Reel

01

· The programme

00:00:00:00

4 : 3

Neon Hours

Music video

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3′48″

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2026

A singer walks home through a city that refuses to go dark, one neon sign at a time.

Programme note

A singer walks home through a city that refuses to go dark, one neon sign at a time.

Film by

Noa Reis

Role

Director, editor

Production

For Ama Lume

Shot on

Super 16, shot at 18 fps

Ratio

4 : 3

Running time

3′48″

Sound

Stereo

Language

Portuguese

Premiere

Porto, March 2026

Director’s note2.

Ext. Rua do Almada — 4:10 AM

Every shop is closed and every sign is on. Ama walks. We walk behind her for three minutes and forty-eight seconds.

Noa (V.O.)

(on the third take)

I asked her to stop singing along. The song sounds better when she only thinks it.

Cut to neon.

Noa

Contact sheet

Roll 3 · 18 frames · 3 circled by the editor

Roll 3 · 18 frames · 3 circled by the editor

Frame 15A · TC 00:48:21Move over a frame to look through the loupe

Credits

The singer
Ama Lume
Director of photography
Tomás Arruda
Colour
Lena Kirsch, Grade House
Sound design
Iolanda Pires
Music
Ama Lume

Festival run

  1. Porto Night Shorts2026Best music video
  2. Vale Film Days2026Official selection

Reel change ·

Short film

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14′20″

Night Drive

Back to the programme

Written, directed and edited by
Noa Reis
Director of photography
Tomás Arruda
Colour
Lena Kirsch, Grade House
Sound design
Iolanda Pires
Music
Ama Lume
Clients
Oko Eyewear Lumen Audio Companhia Tejo Northwave Records Casa Vela
Festivals
Porto Night Shorts Nordlicht Film Week Kasimir Shorts Vale Film Days
Representation
Small Hours Films, Lisbon
Special thanks

Everyone who stayed for the credits.

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