Ionian ContemporaryAnimation Festival ICONA November 12th - 15th, 2026
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Selection
Shadows of an Insurgent / Sombras de um Inconfidente
Brazil 2025
Duration: 10:43
Directed: Tiago Almeida
Screenplay: Tiago Almeida
Production: Iasmim Marques, Maikon Rangel, Bruno de Souza, Julia Souto
Dialogue Language: Portuguese
“Shadows of an Insurgent” is an animated short-film inspired by the life and death of Tiradentes. Martyr of the Minas conspiracy. The film looks through the memories and nightmares of a contradictory hero from colonial Brazil that is at the same time, a symbol of a bygone era and of the current period. The short film makes use of a shadowy expressionist aesthetic using silhouette animation, stop motion, 2D animation and cutout, creating an universe of contrasts between lights and shadows.
Duration: 10:43
Directed: Tiago Almeida
Screenplay: Tiago Almeida
Production: Iasmim Marques, Maikon Rangel, Bruno de Souza, Julia Souto
Dialogue Language: Portuguese
“Shadows of an Insurgent” is an animated short-film inspired by the life and death of Tiradentes. Martyr of the Minas conspiracy. The film looks through the memories and nightmares of a contradictory hero from colonial Brazil that is at the same time, a symbol of a bygone era and of the current period. The short film makes use of a shadowy expressionist aesthetic using silhouette animation, stop motion, 2D animation and cutout, creating an universe of contrasts between lights and shadows.
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