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“O CAVADOR” AT SEA-EU FILM FESTIVAL

Rui Mateus, Student of the Master in Arts of Sound and Image

SHORT FILM SELECTION
NOVEMBER 7TH, FESTIVAL OPENING
UNIVERSITY GALLERY / SPLIT

Mateus Verde is a portuguese Singer-Songwriter and visual/sound. His music ranges from intimate and dreamy folk ballads to heartfelt and haunting atmospheric soundscapes. The short film “The Digger” marks his directorial debut. In this movie he seeks to express the central concerns of his practice, common across the different media he engages with. At the heart of his work is a fascination with the elusive and cryptic mysteries of the natural world, which guide his exploration of the esoteric dimensions of nature and Being.

O Cavador

Mateus Verde

(9:14)

The night is dark, a man walks through the woods carrying his hoe. Arriving at a, perhaps, previously designated spot, he wields the tool and digs diligently. The pit grows and deepens with each of the strikes. Once his labor is done, the digger enters the pit he has opened, crossing into an incomprehensible underground world. From the inscrutable emerges a bright glimmering light that overpowers the darkness, revealing, perhaps, a new portal.

Production credits
Director: Mateus Verde
Actor: Rafael Fantasia