Doclisboa2026 - From Earth to the Moon | Cold Call + The Case Against Space
Doclisboa2026 - Terra à Lua | Cold Call+The Case..
Cinema 5€
Tuesday 20 October · 16:15
Two Portuguese premieres paired in the 'From Earth to the Moon' section: Cold Call follows an unexpectedly tender conversation between an artist and a scam-baiter, while The Case Against Space, winner of the Doc Alliance Prize for Best Feature Film 2026, reconstructs the first labour strike in space, in 1973. Screening on 20 October at 16.15, São Jorge, Room 3.
Synopsis Screenings 20 OCT / 16.15, São Jorge, Room 3 Cold Call Stefanie Schroeder • 2025 • Germany • 16’ • DCP Portuguese Premiere Eligible for the Safe and Healthy Workplaces Prize Nominated for the Doc Alliance Prize for Best Short Film 2026 The Case Against Space Graeme Arnfield • 2026 • United Kingdom, France • 73’ • DCP Portuguese Premiere Eligible for the Safe and Healthy Workplaces Prize Winner of the Doc Alliance Prize for Best Feature Film 2026 Cold Call follows an unexpectedly tender conversation between two strangers, an artist and a scam-baiter, addressing digital vigilantism, racial stereotypes and global inequality. The Case Against Space reconstructs the first labour strike in space, in 1973, and presents an astronaut as an overloaded worker. A historical re-enactment and a speculative essayistic research merge into a collective testimony about the struggle amid the stars and about past, present and future battles. The stories of the work that unfolds from the Earth to the Moon. Prices General - 5€ Reduced mobility - 5€