Doha Film Institute
Mohaq Short Film Programme
A Winding Road - Shorts Programme
Ajyal Shorts 2
A creative young boy reinterprets old family photographs into new drawings, and in the process helps his grandfather to relive lost memories.
A young boy struggles to understand his ailing grandfather’s dementia who has come to live with them due to his illness. One day he stumbles upon a family album full of old photographs. Taking inspiration from the images, he begins to reinterpret them into new drawings. His grandfather is mesmerised by the boy’s drawings and begins to regain and relive some of his most cherished memories through them in this kind-hearted short about ageing and intergenerational relationships.

Credits

Director
Gustavo Ribeiro
Screenwriter
Gustavo Ribeiro, Gabriela Antonia Rosa
Producer
Thais Peixe, Gustavo Ribeiro
Editor
Victor Spadotto
Production Company
Fish Films
Production Designer
Rayner Alencar
Distributor
Mira Lumo
Composer
Chico Okabe

About the Director

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo has made films for as long as he can remember. He graduated in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Paraná, where he developed his knowledge on the most diverse fields of art. Gustavo is one of the founders of the animation studio Fish Films and Revolution, a Digital Arts School.