I'd Rather Not Say

The day begins with an exchange of favours. An interview, a football game, cigarettes after cigarettes.
Routine fragments of those who live in an isolated space which labels and conditions life choices.

  • Pedro Augusto Almeida
    Director
  • Pedro Augusto Almeida
    Writer
  • Julio Alves
    Producer
    Os Meninos do Rio (Javier Macipe)
  • Paulo Castilho
    Producer
    Os Meninos do Rio (Javier Macipe)
  • Amadeu Pena da Silva
    Producer
    Majhong (João Pedro Rodrigues)
  • Pedro Augusto Almeida
    Producer
  • Miguel Borges
    Key Cast
    Lines of Wellington
  • António Afonso Parra
    Key Cast
  • Tânia Figueiras Ribeiro
    Key Cast
  • Pedro Adamastor
    Sound
    3X3D
  • Vasco Mendes
    Cinematography
  • Carina Gaspar
    Set Design
  • Alexandra Côrte-Real Almeida
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Prefiro Não Dizer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 2, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:85
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira
    Bagé, Brazil
    November 21, 2015
    World Premiere
    Best Actress
  • X Inatel
    Lisbon
    December 13, 2015
    Best Young Director
  • 28th Film Festival Dresden
    Dresden
    Germany
  • 13th IndieLisboa
    Lisbo
    Portugal
  • 9th Cinema City Festival
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
  • 3rd Taratsa Film Festival
    Taratsa
    Greece
  • 3rd Festival De Cine Y Tv Reino De León
    Léon
    Spain
  • 5th Primavera do Cine
    Vigo
    Spain
  • 17th Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival
    Landshut
    Germany
  • 3rd Shortcutz Viseu Annual Award
    Viseu
    Portugal
    September 6, 2016
    Best Director
  • 9th Oporto Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    November 1, 2016
    Honorable Mention
  • Leiria Film Festival
    Portugal
    October 1, 2017
    Best Portuguese Fiction Short
Director Biography - Pedro Augusto Almeida

Pedro Augusto Almeida was born in Setúbal in 1991.
At the age eighteen he moved to Abrantes where he completed a degree in video and documentary film. During those three years he conducted several exercises that were shown at film festivals nationwide. At the end of 2012 he was selected for the project "Borderline - 13 directors on the bus exploring immigration”. The project was produced by NISI MASA with the support of Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012.

In 2014 directs his first short fiction film, completely independent, which highlights the exhibition on the acclaimed short film festival “Curta Cinema” in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2015 he was the photography director and editor of the television program called "#hashtag," a program for teenagers that will debut soon in the Portuguese public television (RTP).
Later that year he was invited to moderate a video workshop in Belgrade, on the International Student Week.
Currently attends the first year of a master's degree in Art Studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto. He’s the film projectionist of the Municipal Theater of Campo Alegre since 2013.

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