Case study · Video · 2019

We Are All On The Same Bus.

We Are All On The Same Bus · Video · Lab

§ 1 Synopsis

Think

A short film about time and awareness, framed through the metaphor of a bus travelling in one direction. Its synopsis brings ideas of spacetime, observation and determinism into a reflection on the way we experience life.

§ 2 Final work

Create

Inside an old bus at night, a man with an afro and a burgundy shirt bends down between the brown leather seats, his hands on the seatbacks and his face hidden by his hair. — Fig. 1 Six shots from the film, in the film’s order.

The same man, one arm raised holding the ceiling pole, tilts his head under the bus lights, with a blurred passenger in the background. — Fig. 1 Six shots from the film, in the film’s order.

§ 3 Fact sheet

Year: 2019
Type: Short film · No dialogue
Running time: 2′
Format: ProRes444 / ProRes422 · Colour · Stereo
Soundtrack: Lonnie Holley — I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America
Commissioned by: L Concerts

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Awards & distinctions

2023 · Ghent International Short Film Festival · Tarkovsky Grant Recipient
2021 · Videoskin · Honorable mention
2020 · ARFF Berlin · Best Experimental
2020 · ARFF Berlin · Staff Pick
2020 · ReelHeART International Film Festival · Best Dance Film
2019 · InShadow Festival · Best Portuguese Film
2019 · Prémios Lusófonos · Silver Award

Official selections

2025 · Berlin Dance Film Festival
2023 · Braga International Video Dance Festival
2023 · Ghent International Short Film Festival
2022 · NYPSFF
2021 · Altered Images Festival
2021 · Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
2021 · Cine Luso
2021 · Dance Film Prague
2021 · Super Shorts London Film Festival
2021 · Moving Images Festival
2021 · NYPSFF
2021 · Obskuur Ghent Film Festival
2021 · Reeling Festival
2021 · Rollout Dance Film Festival
2021 · Rvkfringe Festival
2021 · Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
2020 · ARFF Berlin
2020 · Austin Dance Film Festival
2020 · Cinema no Estendal
2020 · DanzaAttack
2020 · EnCore Film Festival
2020 · Fuso Insular
2020 · Greensboro Dance Film Festival
2020 · International Fine Arts Film Festival
2020 · International Microfilm Festival
2020 · Jacksonville Film Festival
2020 · Phoenix Dance Film Festival
2020 · Red Finch Film Festival
2020 · ScreenDance Festival
2020 · Sheffield International Film Festival
2020 · Tiny Dance Film Festival
2020 · Venice Film Week
2020 · Xsection Dance & Science Film Festival
2019 · IMARP – Mostra Internacional de Dança

Longlists, nominations & finalists

2023 · On Art – Dance&Music · Finalist
2021 · Annual Copenhagen Film Festival · Finalist
2021 · Boston Short Film Festival · Nominee
2021 · Quantum Shorts · Finalist
2020 · Aesthetica Short Film Festival · Nominee
2020 · Brussels Independent Film Festival · Nominee
2020 · Carmarthen Bay Film Festival · Nominee
2020 · Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português · Nominee
2020 · FUSO – Lisbon International Video Art Festival · Nominee

Screenings & exhibitions

2022 · Choreoscope · Inshadow Showcase
2021 · FUSO · Screening
2021 · Future Now Symposium · Invited films
2021 · Mostra Instituto Camões · Screening

§ 4 People involved

Nuno Serrão, Writing and direction
Nuno Serrão, Andreia Azevedo, Camera
Nuno Serrão, Editing
urbanistas, Nuno Barcelos, Production
Luis Daio, Cristina Bartleby, Helder Guimarães, Maria João Lobo, Paulo da Silva Lobo, Martim Lobo, Maria Lobo, Mafalda Lobo, Cast