Private Project

Release your Emotions

In a green area, the reality is gray and uncomfortable because of the ruins of an amusement park and extreme sports that were unique in the country.

  • André Almeida Rodrigues
    Director
  • André Almeida Rodrigues
    Producer
  • João Bruno
    Editor
  • Manuel Silva
    Sound Designer
  • André Almeida Rodrigues
    Writer
  • André Almeida Rodrigues
    Director of Photography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Liberta as tuas Emoções
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sofia Art Film Awards
    Sofia
    Bulgaria
    Best Short Documentary and Best Mobile Film
  • CEYFF – Ceylon International Film Festival
    Santa Barbara, California
    United States
    Honorable Mention
  • MOITAMOSTRA - Encontro D'Artes em Meio Rural
    Aldeia da Moita
    Portugal
    July 30, 2023
  • Shortcutz Lisboa
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    May 16, 2023
  • Peaberry Film Festival
    Canton, Georgia
    United States
    April 29, 2023
    North America, USA and Georgia Premiere
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
    Online
    United Kingdom
    December 5, 2022
  • West Bengal Short Film Festival
    Kolkota
    India
    November 20, 2022
    India Premiere
  • Imagens no Tejo – Mostra de Cinema Português
    Vila Franca de Xira
    Portugal
  • Leiria Film Fest
    Leiria
    Portugal
    May 27, 2022
  • Ocean Coast Film Festival
    Lavra
    Portugal
    November 21, 2021
    Portugal Premiere
  • SEFF – Smaragni Eco Film Festival
    Sisak
    Croatia
    August 26, 2021
    World, Europe and Croatia Premiere
Director Biography - André Almeida Rodrigues

André Almeida Rodrigues was born in 1988 in Leça do Balio, Matosinhos, Portugal and he is a director whose productions have been awarded and screened internationally.
In 2016, he finished a Master’s degree in Sound and Image in the School of Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

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Director Statement

In this documentary I am interested in contrasting the gray present with the echoes of happiness from a recent Raf Park past. For this reason, "Release your Emotions", which was the slogan of this amusement park and extreme sports unique in the country.
In 2012, the reality of an economic crisis “planted” in Portugal was at the door of Raf Park. The man “watered” Raf Park with around 7 million euros despite the Troika cutting public spending.
Monte de São Brás saw an uprooting 6 hectares of its green area. Now, half-built, abandoned and vandalized structures are “planted” there.
We don’t know how its future will be like and the time has been erasing its memory. Even I no longer remembered the Raf Park when I discovered, in 2018, the interview that you hear throughout the film because I collaborated as an image reporter with TV Senhora da Hora.
“Release your Emotions” is more of an artistic film than a political film. A film contemplates the grey of a play that was once colored with happiness despite having withered after almost 3 months of activity.