A FRONTEIRA AZUL
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Dinis M. Costa
CASTING Laura Barba, Zé Bernardino, Afonso Laginha, Guilherme Lopes, Lucília Raimundo
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tomás Brice
SOUND DIRECTOR Rui Bentes
EDITING Jeanne Sarfati
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Francisco Ferro
SOUND EDITING Flavia Cordey
GRADING Gadiel Bendelac
MIX Christophe Vingtrinier
SET PRODUCER Miguel Cortes Costa
PRODUCTION Carolina Castro Almeida, Adrien Barrouillet, Charles Meresse, Emma Binet, Mario Patrocinio, Miguel Angel Jurado.
SYNOPSIS
A clandestine ship sinks off the coast of a small port town on the Andalusian coast without disturbing the routine. The civil guards sort out the shipwrecked passengers as they do every day, the tourists take advantage of the fine weather to go sailing and visit the funfair, and the night lorries head north.
The unnerved shipwrecked discover the concrete ground of a Europe that does not see them.
HOW LENGALENGA FILMES WAS INVOLVED
Lengalenga Filmes contributed as local support, playing an important role in the filming that took place in Portugal.
The director, a collaborator of the company, worked alongside its founders, who were deeply involved in the process: Carolina Castro Almeida took on the role of line producer, while Miguel Cortes Costa managed set production, directed extras and operated the thermal camera in Spain.
GENRE Shortcut (Fiction/Drama)
RUNTIME 29'
YEAR 2025
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Portugal, France, Spain
FUNDING CNC, ICA, GDA, AMI, FICAL
CO-PRODUCTION Furyo Films (Fr), Bro Cinema (Pt), Kinétika (Es)
FESTIVALS
Clermont-Ferrand Le Court 2025. Festival International Du Court Métrage
Official Selection "National Section" - France
PRESS
PÚBLICO
"Three Portuguese short films in competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival
The films Percebes, Bad For a Moment, and A Fronteira Azul have been selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which begins on January 31 in France, the festival’s organizers announced this Thursday."
OBSERVADOR
"Regarded as the most important event dedicated to short films, the Clermont-Ferrand Festival announced this Thursday the films selected for its competitive sections, including A Fronteira Azul (The Blue Border) by Dinis M. Costa in the national competition. It is a French production with Portuguese-Spanish co-production.
The film portrays the arrival of an illegal boat on the Iberian coast 'through the eyes of multiple characters: the migrants, those who cared for them upon arrival, those who transported them from Spain to Calais, and those who observed them from a sailboat and from the street,' according to the synopsis by the production company Furyo Films."
ASSOCIAÇÃO DE IMAGEM PORTUGUESA
"We interviewed Tomás Brice, AIP member, who (...) will premiere a short film, A FRONTEIRA AZUL (2025), on January 31 at one of the most prestigious short film festivals, the Clermont-Ferrand Festival in France. Our congratulations!"