Synopsis
A supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s infamous ‘Princess X’, a futuristic bronze phallus that is actually a bust portrait of Napoleon’s equally infamous great grand niece, Marie Bonaparte.
A Brief History Of Princess X
- Gabriel Abrantes
- 2016
- Portugal, United Kingdom, France
- FIC
- 7′
- Original Title
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X
- Director
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Producer
- Benjamin Cook, LUX / ICO
- Justin Taurand, Les Films du Bélier
- Gabriel Abrantes, HERMAPHRODITE FILMS
- Script
- Gabriel Abrantes
- Editing
- Margarida Lucas
- Photography
- Jorge Quintela
- Sound
- Carlos Abreu
- Main Actors
- Francisco Cipriano, Joana Barrios, Filipe Vargas
- Original Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
Film Statistics
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9139 Spectators
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116 Festival Selections
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106 Exhibitions
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9 Awards
Awards and Selections
- 07.2016
- Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
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Prize Blit - Prize for the best portuguese director
- 08.2016
- Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
- 09.2016
- Milano Film Festival, Italy
- 09.2016
- Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
- 09.2016
- New York Film Festival, USA
- 10.2016
- Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela - Short Film Festival, Spain
- 10.2016
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
- 11.2016
- South Western International Film Festival, Canada
- 11.2016
- International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland
- 11.2016
- AFI Fest - Los Angeles, USA
- 11.2016
- Fronteira - International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Brazil
- 11.2016
- Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany
- 11.2016
- Lo Schermo dell'Arte Film Festival, Italy
- 11.2016
- Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
- 12.2016
- Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
- 01.2017
- Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic
- 01.2017
- Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway
- 02.2017
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
- 03.2017
- True/False Film Fest, USA
- 03.2017
- Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania
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Special Mention of the Jury
- 03.2017
- SACO - Semana del Audiovisual Contemporáneo de Oviedo, Spain
- 04.2017
- Go Short on Tour, Netherlands
- 05.2017
- Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León, Spain
- 05.2017
- Festival de Finos Filmes, Brazil
- 05.2017
- Denver Film Festival, USA
- 06.2017
- Festival Côté Court - Pantin, France
- 06.2017
- The Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad, Norway
- 06.2017
- Art Film Fest - International Film Festival, Slovakia
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Special Mention
- 07.2017
- Tabor Film Festival, Croatia
- 07.2017
- Pula Film Festival, Croatia
- 07.2017
- Guanajuato International Film Festival Expresión en Corto, Mexico
- 08.2017
- Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo
- 08.2017
- Pluk de Nacht Open Air Film Festival, Netherlands
- 08.2017
- São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil
- 08.2017
- Curtocircuito - Noites Curtas, Spain
- 09.2017
- RIGA International Film Festival, Latvia
- 09.2017
- Festival Off-Courts Trouville, France
- 09.2017
- Encounters Bristol International Film Festival, United Kingdom
- 09.2017
- Milwaukee Film Festival, USA
- 10.2017
- Timishort Film Festival, Romania
- 10.2017
- Reggio Film Festival, Italy
- 11.2017
- FIKE International Short Film Festival, Portugal
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Best Script, Public Award
- 11.2017
- Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia
- 11.2017
- Alter-Native International Short Film Festival, Romania
- 11.2017
- Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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First Price
- 11.2017
- PANORAMA Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil
- 11.2017
- Interfilm, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin, Germany
- 12.2017
- Festival Internacional de Curtas de Verin, Spain
- 12.2017
- FICA - Aguilar del Campo, Spain
- 12.2017
- Les Arcs European Film Festival, France
- 01.2018
- Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
- 03.2018
- Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany
- 05.2018
- LIsFE - Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands
- 05.2018
- Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland
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Best Documentary
- 08.2018
- Gassli Film Festival, Switzerland
- 04.2019
- Córtex - Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
- 06.2019
- Festival Côté Court - Pantin, France
- 12.2019
- Passaggi d’Autore - Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Italy
- 06.2021
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival , New Zealand
- 08.2021
- Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
- 04.2022
- Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
Other Screenings
- 07.2016
- Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde - Cinemateca Portuguesa
- 11.2016
- Sex Days
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Forum Eugénio de Almeida
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube de Guimarães
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Aurélio da Paz dos Reis
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Almada
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Oeiras Parque
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Leiria
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Madeira
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Fórum Algarve
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube Espalhafitas em Abrantes
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Cascais
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Alfragide
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Fnac Albufeira
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - FNAC Forum Coimbra
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Zoom Cineclube
- 12.2016
- SHORT FILM DAY - Cineclube do Porto
- 03.2017
- Extensão - Lo Schermo dell'Arte Film Festival
- 03.2017
- Extensão Clermont-Ferrand
- 04.2017
- Projektor- University of Basel
- 04.2017
- Shorts That Are Not Pants
- 05.2017
- Cineclube da Maia - Maio
- 05.2017
- Cinemateca Portuguesa - Maio
- 06.2017
- CGAI - Filmoteca de Galicia
- 06.2017
- Olbia Film Market
- 06.2017
- TivoliVredenburg
- 06.2017
- Extension - Art Film Fest
- 10.2017
- Go Short - Utrecht
- 11.2017
- Bilbao Arte
- 11.2017
- Go Short - Rotterdam
- 02.2018
- Fundação Gulbenkian - France
- 03.2018
- CINEMAATTIC - A Space for films and Happenings
- 06.2018
- Projektor- University of Basel
- 07.2018
- Mostra de Verão Cineclube de Faro - Julho
- 08.2018
- Mostra de Verão Cineclube de Faro - Agosto
- 09.2018
- Festa Cinema Italiano - Roma
- 10.2018
- Festa Cinema Italiano - Trieste
- 10.2018
- Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde - Vigo
- 12.2018
- Festa Cinema Italiano - Mantova
- 02.2019
- Festa Cinema Italiano - Spoleto
- 12.2019
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Avenida Café-Concerto (Covil)
- 12.2019
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Amadora
- 12.2019
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Escola Artística António Arroio
- 12.2019
- O DIA MAIS CURTO - Braga
- 12.2019
- SHORT FILM DAY - Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
- 12.2019
- SHORT FILM DAY - Tomar
- 06.2021
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival
- 08.2021
- Brussels Short Film Festival
- 07.2022
- Há Filmes na Baixa! - Curtas Vila do Conde IFF
- 08.2022
- Cineclube do Porto - Agosto
- 09.2022
- Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde iFF - Colina das Artes
- 06.2024
- Cinema Jove Festival Internacional de Cine - Curt Creixent
- 07.2024
- Batalha Centro de Cinema - Julho
- 10.2024
- Agência Screening - Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada
