A Few Things Happening by a River

Algumas Coisas que Acontecem ao Lado de Um Rio
  • Daniel Soares
  • Portugal
  • France
2026
14'
Fiction film
Screening schedule
  • Wednesday, 11 November 2026
  • 21:30
  • Cinema Kinoteka

  • *free admission with mandatory ticket

A group of teenagers float down a river, pretending to be dead for social media. One of them drifts away unnoticed. As his body moves downstream, it passes people so absorbed in their own lives that they fail to notice the tragedy unfolding in the background. A Few Things Happening by a River, the new short film by Portuguese director Daniel Soares (Please Make It Work, ZFF 2023 – Golden Pram for Best International Short Film), had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Language: PT, HI
Subtitles: HR, EN

Daniel Soares
Daniel Soares

Daniel Soares is a Portuguese director, screenwriter and photographer born in Germany. His short films have screened at leading international festivals and he has received a number of awards for his work, including a Special Mention in the Short Film Program at Cannes for Bad for a Moment (2024). His short Please Make It Work (2023) won the Golden Pram for Best International Short at the 21st ZFF, while What Remains received a Special Mention in the same program in 2022. He is a member of the European Film Academy.

Film information

Director: Daniel Soares

Screenplay: Daniel Soares

Cast: Teresa Madruga, João Vicente, Clara Namora, Rui Pedro Silva, Cárin Silva, Dilip Ahuja, Amarjeet Singh, Hugo Narciso, Leonor Calheiros, Carolina Monteiro, Maria Velez, Guilherme Rebelo, Manuel Mozos, Concha Nogueira, Felipe Rossi, Matilde Abreu, Kauly Dourado

Director of photography: Marta Simões

Editing: Sandro Aguilar, Daniel Soares

Producer: Mouloud Ouyahia, Thaddeus Christandl, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Daniel Soares, Romina Orsini

Production: L'Oeil Vif Productions, O Som e a Fúria, Kid With a Bike Films

Festivals and awards: Cannes International Film Festival 2026; Dokufest 2026; Zagreb Film Festival 2026

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