Borja Rodriguez

How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?

Experimental animation piece in which surrealism and psychedelia come together to immerse the viewer in a dreamlike journey, where the magical and supernatural transcends the ordinary of everyday life. The creation of life, spirituality and the transformation of the world appear as essential issues in this short film, which is told without following a linear narrative structure.

Black ink on acetate and an overwhelming graphic talent, Santomé builds an animated film halfway between film noir and experimental narrative.