2025
Short Narrative(North America Premiere)(Best Short Narrative Nominee)

The Last Harvest

CC
Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person

The Last Harvest is a short film that follows three characters navigating life within Lisbon’s Cape Verdean immigrant community. The film delves into their connection to memories and nostalgia and their ways of coping with loss, abandonment and the complexities of life as immigrants in an urban environment.

Screenings

Virtual

August 1 – August 3

Directors Spotlight

Nuno Boaventura Miranda

Director

Nuno Miranda is a Cape Verdean filmmaker based in Lisbon, known for exploring themes of identity through a poetic style and narrative. His debut film, “Kmêdeus,” premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2020. His recent short, “The Last Harvest,” examines Cape Verdean immigrants in Lisbon and the identity “portals” in the diaspora.

Year
2025
Runtime
22 minutes
Country
Cape Verde, Portugal
Language
Creole, Portuguese
Director
Nuno Boaventura Miranda
Producer
Pedro Soulé
Cast
Flávio Hamilton, Gabriel Rosário Dos Santos, Isabel Rocha, Sulamita Fortes Ramos Rocha
Cinematographer
Nuno Boaventura Miranda
Editor
Nuno Boaventura Miranda
Composer
Teresa Lopes da Silva, Toy Vieira, Vasco Martins
Sound Design
Luís Pinto, Oliver Oliveira
Music
Teresa Lopes da Silva, Toy Vieira, Vasco Martins
Premiere
North America

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