Synopsis
It's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape.
Porque Hoje É Sábado (Because Today Is Saturday)
- Alice Eça Guimarães
- 2025
- Portugal, France, Spain
- ANI
- 12′24″
Alice Eça Guimarães
PORQUE HOJE É SÁBADO ENTRE SOMBRAS NOSSA SENHORA DA APRESENTAÇÃO AMÉLIA & DUARTE
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- PORQUE HOJE É SÁBADO
- Director
- Alice Eça Guimarães
- Producer
- Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim, Animais AVPL
- Co-Producer
- Carlota Pou, Bruno Simões, STUDIO KIMCHI
- Claire Beffa, Sidonie Garnier, La Clairière Ouest
- Editing
- Alice Eça Guimarães
- Sound
- Gisela Fullà Silvestre
- Music
- Gisela Fullà Silvestre
- Animation
- Daniela Duarte, Ambre Gualtier, Ronni Shalev, Aurore Weickert, Carmen Gómez, Bea Moreno Poveda, Raquel Cruz Hevia, Uriel Valle Sánchez, Matilde Machado
- Associate Producer
- Jorge Ribeiro, OS FILMES DO PINGUIM
- Animation Technique
- Animation 2D
- Original Language
- No dialogue
- Subtitles
- No dialogue
Film Statistics
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5202 Spectators
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74 Festival Selections
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97 Exhibitions
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24 Awards
Awards and Selections
- 07.2025
- Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
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Audience Award [SPA - Portuguese Society of Authors]
- 07.2025
- Carrefour du cinéma d'animation, France
- 09.2025
- International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece
- 09.2025
- SPARK Animation Festival, Canada
- 09.2025
- Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
- 10.2025
- Animatou - International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland
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Mention from Dominique Ziegler
- 10.2025
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
- 10.2025
- International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus
- 10.2025
- VISTACURTA - Festival de Curtas de Viseu, Portugal
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National Competition Award
- 10.2025
- TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Greece
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Silver Octopus
- 10.2025
- ReAnimania Yerevan International Animation Film Festival, Armenia
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Special Mention
- 10.2025
- Casa da Animação - Prémio Nacional da Animação, Portugal
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Audience Award, Honorable Mention Category Professionals
- 11.2025
- Alcine - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares/Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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European Audience Award, Special mention of the Equality Department
- 11.2025
- Cinanima - International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal
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Award for the Best Screenwriting, Audience Award
- 11.2025
- POFF Shorts - International Short Film and Animation Festival, Estonia
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Jury prize for Best Film in the PÖFF Shorts International Animation Competition
- 11.2025
- Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
- 11.2025
- Cinemamed - Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium
- 11.2025
- LIAF - London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom
- 12.2025
- AnimaPIX, Portugal
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AnimaPix Award
- 12.2025
- Afrodite Shorts, Italy
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New Vision Award
- 12.2025
- La Mirada Tabú / The Taboo Look, Spain
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Taboo Gender Award
- 12.2025
- Whistler Film Festival, Canada
- 12.2025
- Festival Séquence Court-Métrage, France
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Audience Award of the International Competition
- 12.2025
- Les Nuits Magiques - International Animated Film Festival, France
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High School Students' Award
- 01.2026
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
- 02.2026
- International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, ANIMAC, Spain
- 02.2026
- ANIMA, Brussels Internacional Animation Film Festival, Belgium
- 02.2026
- Ibiza Cinefest, Spain
- 02.2026
- ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film Festival, Spain
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Grand Prize Best Animated Film
- 03.2026
- Athena Film Festival Short Film, USA
- 03.2026
- Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany
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Audience Award
- 03.2026
- Certamen Cinematográfico Igualgaba, Spain
- 03.2026
- Tricky Women - International Animation Festival, Austria
- 03.2026
- IMAXINARIA - Afundación International Animation Film Festival, Spain
- 03.2026
- Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival, Portugal
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Audience Award - National Competition
- 03.2026
- Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Japan
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Grand Prize - Short Animation
- 03.2026
- International Animation Short Film Festival of Roanne, France
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International Audience Award
- 03.2026
- REANIMACIJA European Animated Film and Illustration Festival, Montenegro
- 03.2026
- PANORAMA Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil
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Best Short Film
- 04.2026
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 04.2026
- Prémios Curtas, Portugal
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Best Animation Award
- 04.2026
- Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA
- 04.2026
- Prémios Quirino de Animação Iberoamericana, Spain
- 04.2026
- RiverRun International Film Festival, USA
- 04.2026
- Skyline Benidorm Film Festival, Spain
- 04.2026
- Animocje - International Animated Film Festival Bydgoszcz, Poland
- 04.2026
- Porto Femme - Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal
- 04.2026
- Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
- 04.2026
- San Francisco International Film Festival, USA
- 04.2026
- West Chester International Short Film Festival , USA
- 05.2026
- Leiria Film Fest, Portugal
- 05.2026
- Anifilm - International Festival of Animated Films Trebon, Czech Republic
- 05.2026
- ANIMAYO, Spain
- 05.2026
- Framed Animation Festival, Netherlands
Other Screenings
- 08.2025
- Curtas Vila do Conde - Cinema ao Ar Livre
- 09.2025
- Animagoria - Mostra de Filmes de Animação
- 12.2025
- Cineclube Tavira - Dezembro
- 01.2026
- Animalusa Mostra de Cinema de Animação Português
- 02.2026
- ShortCutz Ovar - Fevereiro
- 02.2026
- Batalha Centro de Cinema - Fevereiro
- 03.2026
- Go Short - Dolle Minas Program
- 04.2026
- Festival national du film d'animation de Rennes Métropole
- 04.2026
- Filmfest Dresden - Open air
- 04.2026
- JUNA Festival - Event about Mental Health
- 05.2026
- Programa Casa da Animação em Stuttgart Trickfilm
- 08.2026
- SantaCurtas - Screenings Funchal
- 08.2026
- Cabaret Vert festival - Cinema Screening
