Synopsis
The last habitants of a village refuse to let themselves sink into oblivion. In a world where the idea of progress appears to be above all, this home floats.
Água Mole (Drop By Drop)
- Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
- 2017
- Portugal
- ANI, DOC
- 9′15″
- Original Title
- ÁGUA MOLE
- Director
- Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
- Producer
- Rodrigo Areias, BANDO À PARTE
- Script
- Alexandra Ramires, Carolina Freitas, Laura Gonçalves
- Editing
- Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
- Music
- Nico Tricot, Ricardo Santos Rocha
- Sound
- Pedro Ribeiro, Pedro Marinho
- Animation
- Cátia Vidinhas, Inês Teixeira, Pedro de Almeida, Laura Gonçalves, Alexandra Ramires
- Voz Off
- Conceição Esteves, Horácia Alves, Fernando Escaleira, Diamantino
- Animation Technique
- Computer animation 2D, Engraving, Digital Paiting
- Original Language
- Portuguese
- Subtitles
- Spanish, French, English
Film Statistics
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33546 Spectators
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228 Festival Selections
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309 Exhibitions
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19 Awards
Awards and Selections
- 05.2017
- Directors’ Fortnight, France
- 07.2017
- Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
- 08.2017
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
- 09.2017
- Animanima International Animation Festival, Serbia
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Special Jury Award
- 09.2017
- Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
- 09.2017
- Quebec City Film Festival, Canada
- 09.2017
- International Film Festival Message to Man, Russia
- 09.2017
- Encounters Bristol International Film Festival, United Kingdom
- 09.2017
- VISTACURTA - Short Film Festival of Viseu, Portugal
-
Best Short Film
- 10.2017
- International Meeting of Animation, 3D and Video Games in Segovia, Spain
- 10.2017
- Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia
- 10.2017
- Animatou - International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland
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Special Mention DOCANIM
- 10.2017
- Chicago International Film Festival, USA
-
Second Place to Animated Short Film - Gold Plaque
- 10.2017
- CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema Ecológico da Serra da Estrela, Portugal
- 10.2017
- Nice Short Film Festival, France
- 10.2017
- Curt'Arruda - Festival de Cinema de Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal
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Best Rural Short Film
- 10.2017
- Bucheon International Animation Festival, Korea
- 10.2017
- Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA
- 10.2017
- Casa da Animação - Prémio Nacional da Animação, Portugal
- 11.2017
- FIKE International Short Film Festival, Portugal
-
Honour Mention - Best Documentary
- 11.2017
- Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal
-
António Gaio Award, Honour mention
- 11.2017
- Animated Dreams Animation Film Festival, Estonia
- 11.2017
- Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
-
Grand Prize
- 11.2017
- Porto Post Doc: Film & Media Festival, Portugal
- 12.2017
- London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom
- 12.2017
- Festival Internacional de Curtas de Verin, Spain
- 12.2017
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia
- 12.2017
- Sound & Image Challenge International Film Festival, Macau
- 12.2017
- Shortcutz Lisboa, Portugal
- 12.2017
- Femina - International Women's Film Festival, Brazil
- 12.2017
- Piccolo Festival of Animazione - Udine, Italy
- 01.2018
- Premiers Plans, Festival d'Angers, France
- 02.2018
- Shortcutz Covilhã, Portugal
- 03.2018
- Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival, Portugal
-
International Competition: Best Portuguese Short Film, Portuguese Competition: Honour Mention
- 03.2018
- International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico
- 03.2018
- International Animation Short Film Festival of Roanne, France
- 03.2018
- Academia Portuguesa de Cinema - Gala de Prémios Sophia, Portugal
- 03.2018
- SACO - Semana del Audiovisual Contemporáneo de Oviedo, Spain
- 03.2018
- Shortcutz - Faro, Portugal
- 04.2018
- San Francisco International Film Festival, USA
- 04.2018
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 04.2018
- Cap Spartel Film Festival, Morocco
- 04.2018
- Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
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Public Award
- 04.2018
- Córtex - Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
- 04.2018
- Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt
- 04.2018
- Festibérico Festival de Cinema Português e Espanhol, Netherlands
- 04.2018
- Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival, Germany
- 04.2018
- Internationales Trickfilm Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Germany
- 05.2018
- Festival Primavera do Cine, Spain
-
Public Award for the best animation short film
- 05.2018
- Festival Rulfiano de las Artes, Mexico
- 05.2018
- Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León, Spain
- 05.2018
- Porto Femme - Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal
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Special Mention
- 06.2018
- Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia
- 06.2018
- FEST International Youth Film Festival Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
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Grand Prize - Best Portuguese Short Film
- 06.2018
- Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Spain
- 06.2018
- Shortcutz Ovar - Junho, Portugal
- 07.2018
- Shortcutz Figueira da Foz, Portugal
- 07.2018
- Macao International Documentary Film Festival, Macau
- 07.2018
- Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Cyprus
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Special Mention
- 09.2018
- Shorts Mexico - International Short Film Festival, Mexico
- 09.2018
- San Francisco Green Film Festival, USA
- 09.2018
- SeSIFF - Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Korea
- 10.2018
- IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland
- 10.2018
- KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Netherlands
- 10.2018
- Animage International Film Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil
- 10.2018
- Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain
- 11.2018
- St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
- 11.2018
- Arras Film Festival, France
- 11.2018
- PLANOS - Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Tomar, Portugal
- 11.2018
- Brixton Reel Film Festival, United Kingdom
- 11.2018
- PANORAMA Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil
-
Best Short From The Jury Of The International Competition
- 11.2018
- City of Soria - International Short Film Festival, Spain
- 11.2018
- Kobane International Film Festival, Syria
- 11.2018
- Short Film Festival Sequence, France
- 11.2018
- Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS, Latvia
- 11.2018
- Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar
- 12.2018
- Rising of Lusitana - Animadoc Film Festival, United Kingdom
- 02.2019
- International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, ANIMAC, Spain
- 02.2019
- DOCfeed - Documentary Festival Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 03.2019
- Frames Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
-
Honourable Mention
- 03.2019
- NonStop Barcelona Animation Film Festival, Spain
- 03.2019
- DocuDays - Beirut International Documentary Festival, Ukraine
- 04.2019
- Animocje - International Animated Film Festival Bydgoszcz, Poland
- 06.2019
- Festival Côté Court - Pantin, France
- 08.2019
- Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland
- 08.2019
- Strano Film Festival, Italy
-
Best Film of Strano Film Festival
- 10.2019
- Cinema Urbana - Mostra de Filmes de Arquitetura de Brasília, Brazil
- 11.2019
- International Canlandiranlar Film Festival , Turkey
- 11.2019
- International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland
- 11.2019
- Agência 20 anos - Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal
- 11.2019
- Anilogue - International Animation Film Festival, Hungary
- 01.2020
- Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
- 05.2020
- European Union Short Film Festival, Canada
- 11.2020
- Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal
- 11.2020
- Cinema de Animação OLHO, Portugal
- 08.2021
- Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
- 10.2021
- Festival of Animation Berlin, Germany
- 11.2021
- Colombo International Women's Film Festival, Sri Lanka
- 10.2022
- Anim'est International Animation Festival, Romania
- 10.2022
- Big Cartoon Festival, Russia
- 11.2022
- Greenwich Village Film Festival, USA
- 05.2023
- IMAXINARIA - Afundación International Animation Film Festival, Spain
- 12.2024
- Bilbao International Animation Community Animation Festival - ANIMAKOM FEST, Spain
Other Screenings
- 06.2017
- Directors Fortnight - Paris
- 06.2017
- Directors Fortnight - Marseille
- 07.2017
- Directors Fortnight - Brussels
- 08.2017
- Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde - Casa da Animação
- 09.2017
- Mostra - Universidade de Toronto
- 10.2017
- Aprender em Festa - Viseu
- 10.2017
- Creative Macau
- 11.2017
- Quinzena Portuguesa - Luxemburgo
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube de Guimarães
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Espalhafitas em Abrantes
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Aurélio da Paz dos Reis
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Setúbal
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Shortcutz Vila Real
- 12.2017
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Cinemateca Portuguesa
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Almada
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Amadora
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Cascais
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Chiado
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Coimbra
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Faro
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Fórum Algarve
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Guimarães
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Leiria
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Madeira
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Oeiras
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Vasco da Gama
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Viseu
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - Trancoso
- 12.2017
- SHORT FILM DAY - MiratecArts
- 03.2018
- Mostra - Portimão
- 05.2018
- Mostra - Município de Lagoa
- 06.2018
- Extensão de Premiados MONSTRA - Lisboa
- 06.2018
- Monstra - Vigo
- 07.2018
- Drama.pt
- 07.2018
- Aigra Cultura
- 09.2018
- Cinema Insuflável - Matosinhos
- 09.2018
- Cinema Insuflável - Vila Nova de Gaia
- 10.2018
- Casa das Artes Famalicão - Outubro
- 10.2018
- Extensão de Premiados MONSTRA - Portalegre
- 12.2018
- SHORT FILM DAY - Selina Hostel Porto
- 12.2018
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Há Filmes na Baixa!
