Asphalt Reds
Portugal, France2026fiction30'Short film competition
They usually get around on bikes or scooters, darting through the streets of major European cities to deliver goods to customers almost unnoticed. They do this illegally for large corporations. One of them is Omar, who comes from Benin. The young man lives in Porto without documents, works as a courier for one of the major restaurant chains, and every day risks being caught by police patrols targeting migrants. Public sentiment works against people like him. Fortunately, he can also count on the kindness of those who are not entirely indifferent to the fate of newcomers.
- directed by
- João Niza RibeiroQ&A guest
Born in 1987. He studied Cinema at Porto’s UCP School of Arts where he finished his Master’s degree in Directing, over the contours of the Absurd in the Cinematic Language. His final Film, The Damned Manifesto, won the School Competition at Fantasporto International Film Festival, and awarded the Take One! prize at Curtas de Vila do Conde International Film Fest.
- cinematography
- Miguel da Santa
- script
- João Niza Ribeiro
- cast
- Francisco de Oliveira
- sound
- Jules Valeur
- editing
- Tiago Carvalho
- production
- José Magro, João Niza Ribeiro, Ana Meleiro (PANTANO Filmes), João Matos, Leonor Noivo, Luisa Homem, Pedro Pinho, Susana Nobre, Tiago Hespanha (Terratreme Filmes)
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