Shark Skin                             

2025 / videodance / color / sound / 16:9 / 17’27’’    

Art Direction: Tomás Guedes
Direction & Editing: Francisco Miguel
Choreography: Joana Franco

Synopsis: Sapatos de Polimento, a story written by Hermínio Barreto, was never read aloud. SharkSkin is the revelation of this text through the eyes of the author’s grandson, imagining its reading and reflecting its imagery through the body that stops reading and begins to dance.

Official Competition Selections and Awards

Official Competition Selections:
Desassossego Short Dance 2025
InShadow - Lisbon Screendance 2026
Cine Dans - Amsterdam 2026
Dance and Media Japan 2026

Awards:
National Prize Winner (Desassossego 2025)

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