Onus

The thrilling story about a man who decides to take his life, although not by his own hands...

  • Jaime Bastos de Vasconcelos
    Director
  • Alex Whitmer
    Writer
  • TRIX, lda
    Producer
  • Jaime Bastos de Vasconcelos
    Producer
  • Paulo Nery
    Key Cast
  • Beatriz Coelho
    Key Cast
  • Maria Vasconcelos
    Cinematography
  • Mira Amadea Vasconcelos
    Editing
  • Patrícia Vasconcelos
    Casting Director
  • Maria João Bastos
    Production Design
  • Tiago oliveira
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 24, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    FullHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jaime Bastos de Vasconcelos

Following his passion for traveling, Jaime Vasconcelos studied and worked as a Patisserie for more than 6 years in different countries. In those travels Jaime found his partner in life and his future Editor Mira Vasconcelos, a video artist, with whom he married. Mira introduced him to the arts, where he participated, acted and did various video art projects. With time so did Jaime wanted to build his carrier as a Director. And so it started. For the last year and a half Jaime has produced and directed two shorts. ONUS is his debut film and another one is coming out in the next month. He has been getting to know the professional world of cinema by assisting in film productions and in advertisement productions for various companies.

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Director Statement

I was born to tell stories and I'm happy to have found the perfect way to do it.