TAPROBANA

Taprobana

Portugal. 2014. . 24 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Gabriel Abrantes.
  • Scriptwriter: Gabriel Abrantes.
  • Cinematography: Gabriel Abrantes.
  • Editing: Natxo Checa.
  • Sound: Daniel Gries; Hugo Leitão.
  • Producer: Gabriel Abrantes; Natxo Checa; Patricia Drati; Tine Fischer; Marta Furtado; Vimukthi Jayasundara.
  • Co-production: Dinamarca, Sri Lanka
Taprobana in the late 16th century. An elephant wallows in the water. A man relishes the time with his lover. A heroic epic must be written. A subjective look at Portugal's national hero Luís Vaz de Camões.

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Gabriel Abrantes

Gabriel Abrantes (1984, USA) is an artist and filmmaker. His work has been shown in exhibitions at the MIT List Center for the Visual Arts, the Palais de Tokyo, the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, among others. His films have screened in competition at festivals such as La Biennale di Venezia, the Berlinale, Locarno International Film Festival, and IndieLisboa.

"The Hunchback" (2016) / "Freud und Friends" (2015) / "Liberdade" (2011)