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April Showers by Ivo M. Ferreira was selected to be part of the international competition at Santiago International Film Festival. The Chilean Festival is on its way to its 5th edition and it will be held from August 18th to the 24th. In addition to that, the film will also be screened in competition at the Hamburg International Film Festival which will occur from September 24th to October 3rd.
The film narrates a story about memories. While emptying the house where we lived all our life, we can find sleeping memories. Pedro finds a story from the past that connects him and his family to an armed revolutionary organization from the eighties, the period when his father disappeared. Pedro will have to revisit the past and in that journey he will awaken his survivors and bring to life his ghosts. Before, what mattered to his father and to his comrades were their politic ideals. Today, what matters to Pedro is to awake the human story that everyone tried to hide and forget.
“April Showers” was screened at IndieLisboa’09 on the day Portugal celebrates a national holiday known for the rebellion against a fascist political system. Therefore, the exhibition of the film was not only a celebration of its national premiere but also a celebration of the day Portugal conquered its political and social liberation.
After having its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and having been included in IndieLisboa’09 International Competition, "April Showers" will continue its career in the festival circuit before its national release which is due this Fall.