Director | Jorge Jácome
Script | Jorge Jácome
Director or photography | Marta Simões
Editing | Jorge Jácome
Sound designer | Marcelo Tavares
Composer | Shugo Tekina
Main cast | Dan Padrino
Producer | Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola
Production company | Ukbar Filmes
SHROOMS’ starting point is a scientific study in which the psilocybin of magic mushrooms is used for the therapeutic treatment of depression. Using the premise of this study, SHROOMS follows Dan, a young Venezuelan man currently living in Lisbon, who collects magic mushrooms in the forest and distributes them in the city to those in need of help – like a New Age Robin Hood – using pigeons as carriers.
About the director:
Jorge Jácome (1988) is a filmmaker and artist who lives and works in Lisbon. He has a degree in Directing and Editing from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School, and has attended Le Fresnoy in France. His films are often screened at film festivals and museums. In 2022, his first feature SUPER NATURAL had its world premiere at the Berlinale His latest short film, SHROOMS (2023), has been selected to the Toronto International Film Festival and also for the New York Film Festival.