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Arguments in Favor of Love
2025

by Gabriel Abrantes

“don’t interrupt me! i’m speaking, i’m educating you, honey!”

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Couple’s arguments, taken from life, between ghosts.

directing

Gabriel Abrantes

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes

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cinematography

José André
Luis Martins
Ivo Francisco — CG Cinematography

sound

Gabriel Abrantes — Music
Bernardo Theriaga — Sound Recording
Lena Kryggan — Foley Artist
Hugo Leitão — Premix
Pedro Góis — Sound Mix

editing

Margarida Lucas

with

Jack Haven
Inês Castel-Branco

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Produced by Margarida Lucas

Production Studio: IrmaLucia

1440x1080, 9 min.Color / 4:3 / Stereo Sound
Language: English

Film commissioned by: CAM Centro de Arte Moderna — Gulbenkian

Financial support: ICA

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[2025] Festival de Cannes [France]
[2025] Cinema du Panthéon [France]
[2025] Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival [Portugal]
[2025] International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala [India]
[2025] Biograf International Film & Moving Arts Festival [Portugal]
[2025] TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival [Canada]
[2025] Galaxy Macau International Shorts Film Festival [Macao]
[2025] 25 FPS [Croacia]
[2025] New York Film Festival [USA]
[2025] 25 FPS Festival - Extension [Croacia]
[2025] Vancouver International Film Festival [Canada]
[2025] FNC - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal [Canada]
[2025] Primanima World Festival of First Animations [Hungary]
[2025] Chicago International Film Festival [USA]
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[2025] Philadelphia Film Festival [USA]
[2025] Uppsala Short Film Festival [Sweden]
[2025] Festa Mundial da Animação [Portugal]
[2025] Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur [Switzerland]
[2025] Cork International Film Festival [Ireland]
[2025] Lo schermo dell'arte Film Festival [Italy]
[2025] Cinema Haskell [Canada]
[2025] Festival de cinéma du Grain à Démoudre [France]
[2025] Caminhos do Cinema Português [Portugal]
[2025] ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao [Spain]
[2025] Leuven International Short Film Festival [Belgium]
[2025] Bogotá Short Film Festival [Colombia]
[2025] Passaggi d'autore: intrecci mediterranei [Italy]
[2025] Les Arcs Film Festival [France][2026] Young Director Support Project [China]
[2026] Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media [Germany]
[2026] Mutoscope Festival [France]
[2026] London Short Film Festival [UK]
[2026] Berlin Critics' Week [Germany]
[2026] Cineclube de Pombal [Portugal]
[2026] Pragueshorts Film Festival [Czech Republic]
[2026] Palazzo Grassi [Italy]
[2026] IMAXINARIA - Afundación International Animation Film Festival [Spain]
[2026] Landshut Short Film Festival [Germany]
[2026] MONSTRA Festival [Portugal]
[2026] Kaboom Animation Festival [The Netherlands]
[2026] Go Short [The Netherlands]
[2026] Cineclube de Joane [Portugal]
[2026] Vancouver Island Short Film Festival [Canada]
[2026] Vienna Shorts [Austria]
[2026] Cartoons On The Bay [Italy]
[2026] Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg [Germany]
[2026] Triste para Sempre [Portugal]
[2026] Kinoforum - São Paulo International Short Film Festival [Brazil]

full cast and crew
  • With — Jack Haven
  • With — Inês Castel-Branco
  • Written and directed by — Gabriel Abrantes
  • Music by — Gabriel Abrantes
  • Produced by — Margarida Lucas
  • Edited by — Margarida Lucas
  • Production Studio — IrmaLucia
  • VFX and Animation — IrmaLucia
  • Head of VFX and Animation — José André
  • Animation and VFX — Luis Martins
  • Animation and VFX — Ivo Francisco
  • CG Cinematography — José André, Luis Martins, Ivo Francisco
  • Color Correction — Gonçalo Ferreira
  • Sound Recording — Bernardo Theriaga
  • Foley Studio — FoleyWalkers
  • Foley Artist — Lena Kryggan
  • Premix — Hugo Leitão
  • Premix Studio — Meia Laranja
  • Sound Mix — Pedro Góis
  • Sound Mix Studio — Kino Sound Studio
  • Prop Builder — Sara Morais

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