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short film by ricardo salgado

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Jayden (Matthew Leonard), an ex-convict on his first day of freedom, goes home intending to kill himself. He wakes up after the failed suicide attempt – with a syringe in his head – to find that he sees everything upside down, literally. Meanwhile he meets a little girl (Sara Martins) that helps him live in his new world where things “fall” up. We witness the birth of a strong bond between the young girl and Jayden. Little does he know that this bond will be aborted by his haunted past in the form of his older brother (Alex Reece) that will turn his world even more upside down.

Ricardo Salgado’s Masters Final Project in Porto Film School (ESAP).

independent film festivals
  • MIFEC (Mostra Internacional de Filmes de Escolas de Cinema). Porto, Portugal. May 23, 2014.
  • XVIII International Student Film Festival Prologue, promoted by Kiev National I.K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. Kiev, Ukraine. November 29, 2013.
  • ClassFest International Festival of Theatre and Film Schools. Chișinău, Moldova. April 15, 2014.
cast
crew
  • written, produced and directed by ricardo salgado
  • cinematography – pedro orvalho
  • editor – rui falcão
  • sound design & music composition – leandro seabra
  • foley artist, sound editor & mixer – joão azevedo
  • additional editor – rui rato
  • additional music – david portugheis
  • 1st assistant director – joão moutinho
  • camera – filipe sousa
  • image assistant – davide costa
  • 2nd assistant director – daniela sucar badin
  • sound recording – luís ferraz, luís vieira
  • production – ricardo salgado, mariana varandas
  • stunt coordinator – augusto gonçalves
  • art direction – liliana almeida
  • production assistant – rita fonseca, elena de la prida
  • catering – marco alexandre
  • special thanks to – luis nogueira, m. f. costa e silva
  • thanks to – absolutribut, catarina santos, cláudio oliveira, inês osório, jorge carvalhal, maria seixas, oportonidades