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Case study · Video · 2023

Entanglement.

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    Case study · Video · 2023

    Entanglement.

    Entanglement · Video · Lab

    § 1 Synopsis

    Think

    An experimental short film about a relationship, told without dialogue. Quantum entanglement becomes a metaphor for connection and for the ways an encounter can change our understanding of love.

    § 2 Final work

    Create

    In a dark concrete car park, a red-haired woman with curly hair and an olive shirt lets her head fall back, the ceiling lights blurred.The red-haired woman looks ahead, serious, hair across her face, facing the blurred shoulder of a man in a dark blue shirt.The bare feet of two people, facing each other, almost touching, on the car park floor.Two hands sliding along each other’s forearm, in the half-light.The man holds the woman upside down over his shoulders, her legs stretched up to the car park ceiling.The man, seen from behind, and the red-haired woman face to face, very close, her hair covering her face.The two dancers in balance, their backs arched in opposite directions, leaning on each other, between the car park pillars.The man spins with the woman in his arms, holding her legs, in the car park lit by a row of lights.The empty car park at dusk, with an arrow painted on the floor and, in the distance, the red-haired woman, barefoot and alone, between the pillars.
    Fig. 1 Nine shots from the film, in the film’s order.

    § 3 Fact sheet

    Year
    2023
    Type
    Experimental short film · No dialogue
    Running time
    3′
    Format
    ProRes444 / ProRes422 · Colour · Stereo
    Soundtrack
    The Most Beautiful Boy — The Irrepressibles
    Commissioned by
    L Concerts

    nunoserrao.com/film/entanglement

    Awards & distinctions

    • 2025 · FiciMad · Best Cinematography
    • 2024 · Blois Danse Festival · Jury Award

    Official selections

    • 2025 · Berlin Dance Film Festival
    • 2025 · Braga Science Film Festival
    • 2024 · Azores Fringe Fest
    • 2024 · Braga International Dance Film Festival
    • 2024 · Cinalfama Lisbon Screening and Awards
    • 2024 · Festival RAKSA
    • 2024 · Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico
    • 2024 · Greensboro Dance Film Festival
    • 2024 · Opine Dance Film Festival
    • 2024 · San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
    • 2023 · Dance on Screen
    • 2023 · Exeter Film Festival
    • 2023 · Girona Film Festival
    • 2023 · InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival
    • 2023 · Lisboa Indie Film Festival
    • 2023 · Los Angeles Dance Film Festival
    • 2023 · Metropolis Film Festival
    • 2023 · Mignolo International Festival

    Longlists, nominations & finalists

    • 2025 · Paris Art Movie Awards · Nomination — Best Dance
    • 2024 · Aesthetica Art Prize · Longlist
    • 2024 · Astoria Film Festival · Finalist
    • 2023 · 36 Girona Film Festival · Finalist
    • 2023 · Cinematica Videodance Competition · Finalist
    • 2023 · Mignolo International Festival · Finalist
    • 2023 · Near Nazareth Film Festival · Finalist

    § 4 People involved

    • Nuno Serrão, Writing and direction
    • Rosa Rodrigues, Marco Olival, Dancers
    • Nuno Serrão, Camera
    • Délio Gonçalves, Gaffer
    • Andreia Rodrigues, Production assistance
    • Nuno Serrão, Editing
    • urbanistas, Nuno Barcelos, Production

    Contacts

    Phone
    965 723 315
    Email
    info@urbanistas.pt
    Address
    Startup Madeira, EV 167, Campus da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal
    Instagram
    @urbanistas.pt