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Tramway Film Festival

SHROOMS

Portugal | 2023 | 18’ | Polish premiere

Shrooms starting point is a scientific study in which the psilocybin of magic mushrooms is used for the therapeutic treatment of depression. Using the premise of this study, Shrooms follows Dan, a young Venezuelan man currently living in Lisbon, who collects magic mushrooms in the forest and distributes them in the city to those in need of help – like a New Age Robin Hood – using pigeons as carriers.

Director: Jorge Jácome
Script: Jorge Jácome
Cinematography: Marta Simões
Editing: Jorge Jácome
Sound: Marcelo Tavares
Cast: Dan Padrino
Production: Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Ukbar Filmes

Main festivals:

  • Toronto International Film Festival
  • New York Film Festival
  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
  • Viennale
  • Hong Kong International Film Festival