After Link (PT Subs)

(This is a short version of a 25min film)

I've watched many films and read many books, but none of them could portray exactly what I felt many years ago, the grief of losing a long-time friend who went missing in the mountains. The not-knowing if he was alive or dead was suffocating, and local folklore that connected spirituality, nature and technology became hope. In 2015, we started talking about travelling the world in a motorhome, pursuing places of inexplicable phenomena. Unfortunately, that never happened. So I made this film for others to relate to, to purge my feelings and fears through horror while keeping this nostalgic feeling of the 90s (a lost generation). In the character "David", I portray my friend, who always took a special interest in these themes, and I hope it pulls you as much as it pulled us.
Please, do not delay your dreams. Do not just stay alive, but live.

This film is inspired by local folklore about mysterious disappearances in our Mountains, in Portugal. We have a shorter version without the horror scene for a wider audience and we also have a longer version of this film (25min).

The idea behind making a film about parallel dimensions is to open to different interpretations and open the dialogue to mental health, social isolation, and spiritual and metaphysical experiences. While someone might call it a hybrid genre mixing SciFi and Spirituality, or Quantum Drama and Horror, the main goal is to dive into the possibility of facing death with positivity, as an unlimited journey into other worlds. This film also tackles mental health.

AFTER LINK was set dressed by Rebecca Pilkington, well known for working on the Oscar-winning film The Danish Girl and the Eternals, and by our PropsMaster Ilka Selmeckzy known for collaborating on Oscar-winning Poor Things, and Dune. It was written/directed by first-time Portuguese director Catarina De Cèzanne, starring Portuguese actress Sofia Vilar and Ukrainian actor Nazariy Koval, and Swiss Cinematographer Frank Kallenberg. This film was only possible thanks to a diverse film crew of men, women, non-binary and also neurodiverse professionals. We are also strong supporters of the LGBTQ community, and extremely committed to give opportunities to filmmakers from isolated and economically disadvantaged regions, like ourselves. We were blessed with an international crew of both professional and emerging talents from Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Brazil, Hungary, The Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. The story of After Link is inspired on a real event when my childhood friend mysteriously disappeared in the mountains 9 years ago. This film symbolises a dream we always had and was made to honour him, with the hope that one day he might watch it and come back.