Ruby

Synopsis

The chorus of dawn descends the burned mountain, echoing in the shale walls of a Portuguese village. Ruby awakens and stands in the half light. Outside, her dog Frankie has run away. Daughter of two worlds, the one that the English parents left behind and the Portuguese land of her upbringing that still calls her a foreigner, Ruby moves between the borders of both, without belonging to either. Her best friend, Millie, will be returning to England; the end of their childhood meets the end of a warm summer day.

Original Title
RUBY
Director
Mariana Gaivão
Producer
Pedro Duarte, Primeira Idade
Alexander Gerner
Mariana Gaivão
Script
Mariana Gaivão
Editing
Mariana Gaivão
Photography
João Ribeiro
Sound
Rafael Cardoso
Main Actors
Ruby Taylor, Millie Romer
Original Language
English, Portuguese
Subtitles
Spanish, English, Portuguese

Film Statistics

  • 4041 Spectators
  • 39 Festival Selections
  • 47 Exhibitions
  • 4 Awards

Awards and Selections

07.2019
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
Prize for the Best Portuguese Director
10.2019
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada
11.2019
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
Best Short Film, Best Poster
01.2020
Internacional Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
06.2020
Psarokokalo - Athens International Short Film Festival, Greece
06.2020
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
07.2020
Burgas International Film Festival, Bulgaria
09.2020
Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival, Germany
10.2020
Porto Femme - Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal
10.2020
CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema Ecológico da Serra da Estrela, Portugal
10.2020
VISTACURTA - Festival de Curtas de Viseu, Portugal
11.2020
Medfilm Festival, Italy
Cervantes Award as Best Creative Short
11.2020
International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao, Spain
11.2020
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany
12.2020
Festival Tous Courts, Rencontres Cinématographiques d'Aix-en-Provence, France
03.2021
Mecal - International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain
04.2021
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain
10.2021
DokumentART - European Film Festival, Germany
12.2021
Frames Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
11.2022
Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival, Portugal
05.2023
EPA CINE Festival, Argentina
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Other Screenings

11.2019
Agência 20 anos - Caminhos
12.2019
O DIA MAIS CURTO - Cinemateca Portuguesa
10.2020
Shortcutz Guimarães - Outubro
04.2021
DocNomads - Portuguese Cinema, Culture and Identity
11.2021
Imagens do Real Imaginado
04.2022
Como se viu e como se vê - (A)mostra de cinema português
05.2022
Female Portuguese Directors in Fundación Tres Culturas
06.2022
Les 7 Parnassiens - Trois Réalisatrices Portugaises
07.2022
Há Filmes na Baixa! - Curtas Vila do Conde IFF
08.2022
1ª viagem da Veredas
09.2022
Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde iFF - Colina das Artes
11.2022
Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival
11.2022
Planos Film Fest - Festival internacional de curtas-metragens de Tomar
06.2023
De Week van Drift
11.2024
Cineclube de Pombal - Novembro
02.2025
Shortcutz Lisboa - Fevereiro
06.2025
Waking Life Festival
09.2025
Caldas Film Fest - Warm Up
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