SHORT FILM | documentary

maio

12,5' | 16.9 | 2K | 5.1 | 2025

Catia, one of the last residents of the self-built neighbourhood 6 de Maio in Lisbon, fights to keep her home as the community faces evictions and demolitions. Through her perspective, the documentary unveils stories of resistance, neighbourly bonds, and conflicts with institutions in a context of uncertainty and change.

Directed by:

Claudio Carbone

Producer:

Bruno Moraes Cabral

Color Correction:

Andreia Bertini

Sound Editor and Mixer

João Gazua

DIRECTOR'S PROFILE:

Graduated in social architecture in Rome, he continued his studies in the field of social movements at various universities of sociology in the world (Brazil, Portugal, Costa Rica), is currently doing a PhD in development studies at the University of Social Sciences in Lisbon, and is a "collaborator researcher" of the GESTUAL research group since 2016. His cinematographic interest focuses on the concept of territoriality and analyses those personalities, and their daily resistances, in the struggle for the production of space. Director and director of photography, is the author of short documentaries: "Cielito Rebelde" 35' , (2016) on the movements of fighting in Mexico, "Rosso Vivo" 59' (2017) over a communal occupation in Rome; "Another Lisbon Story" 59' (2017) on the process of inclusion of a slum in Lisbon society. And his firts feature documentary is "Hasta que muera el sol" 75' (2019) on indigenous struggle movements in southern Costa Rica.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

FESTIVALS

Festival Política 2025, Portugal

FEST – Competição Nacional, Portugal

Arquitetura Film Festival, Portugal

Festa Italiana – filme de abertura, Portugal

Altreforme Festival, Portugal

Ciputra Film Festival, Indonésia

Cinema no Estendal, Portugal

Tenemos que Ver – Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos del Uruguay

Cinema Urbana – Architecture Film Festival Brasilia, Brasil

Mimesis Documentary Festival, EUA

12th International Documentary Festival of  Ierapetra & Awards, Grécia

Madison Film Festival, EUA

Caldas Film Fest, Portugal

Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival, EUA

FIC UBA, Argentina- Prémio Ibershorts

PerSo Film Festival, Itália

Aricadoc, Chile

Trás-os-montes Film Festival, Portugal

Ecocine, Brasil

CineEco – International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela, Portugal

Altitude Film Festival, Portugal

Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival, Canadá

Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, Turquia

Zagora film festival, Marrocos