Red Moon Tide

Lúa vermella

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

Time seems to stand still in this remote village of the Galician coast, as three women are in search of a sailor who has disappeared. Distant murmurs of the shipwrecked people vanished into this sea cemetery are merged with the astrological phenomenon of the red moon, in this mystical blend of reality and the imaginary. A parable on grief and loss, where the harshness of a mesmerizing landscape is interwoven with ancestral legends of ghosts and monsters.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Lois Patiño

Script: Lois Patiño

Cinematography: Lois Patiño

Editing: Pablo Gil Rituerto, Óscar De Gispert, Lois Patiño

Sound: Juan Carlos Blancas

Actors: Ana Marra, Carmen Martínez, Pilar Rodlos, Rubio De Camelle

Production: Zeitun Films, AmanitaStudio

Co-producers: Iván Patiño

Sets: Jaione Camborda

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Spain

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 84'

Contact: Lights On Flavio Armone lightson@lightsonfilm.org

Lois Patiño

Lois Patiño (born 1983, Vigo, Spain) is a filmmaker and artist whose work has been featured at major international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, and New York. His films and video installations have been shown at leading art institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and presented at prominent art fairs including ARCO, Paris Photo, Photo London, and the Aichi Triennale in Japan. In 2016, Harvard University awarded him the Robert Fulton III Scholarship, recognizing emerging filmmakers “with an independent spirit, who explore diverse cultures with a deep aesthetic sensibility”. His four feature films to date are Ariel (2025 - IndieLisboa International Film Festival - Honda Silvestre Award for Best Feature Film), Samsara (2023 – Berlinale Encounters, Special Jury Award), Lúa vermella (2020 – Berlinale Forum), and Costa da Morte (2013 – Locarno, Best Emerging Director Award). He is currently developing The Cloud of Unknowing, starring singer Niño de Elche. His most recent short films include Sycorax (2021) and El sembrador de estrellas (2022), the latter receiving the Grand Prize at the Las Palmas International Film Festival. Patiño is part of the “Novo Cinema Galego” movement, alongside filmmakers such as Oliver Laxe, Eloy Enciso, Diana Toucedo, Alberto Gracia, and Jaione Camborda.