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A Quarter to Eleven

This short film was shot during lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
We live in one of the most difficult times of our lives. Everything has stagnated. The days go by slow. It's like time has frozen. And it was this damn time that inspired this short film, made totally indoors.

  • Paulo Araújo
    Director
  • Paulo Araújo
    Writer
  • Paulo Araújo
    Producer
  • Paulo Araújo
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Um Quarto para a Onze
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 7, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Paradise Film Festival
    Budapest
    Hungary
    September 3, 2021
    Best Comedy
  • Progeny Short Film Festival
    Blacksburg, Virginia
    United States
    October 2, 2021
    Official Selection
  • FROSTBITE International Indie Fest
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    United States
    September 2, 2021
    Official Selection
  • National Short Film Festival
    Washington, DC
    United States
    February 1, 2022
    Quarter Finalist
  • Moinho Cine Fest
    Porto
    Portugal
    April 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Fox International Film Festival
    Rome
    Italy
    April 29, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Shorts@Fringe
    Azores
    Portugal
    June 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Emerald Peacock
    Berlin
    Germany
    June 2, 2022
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography - Paulo Araújo

Paulo Araújo is a portuguese filmmaker. He is also a musician, graphic designer and illustrator.
As an illustrator, he collaborated with leading Portuguese newspapers such as “Diário de Notícias”, “Dinheiro Vivo”, and the magazines “Visão” and “Lux Woman”. He has published in the renowned international digital art magazine “Exotique”.
He directed and produced the short films “Nico” (2013); “The Treasure” (2015); “The Portrait” (2018), winner of Shortcutz Viseu #151 (Portugal, 2020); “Philosophy of a Crime” (2020), Best Film Noir at The Indie For You Film Festival (2020) and Honorable Mention at Gravedigger Dave's Anthology Festival, USA, 2021; and the latest “A Quarter to Eleven” and “Mother” (2021).
He owns the Youtube channel “Artista de Plástico”, about illustration, photography and video tutorials.

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