O FIM DO MUNDO

Fiction ∙ 2019
104 min ∙
Cape Verdean Creole & Portuguese

Meeting Point Award SEMICI 2019
Feauture Award Plateau Cabo Verde
Best cinematography award Les Arcs 2019

Best Portuguese Feature Film, IndieLisboa 2020
International competition LOCARNO 2019
competition FLASH FORWARD Busan IFF 2019

A film by Basil Da Cunha

Spira, 18, spent the last eight years in remand school and returns to Reboleira, a slum in Lisbon. His friends Giovani and Chandi are still there, as are the locals, deals and parties. But some people, like the gang boss Kikas, aren't too pleased he's back. Spira realizes that things are changing. As the bulldozers begin to tear down the neighborhood, everyone tries to hold on to their dreams, like Iara who Spira falls in love with, or Giovani who'll do anything to be one of the top dealers.


Basil Da Cunha est né à Morges en 1985. Il réalise trois court-métrages autoproduits, puis rejoint Thera Production en 2008. En 2012, il termine une formation à la Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design de Genève en cinéma avec son premier long métrage "Até ver a Luz". Depuis 2013 Basil da Cunha est professeur en cinéma à la HEAD à Genève. En 2017 il tourne son deuxième long "O fim do mundo".

O Fim Do Mundo · fiction · 107' · 2019
Nuvem Negra · documentaire · 19' · 2014
Até ver a luz · fiction · 95' · 2013
Os vivos tambem choram · fiction · 31' · 2012
Nuvem · fiction · 30' · 2011
À côté · fiction · 25' · 2009
La Loi du Talion · fiction · 26' · 2008

« I observed how this kid, who seemed to have no place in his own home, had to juggle with gang warfare, teenage troubles, hidden love and the demise of his neighborhood. My aim was to portray both damaged youth and its inherent social issues. A portrayal that might gain time, might stave off inevitable death. »
Basil Da Cunha, director

with

Michael SPENCER

Marco Joel FERNANDES
Alexandre DA COSTA FONSECA
Iara CARDOSO
Luisa MARTINS DOS SANTOS
Carlos FONSECA
Manuel DELGADO DOS SANTOS

Director

Basil DA CUNHA

SCRIPT AND DIALOGUES

Basil DA CUNHA
SAADI
avec la collaboration de Martin DROUOT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Patrick MENDES

PHOTOGRAPHY

Basil DA CUNHA
Rui XAVIER

SOUND

Henri MAIKOFF
Ricardo LEAL

Editing

Basil DA CUNHA
Jean REUSSER
Kostas MAKRINOS
Inês GRACIA MARQUES
Irina LOBO FORTUNA

SOUND EDITING

Adrien KESSLER

SOUND MIXING

Adrien KESSLER
Denis SÉCHAUD

COLOR GRADING

Jean-Baptiste PERRIN

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Yanis CARNAL

Production

Thera Production, Julien ROUYET
Producteur associé Kaspar SCHILTKNECHT

Co-production

RTS Radio Télévision Suisse - Françoise MAYOR

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

L'Office fédéral de la culture (OFC)

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF

Cinéforom
and the support of the
Loterie Romande

With the support of

Fonds culturel Suissimage
and the
Pour-cent culturel Migros: Postproduction

In collaboration with

HEAD Cinema Departement – Geneva

FESTIVAL Management AND INTERNATIONAL SALES

WIDE MANAGEMENT

DISTRIBUTION SWITZERLAND

SISTER DISTRIBUTION - Swiss theatrical Release : March 2020

Distribution Portugal

ALAMBIQUE FILMES - Portuguese theatrical Release : September 2020

Buy a DVD in Portugal : Alambique DVD

Distribution France

Urban Distribution - French theatrical release : End of 2021


AWARDS

Best Cinematography - Swiss Film Academy 2020
Best feature Film - Section "Meeting Point" 64. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
Best feature movie - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Praia Cabo Verde
Best photography - Les Arcs Film Festival
Best Portuguese Feature Film - National Competition - IndieLisboa 2020
Árvore da Vida Award - IndieLisboa 2020

NOMINATIONS

Best photography - Basil Da Cunha / Rui Xavier- Prix du Cinema Suisse 2020
Best director - Basil Da Cunha - SOPHIA 2021 (Academia Portuguesa de Cinema)
Best original script - Basil Da Cunha / Martin Drouot / Saadi - SOPHIA 2021
Best actor - Michael Spencer - SOPHIA 2021
Best actor in supporting role - Alexandre Da Costa Fonseca - SOPHIA 2021
Best photography - Basil Da Cunha / Rui Xavier - SOPHIA 2021
Best editing - Basil Da Cunha / Inês Garcia Marques / Irina Lobo Fortuna / Jean Reusser / Kostas Makrinos - SOPHIA 2021
Best Costume design - Nadia Henriques - SOPHIA 2021

Festivals

72e Locarno Film Festival - International Competition
24th Busan International Film Festival - Section FLASH FORWARD
24th Milano Film Festival
43a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
64. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid SEMICI - Meeting Point
6a Festival Internacional de Cinema de Praia Cabo Verde
Vienna - This Human World 2019 Int. Filmfestival der Menschenrechte
Les Arcs Film Festival 2020 - International Competition
55. Solothurner Filmtage - Nomination Prix de Soleure
Gabes Cinema Fen 2020 - Tunis
The Olhar de Cinema 2020 - Curitiba IFF
Molodist Film Festival 2020, Kiev - Swiss Focus
IndieLisboa 2020 - National Competition

VOD

Switzerland - Filmingo
Portugal - Filmin
Brazil - Filmicca
USA - Cineville

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