O Que Arde Cura (As The Flames Rose)

Synopsis

At dawn on August 25th, 1988, Portugal wakes up with the largest fire ever since the Great Earthquake of 1755. In Lisbon, Chiado district burns. Across the city, away from the smoke and fire, Francisco receives an unexpected phone call and flames from the past burst though his bedroom, suffocating his life.

Original Title
O QUE ARDE CURA
Director
João Rui Guerra da Mata
Producer
João Figueiras, BLACKMARIA, Produção Audiovisual
Script
João Rui Guerra da Mata
Editing
Mariana Gaivão
Photography
Rui Poças
Sound
Nuno Carvalho
Main Actors
João Pedro Rodrigues
Original Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
French, English

Film Statistics

  • 4745 Spectators
  • 49 Festival Selections
  • 59 Exhibitions
  • 4 Awards

Awards and Selections

04.2012
IndieLisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente, Portugal
07.2012
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
08.2012
Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
Pardi di Domani, Concorso internazionale, The Film und Video Untertitelung Prize
09.2012
Lisbon Queer Film Festival, Portugal
10.2012
Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia
11.2012
Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
11.2012
Pink Screens festival - Genres d'à côté, Belgium
11.2012
Mix Brasil Festival Culture of Diversity, Brazil
11.2012
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil
Best Editing
11.2012
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
11.2012
Torino Film Festival, Italy
12.2012
Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Best Short Film
01.2013
Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival, Switzerland
04.2013
NexT International Film Festival, Romania
04.2013
Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival, Germany
04.2013
D' A Festival Internacional de Cinema d?Autor de Barcelona, Spain
07.2013
Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival, Canada
09.2013
The Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, USA
09.2013
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil
10.2013
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil
11.2013
Sevilla Festival de Cine - Cine Europeo y Contemporáneo, Spain
12.2013
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania
Best Director
04.2014
In&Out - Festival du Film Gay & Lesbien de Nice, France
06.2015
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
11.2016
Mix Brasil Festival Culture of Diversity, Brazil
06.2017
FICA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Arte, Portugal
01.2018
Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival, Switzerland
06.2019
Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival, Brazil
05.2020
International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
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Other Screenings

07.2012
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
09.2012
Festival do Rio
01.2013
Museum of the Moving Image
03.2013
Joao Pedro Rodrigues Retrospective - Japan
06.2013
Cineclube Guimarães
09.2013
João Pedro Rodrigues Retrospective - Yamaguchi
09.2013
Film Society of Lincoln Center
11.2013
Ciclo de Cinema Português - Galiza
01.2014
Munich Filmmuseum - Jean Cocteau Program
07.2015
Mostra de Verão - Cineclube de Faro
07.2016
Extensão Curtas Vila do Conde - Cinemateca Portuguesa
11.2016
João Pedro Rodrigues at the Centre Pompidou
03.2017
João Pedro Rodrigues - Instituto Moreira Salles
06.2017
Arsenal institut fur film and videokunst
11.2019
Programa Queer Lisboa / Gasworks
03.2020
Short Films For Long Days
12.2020
Cinema Medeia Nimas - Programa Dezembro
04.2021
Exibição - Cinema Trindade
10.2022
Film Archive of Toulouse - João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata program
09.2025
Cinemateca - Retrospectiva João Pedro Rodrigues e João Rui Guerra da Mata
09.2025
FIlmoteca Española - Cinemateca Portuguesa Program
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