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The Moving Garden

Inês Lima
Portugal
19'

Accompanied by two botanical guides, a group of hikers embark on a journey through the enchanting landscapes of Arrábida Natural Park. As they traverse the park’s diverse flora and fauna, they uncover evidence of a troubling transformation: human intervention is reshaping this once-pristine environment.

An enchanting cinematic fable on the encroaching commodification of nature, Ines Lima’s The Moving Garden follows a group of hikers while they traverse the Arrábida National Park’s idyllic vistas, whose splendor is potentiated by the film’s analogue aesthetic. Through an ominous montage that cuts from paradise-like sprawls of green and the resplendent sun-filled beaches to the grayish industrial growths on the park’s periphery, punctuated by a musical score switching playfully from dreamy to potentially nightmarish, the film slowly reveals the tension between its human characters and the spaces they inhabit, admire, violate. True to the fanciful spirit of Portuguese cinema, the film takes a turn to the fantastic when an unassuming participant tempers with nature, by plucking the body of a mysterious iridescent flower, unleashing its revenge — a charming play on the fall from Eden that lies at the heart of the film’s ecological discourse. (Oana Ghera)

Screening date and location

September 26th, 8:30 PM, Cinemateca Eforie

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Inês Lima

Inês Lima (Setúbal) is an independent artist that explores the moving image, soundscapes, writing and film programming. She has been working the analog medium as an experimental vehicle in her work, intersecting personal themes with nature and ecology, traditions and memory, antagonisms and superstitions. Her work has been shown at national and international film festivals, and exhibited in cultural venues such as the Cinemateca Portuguesa, MALBA Museum (Argentina) or the Tabakalera Cultural Center (Spain). She worked as a film programmer at the IndieLisboa International Film Festival between 2019 and 2022.



  • Technical sheet
  • Production and distribution
  • Director: Inês Lima
  • Script: Inês Lima
  • Photography: Victor Neves Ferreira
  • Editing: Diogo Vale, Inês Lima
  • Music: Cristopher Ruiz Cárdenas, Inês Lima, Margarida Gonçalves
  • Sound: Alexandre Franco, Marcelo Tavares, Miguel Coelho, Vicente Molder
  • Cast: Ana Luísa Martins, Angelo de Castro, Margarida Paias
  • Produced by: Inês Lima

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