- 12.2018
- O Dia Mais Curto - Chile
- 12.2018
- O Dia Mais Curto - Xangai
- 12.2018
- O Dia Mais Curto - Etiópia
- 01.2019
- Extensão MONSTRA - Animus
- 01.2019
- Extensão Monstra - Arras
- 01.2019
- Cinemateca Portuguesa :Image per Image: Bando à Parte Animations
- 03.2019
- Leiria Film Fest
- 04.2019
- Mostra de Cinema - DESOBEDOC
- 04.2019
- Cine-Poesia - Realizar:Poesia
- 05.2019
- International Printmaking Exposition in Gallery Ratamo
- 05.2019
- CineEco - Ecozine Session
- 05.2019
- Mostra “La Unión Europea en Corto-metrajes Unidos en la Diversidad”
- 05.2019
- Dispers`Arte
- 06.2019
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb - Agência 20 years
- 06.2019
- Society for Animation Studies
- 07.2019
- Festival de Cinema Europeu Mirada
- 08.2019
- Turku Animated Film Festival
- 09.2019
- Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra Catarinense
- 10.2019
- Bilbao Arte
- 10.2019
- FOLIO - Festival Literário Internacional de Óbidos
- 10.2019
- Agência 20 anos - Close-Up Famalicão
- 10.2019
- Ciclo de Cinema - Cidades e Culturas Urbanas
- 11.2019
- Agência 20 anos - Cinanima
- 12.2019
- FlIP - V Mostra de Cinema de Animação de Amarante
- 01.2020
- Aniversário Monstra - Lisboa
- 01.2020
- Vilnius International Short Film Festival
- 03.2020
- Short Films For Long Days
- 04.2020
- My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival
- 08.2020
- Cinema de animação ao ar livre
- 10.2020
- Brainwash festival
- 11.2020
- Programa Casa da Animação - MANIFESTUM arte de dizer
- 11.2020
- Programa Especial - Anilogue
- 05.2021
- ANIMAR 16
- 06.2021
- ANIMAR 16 - Cinema ao Ar Livre
- 07.2021
- Fila K Cineclube - Realizadores de Coimbra
- 07.2021
- MONSTRA - Anima Doc Portuguesa
- 08.2021
- A gosto de Verão
- 08.2021
- Brussels Short Film Festival
- 09.2021
- Exibição Teatro Lu.Ca (Luís de Camões)
- 09.2021
- Short Waves Festival x Design Poznan Festival
- 10.2021
- Festival of Animation Berlin
- 10.2021
- Programa Casa da Animação - MANIFESTUM arte de dizer
- 10.2021
- Festa Mundial da Animação
- 12.2021
- Festival Lusófono - Centro Cultural Brasil-México
- 02.2022
- MONSTRA à Solta - Programa Cinema Lua
- 02.2022
- MONSTRA à solta - Maus Hábitos
- 03.2022
- Retrospetiva BAP - Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival
- 04.2022
- Como se viu e como se vê - (A)mostra de cinema português
- 05.2022
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- 05.2022
- Lusofest - Universidade Masaryk de Brno
- 05.2022
- Sessão de Curtas LAVRAR O MAR
- 07.2022
- Programa Casa da Animação - Casa em Movimento (Portalegre)
- 09.2022
- CineMar - 2nd Exhibition of Portuguese Cinema in relation to the Sea
- 10.2022
- Anim'est International Animation Festival
- 10.2022
- L'hybride
- 10.2022
- Seminário Freeze Frame
- 10.2022
- Mostra de Cinema en Verín
- 11.2022
- Simpósio - Olhares Sobre a Animação Portuguesa - Cinanima 2023
- 11.2022
- Encontro Bienal de Ilustração de São João da Madeira
- 12.2022
- Festival Porretta Cinema - Corto Dorico Special Program
- 12.2022
- Portuguese Short Films on CORTO DORICO - Amnesty International Award - “Short on Rights”
- 02.2023
- Batalha Centro de Cinema - February
- 03.2023
- "Acrescenta Um Ponto" por Maria Zimbro
- 04.2023
- Richmond Animation Festival
- 07.2023
- Cineclube Tavira - Julho
- 08.2023
- Porto Femme - Ciclo de Cinema Agosto
- 09.2023
- Tocati international festival of traditional games
- 10.2023
- Oficina Cinemateca Júnior
- 10.2023
- Close-Up Famalicão
- 10.2023
- ANIMARIO - Programa Animação Portuguesa
- 10.2023
- Exibição MONSTRA - Casa da Cerca de Almada
- 11.2023
- Semana de Cinema Português
- 11.2023
- FEINAKI Beijing animation week - 100 Anos da Animação Portuguesa
- 11.2023
- Animateka - BAP Program
- 01.2024
- Animalusa Mostra de Cinema de Animação Português
- 03.2024
- Feminist Film Festival
- 03.2024
- Bergamo Film Meeting - Portuguese Animation Program
- 03.2024
- CGAI-Filmoteca de Galicia - Olhadas de mulher
- 04.2024
- Festa Cinema Italiano
- 05.2024
- European Short Movie Night
- 06.2024
- Annecy - Portuguese Focus
- 06.2024
- Cineclube de Viseu - Sessão Junho
- 09.2024
- Animagoria - Mostra de Filmes de Animação
- 10.2024
- ANIMAFILM IAF - Portuguese Animation program
- 10.2024
- Prime The Animation - Cinanima Program
- 11.2024
- Festival de Cinema Europeu Doha
- 11.2024
- Projeto Há Cinema!
