When The Land Runs Away

Frederico Lobo

Documentary / 16mm / 29' / 2024

Amid the fog and the labyrinth of time, while machines probe the geological depths of the mountain, a shepherd searches for an errant cow. Childhood finds its way back, the mountain transforms itself, the cycle continues.

With António Patorro, Beatriz Jorge, Fritz, Mateus Cascais Directing and Cinematography Frederico Lobo Sound Filipe Rebelo, Sérgio Silva Sound Editing and Mix Rafael Cardoso, Sérgio Silva, Mauricio d'Orey Colorist Andreia Bertini Editing Jorge Moneo Quintana, Frederico Lobo Production Manager Celeste Alves Editing Consultant Luisa Homem Design Pedro Mota, Giuliane Maciel Music Frederico Lobo

Partners

Co-Production Rua Escura

Awards

“Gli occhi sulla città 2024” Award - Laceno d'Oro, Italy'24
Honorable Mention - Positively Different Short film Festival, Greece'25
Honorable Mention - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santarém, Portugal'25
Cosmos Award for the Best Film - CurtoCircuito - Santiago de Compostela, Spain'25
Best Short Film Documentary - Baku International Film Festival, Azerbaijan'25

Festivals

Quinzaine des Cinéastes, France'24
IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal'24
Periferias Festival, Portugal'24
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India'24
CineEco, Portugal'24
Cinespaña, France'24
Curt ´Arruda, Portugal'24
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil'24
Amiens Film Fest France'24
Entre Olhares, Barreiro, Portugal'24
Caminhos de Cinema Portugues, Portugal'24
Autrans International Festival, France'24
Beijing International Short Film Festival, China"24
Laceno d'Oro, Italy'24
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias - FICCI, Colombia'25
Trento Film Festival, Italy'25
Positively Different Short film Festival, Greece'25
Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santarém, Portugal'25
Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece'25
CurtoCircuito - Santiago de Compostela, Spain'25
Intersection: Short Doc Festival, Serbia'25
Shortcutz Ovar, Portugal'25
PLONS! International Short Documentary Film Festival, The Netherlands'25
11th BANGIFF - BangkokThai International Film Festival. Tailândia'25
Baku International Film Festival, Azerbaijan'25

Exhibitions

Cinéma Les Carmes (Orléans), France'24
UGC Métropole (Lille), France'24
Cinéma Le Comoedia (Lyon), France'24
Forum des Images (Paris), France'24
Cinéma Le Rialto (Nice), France'24
UGC Métropole (Lille), France'24
Cinéma Utopia (Bordeaux), France'24
Cinéma Utopia (Avignon), France'24
Cinéma Le Reflet Médicis (Paris), France'24
Contesting Authoritarianism: In Defense of the Earth in Turbulence (Berlin), Germany'25
Curt Creixent, Valencia'25

Pedro Mota