Rita Figueiredo

2026

At the heart of a river, two guardians—reminiscent of the Moirai—conduct a ritual analysis of the water. Wielding mirrors that capture and reflect light, they seek to purify the river, only to realize that pollution does not dwell in the water itself, but within humanity itself. In a final gesture of enchantment and confrontation, they turn the mirrors towards the viewer, inviting them to confront their own reflection.

Rita Figueiredo
Portugal
2026
12 min
International Premiere

Rita Figueiredo
Rita Figueiredo
Rita Figueiredo
Rio Grande da Pipa (The River), Catarina Marto, Mariana Ley, Rita Figueiredo, Elisabete Mália

Hands - Gesture, Power, Touch (2022-2026)
Dobra/ Fold (2021)
The Great Attractor (2018)
Clap Your Hands (2013)
Silence of Two Sounds (2011)
Ken - The Mechanical Man (2007)
Logro / Hoax (2005)
No Standing Except Wind (2001)
Dinosaur Tracks (2000)

(1977, Lisboa, Portugal) is a Portuguese filmmaker. She studied Fine Arts (Time-
Based Media) at Middlesex University in London and filmmaking at the New York Film Academy on an ICA and FLAD scholarship.

She has directed, shot and edited several short films and documentaries, which
have been screened internationally at festivals including IFFR – International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
International Short Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, among others.
For several years, she was a short film programmer at IndieLisboa International
Film Festival. She is currently completing her first feature documentary, Hands
Gesture, Power, Touch.