Portales

Portales follows the course of the Guadalete river in Cádiz, Spain, from the mountains to the sea: a catalogue of landscapes that hide other landscapes. A collection of inter-dimensional portals (and postcards). Live action and animation fuse, creating an impossible fauna and flora – another history and geography for a modest watercourse.

Spanish-Venezuelan Elena Duque is a filmmaker, film programmer, writer, and teacher. Her experimental and animated pieces revisit themes such as visual perception and sense of belonging through plastic exercises around places, objects, and textures. Her work has been shown at various international festivals and institutions. She is programmer of (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico in A Coruña, professor at the Universidad Camilo José Cela in Madrid, and regularly gives workshops and talks.

Director Elena Duque. Screenplay Elena Duque. Cinematography Elena Duque. Editing Marcos Flórez. Sound Design Jesús Guisado. Sound Inés Parish. Production Design Daniel Mémdez Kunschke. Animation Elena Duque. Producer Rocío Mesa. Executive Producer Rocío Mesa. Production company Rocío Mesa (Granada, Spain).

Films: 2014: La mar salada (3 min). 2019: Valdediós (3 min). 2020: Colección privada (13 min). 2022: Mar de coral (11 min). 2024: Ojitos mentirosos (6 min). 2025: Portales / Portals.