Reel

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· The programme

00:00:00:00

2.39 : 1

Night Drive

Short film

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14′20″

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2025

A father drives his estranged son across the country overnight and neither of them turns the radio off.

Programme note

A father drives his estranged son across the country overnight and neither of them turns the radio off.

Film by

Noa Reis

Role

Writer, director, editor

Production

Self-produced

Shot on

ARRI Alexa Mini, anamorphic

Ratio

2.39 : 1

Running time

14′20″

Sound

5.1

Language

Portuguese

Premiere

Nordlicht, May 2025

Director’s note2.

Int. Car — Night

The radio plays to nobody. We had the car for one night, so we shot the film in one night.

Noa (V.O.)

(to the crew, 03:40)

Nobody says sorry in this film. Leave the radio on and we will hear it anyway.

Cut to black.

Noa

Contact sheet

Roll 3 · 18 frames · 3 circled by the editor

Roll 3 · 18 frames · 3 circled by the editor

Frame 15A · TC 03:01:21Move over a frame to look through the loupe

Credits

The father
Duarte Seixo
The son
Mateus Lobão
Director of photography
Tomás Arruda
Colour
Lena Kirsch, Grade House
Sound design
Iolanda Pires
Music
Ama Lume

Festival run

  1. Nordlicht Film Week2025Official selection
  2. Porto Night Shorts2025Audience mention
  3. Kasimir Shorts2025Official selection

Reel change ·

Dance film

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6′05″

Second Position

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.

No feelings were spared in the making of this website.

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