Ariel
Spain - Portugal / 2025 / 108'
Plot
Actress Agustina Muñoz travels to the Azores to perform in a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. When she arrives, she finds neither a company nor a theater. As she meets Ariel, she discovers that the play has already begun: the entire island is a stage, and its inhabitants are the performers.
Ariel—Lois Patiño's fiction debut—is a fable about freedom, identity, and memory; a meta-cinematic game that moves between reality and imagination.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Lois Patiño
Guion:
Lois Patiño
Producer:
Beli Martínez
Rodrigo Areias
Production:
Filmika Galaika
Bando À Parte
Film Editing:
Lois Patiño
Cinematography:
Ion De Sosa
Cast:
Agustina Muñoz
Irene Escolar
Hugo Torres
Marta Pazos
José Diaz
Sound:
Xabier Erkizia
Póster Oficial
Director
Lois Patiño
Filmmaker and artist. His work has been shown at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, New York, Viennale, IDFA, and Oberhausen. His most recent films, Sycorax (2021) and The Sower of Stars (2022), premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and Berlinale Shorts. His first feature film, Costa da Morte (2013), premiered in Locarno, where it received the Award for Best Emerging Director, and his second, Red Moon Tide (2020), premiered in Berlinale Forum. His latest feature film, Samsara (2023), premiered in Berlinale Encounters, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Festivals and Awards
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2025
IndieLisboa 2025
Mejor Película. Sección Silvestre
