Luz de Presença

A Present Light

Berlinale Shorts

One rainy night, Gonçalo sets off to give his lost love one last letter. “Beware of the slippery road!” warns Diana from the street corner. In vain. An accident that is both an end and a beginning.

by Diogo Costa Amarante
with Diana Neves Silva, João Castro, Gustavo Sumpta, Luís Miguel Cintra, Fernando Soares Portugal 2021 Portuguese 19’ Colour, 2K DCP

With

Diana Neves Silva (Diana)
João Castro (Gonçalo)
Gustavo Sumpta (Diana’s Lover)
Luís Miguel Cintra (Owner of the Apartment)
Fernando Soares (Gonçalo’s Therapist)

Crew

Written and Directed by	Diogo Costa Amarante
Cinematography	Jorge Quintela
Editing	Diogo Costa Amarante
Music	Philippe Jaroussky
Sound Design	Luís Silveira
Art Director	Susana Azevedo
Producer	Diogo Costa Amarante

Produced by

O Verde do Jardim

Porto, Portugal

+351 916120695

World sales

Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agency

Vila do Conde, Portugal

+35 125 2646683

agencia.curtas.pt/ agencia.curtas.pt/

Diogo Costa Amarante

Born in Porto in 1982, the Portuguese filmmaker studied cinematography and documentary at the Catalonia Film School in Barcelona. He then completed a master’s in film production as a Fulbright Scholar at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His films The White Roses and Small Town both screened in Berlinale Shorts.

Filmography

2007 Jumate / Jumate 2009 In January, Perhaps · We have legs / Time flies 2011 Down here; short film 2013 As Rosas Brancas (The White Roses) 2017 Cidade Pequena (Small Town) 2021 Luz de Presença (A Present Light)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021