Filme Pin

This film essay is based on a collection of pins inherited by the granddaughter of Carlos Alberto Plácido de Sousa (1925–2013), a doctor, long-time member of the Portuguese Communist Party and central figure in the struggle against the fascist regime in Portugal.
Found in the attic of the abandoned family home, the pins hold memories of his exile in England, his participation in the historic Peniche Escape in 1960 and his activism through “The Portuguese and Colonial Bulletin”, a publication that denounced the Portuguese colonialist regime. These small seemingly harmless objects are material vestiges of a political and emotional past, evoking stories of struggles and silvered memories.
Filme Pin turns the pins into visual and auditory protagonists, exploring their textures, reflections and hidden narratives yet to be found. Shot in Super 8, the film emphasises the physicality of the image and its relationship with the materiality of the objects. Macro photography and tactile lighting transform each pin into a cinematic and sculptural memory of solidarity between people.

La Vulcanizadora is a studio created by María Rojas Arias and Andrés Jurado, where cinema, art and archives explore memory, resistance and variegated, expanded forms across film. Situated in present-day Colombia, the studio acknowledges the cultural legacies of Africa, Asia and other latitudes, establishing connections that extend to the Caribbean, the Amazon and the Orinoquía. It collaborates with a diverse community of the living and the dead, the visible and the invisible, who contribute from fields such as science, biology, philosophy, education, ethology, anthropology, history, music, translation, literature, knowledge systems, flavours, experiences and traditions, both dependent and independent, critically and provocatively engaging with production and institutional frameworks.

Director María Rojas Arias & Andrés Jurado (La Vulcanizadora). Cinematography Andrés Jurado. Editing Andrés Jurado. Sound Design María Rojas Arias, Andrés Jurado. Production Design María Rojas Arias, Andrés Jurado. Producers Andrés Jurado, María Rojas Arias. Executive Producer María Rojas Arias. Co-Producer Paulo Carneiro. Production company La Vulcanizadora (Bogotá, Colombia).

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Films: 2019: Fu. 2020: El Renacer del Carare / The Rebirth of Carare. 2021: Abrir Monte / Open Mountain. 2022: Yarokamena (Forum Expanded 2022). 2024: Bienvenidos Conquistadores Interplanetarios y del Espacio Sideral / Welcome Interplanetary and Sidereal Space Conquierors. 2025: Jirapo. 2026: Filme Pin.