Amarelo Banana

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Amarelo Banana

Amarelo Banana
Alexandre Sousa
International Competition Animated Film
Animated Film
Portugal,
Hungary
2025
12 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None
German premiere

“Are you with us or against us?” Nothing less lies in the air, unspoken. No nuances, no discussions, hardly any choice. Did the tired man expect such life decisions after work? Unlikely. He just wanted to chill out and watch mindless television when suddenly an alien world on the screen catches up with him in the comfort of his home: A cult-like community lives next door, their behaviour ape-like, their faith fanatical, determined to convert him. Their flat is decorated with forests and deserts. Anyone who tries to look behind the painted wallpaper, to separate scenery from reality, commits treason and deserves banishment or death. Plato’s Cave Analogy in a radicalised version for the 21st century.
Freedom and truth or stability and a sense of belonging? Is the price of accepting a distorted reality just to be allowed to live too high? And most of all: Is there an alternative worth living? The world outside, behind the window, remains vague, its threats only implied. In this parable about passivity, curiosity and free choice, Alexandre Sousa touches on the urgent questions of our time: questions of isolation, echo chambers and the impossibility for humans to stay unpolitical. Do we even have a chance to resist?


Irina Rubina

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29.10.
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Director
Alexandre Sousa
Script
Alexandre Sousa
Editor
Alexandre Sousa
Producer
Jonas César, Tiago Ribeiro, Natália Andrade
Co-Producer
Bella Szederkényi, Bálint Gelley
Sound
André Aires
Sound Design
André Aires
Score
André Aires
Animation
Cristina Neto, Nina Glavaski, Alexandre Sousa
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award