30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

Italian premiere

The animation depicts a desolate forest that has become a landfill. Young Joel accompanies his brusque father to retrieve objects and old iron with a Garrano horse, a small pony of which few examples remain in the mountains in the north of Portugal. The exhausted horse is forced to drag a cart with very heavy loads under the scorching sun. The child accidentally discovers a man who is about to set fire to the forest and who will endanger both the boy's life and that of the animal tied with a rope to a tree. Child and horse, in an environment violated by the neglect and insensitivity of their father and master, both suffer the harassment of men, dreaming of a liberating race free from the burden of exploitation and the threat of fire.

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  David Doutel

  Born in Porto in 1983, he studied Sound and Image at the UCP - Escola das Artes in Porto, where he met Vasco Sá. With him he worked on multiple projects, including the shorts The Shoemaker (2011), Soot (2014), Augur (2018, also at the XXV FFDL) and Garrano. They co-founded BAP – Animation Studio. They are currently working on their first animated feature film.

  
  

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  Vasco Sá

  Born in Porto in 1979, while studying Sound and Image at UCP - Escola das Artes in Porto, he met David Doutel, with whom he co-directed the shorts: The Shoemaker (2011), Soot (2014), Augur (2018, also at the XXV FFDL) and Garrano and is now working on their first animated feature film. They also co-founded BAP – Animation Studio, where they work as directors and producers.