Editing: João Salaviza, Ricardo Alves Jr.
Photography: Renée Nader Messora
Sound: Léo Bortolin
Main Actors: Helena Campos, Maria Antonieta, Alberto Moreira
Original Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: Spanish, French, English, Italian, Portuguese

Film Statistics

12232 Spectators
69 Festival Selections
94 Exhibitions
2 Awards

Awards and Selections

02.2018: Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
05.2018: IndieLisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente, Portugal; Árvore da Vida Award for Best Portuguese Film
06.2018: Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
06.2018: EcoPorto, Portugal
07.2018: Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
07.2018: Macao International Documentary Film Festival, Macau
07.2018: Guanajuato International Film Festival Expresión en Corto, Mexico
07.2018: kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta
08.2018: Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil
08.2018: Makedox - Creative Documentary Film Festival, Republic of Macedonia
08.2018: São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil
09.2018: CineMigrante - Festival Internacional de Cine y Formación en derechos humanos de las personas migrantes, Argentina
10.2018: Curt'Arruda - Festival de Cinema de Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal
10.2018: Festival de Cine La Orquídea , Ecuador
10.2018: Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, France
10.2018: Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
10.2018: VISTACURTA - Festival de Curtas de Viseu, Portugal
11.2018: International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain
11.2018: Medfilm Festival, Italy
11.2018: PANORAMA Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil
11.2018: FIKE International Short Film Festival, Portugal
11.2018: Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
01.2019: Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany; Team Work Award
01.2019: Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes, Brazil
03.2019: IBAFF - Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain
03.2019: Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
03.2019: Short Waves Festival, Poland
03.2019: Academia Portuguesa de Cinema - Gala de Prémios Sophia, Portugal
04.2019: Córtex - Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
04.2019: Festival de Cinema Luso-brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
05.2019: Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León, Spain
06.2019: Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa, Portugal
06.2019: Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Spain
07.2019: Manlleu Film Festival, Spain
07.2019: MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival, Portugal
08.2019: Concorto Film Festival, Italy
09.2019: Shorts Mexico - International Short Film Festival, Mexico
10.2019: Slow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
11.2019: Agência 20 anos - Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal
12.2019: Passaggi d’Autore - Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Italy
01.2020: Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany
12.2020: Frames Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
09.2023: Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil

Other Screenings

08.2018: As Noites de Boris - Cineclube do Porto
09.2018: Monstra - Festa do Avante
10.2018: Urbanism Futurism Reality - Berlin
10.2018: Casa das Artes Famalicão - Outubro
12.2018: Berlinale Spotlight: India
12.2018: Festival de Cinema Português - Rússia
12.2018: Centre Phi - Canada
02.2019: Shortcutz Vila Real - February
03.2019: Festival de Cinema Português - Rússia
04.2019: Mostra de Cinema - DESOBEDOC
05.2019: Festival de Cinema Ibero-Americano
06.2019: Semana do Cinema Português na Rússia - Junho
09.2019: Semana do Cinema Português em Zhukovski
10.2019: Bilbao Arte
10.2019: Semana da Cultura Portuguesa - Arménia
10.2019: Festival Latino-americano de Curtas Metragens Cortópolis
01.2020: Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media
12.2020: Frames Portuguese Film Festival
08.2021: Programa de Cinema iniciativa CDU de São Vicente
09.2021: Cineclube de Faro - Setembro
09.2021: Sessão Moskino Museon
02.2022: Ciclo CInema Leiria
05.2022: Sessão de Curtas LAVRAR O MAR
04.2024: 2°Forum dos Portugueses de Suíça - Comemoração do 50° aniversário do 25 Abril 1974
07.2024: Résistances Festival de Films et Débats
10.2024: "Foutez nous la paix" Festival
06.2025: Arquitetura FF - Bairro do Aleixo