Deuses Efémeros
Insects move secretly, like tiny gods performing rituals unseen by human eyes. Deuses Efémeros watches this secret world with care, in a contemplative animation.
1 min 22 sec | Portugal | 2025
production: independent production work
direction, animation: Afonso Fraga, Lia Santelmo, Sara Oliveira
Sound Design: Bruno Torrão
motive
The film began as a tiny spark, from the festival TinyMan - a call for “bug” films that made us stop and listen.
At first, each of us carried our own fragment of an idea, small dreams crawling in different directions.
Then we shared, talked, and suddenly it felt clear: this had to be done together.
From that moment, the film grew out of care, a collective wish to give voice to the unseen.
team
Sara Oliveira
Animator working between 2D and 3D, blending themes such as alienation, repetition and metamorphosis.
Bruno Torrão
3D animator and VFX artist who also whispers through sound, shaping delicate worlds with images and voices unseen.
Lia Santelmo
I am me.
filmmaker and illustrator, fascinated by surreal storytelling, symbols, and the fragile beauty of memories.
Afonso Fraga
Filmmaker and illustrator, moving between comics and animation, with a taste for the esoteric.
