Dog Alone
Portugal, France2025animated13'Short film competition
What does a dog’s howl mean in the Portuguese countryside? In this autobiographical animated film, Marta Reis Andrade recounts her return to her hometown after many years of living abroad. Disillusioned by her loneliness in London, she packs her bags and heads home. Upon arrival, she finds her beloved grandfather deep in mourning. His sorrow is echoed by the barking of one of the local animals. The girl decides to investigate where the sounds come from. Through carefully crafted metaphors, the director tells a deeply moving story of returning to a home that will never again be the same as it was before she left.
- directed by
- Marta Reis Andrade
Born in 1991, she studied directing at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC), and finished her degree at FAMU in Prague. She studied animation for a year at Atelier de Sèvres, in Paris, and completed her master's degree in Animation at the Royal College of Art in London. “Come to Me”, her first year film, was selected for festivals around the world, and her graduation film “The Village Game”, was shortlisted for a BAFTA nomination in the student film category. Marta worked in London for institutions such as the BBC, Google and CNN as a concept artist and animator.
- script
- Marta Reis Andrade
- animated by
- Leonor Pacheco, Diana Peixoto, Vitor Hugo Rocha, Marta Reis Andrade, Milly Yencken, Beatriz Maia, Inês Teixeira
- production
- David Doutel, Vasco Sá (BAP - Animation Studios), Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago (Ikki Films), Olivier Catherin
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