Because Today is Saturday
TITLE
Because Today is Saturday
DIRECTOR
Alice Eça Guimarães
COUNTRY
Portugal, France, Spain
YEAR
2025
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Animation
Overview

Because Today is Saturday
It's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape to unleash her creative side.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Alice Eça Guimarães
Alice Eça Guimarães studied digital arts, at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University. Since then, she has taken a special interest in animation, and through the years, she made small animated films for several brands such as Sonae, the Intermarché or the publisher Leya and also educational films, such as the awarded "A incrível História das Linhas de Torres Vedras".
Credits
- DirectorAlice Eça Guimarães
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- EditingAlice Eça Guimarães
- Producer/s Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim, Claire Beffa, Sidonie Garnier, Carlota Pou, Bruno Simões
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleBecause Today is Saturday
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originPortugal, France, Spain
- Country of filmingPortugal, France, Spain
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Alice Eça Guimarães
Alice Eça Guimarães studied digital arts, at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University. Since then, she has taken a special interest in animation, and through the years, she made small animated films for several brands such as Sonae, the Intermarché or the publisher Leya and also educational films, such as the awarded "A incrível História das Linhas de Torres Vedras".