Because Today is Saturday (2025)
Porque Hoje é Sábado
Director: Alice Guimarães
Saturday should be a day for slowing down, but for one woman, it becomes a battlefield. She rises before dawn, hoping to gift herself the quiet she craves on her birthday—a few precious hours to write. Yet every spark of inspiration is smothered by the relentless pull of household demands: hungry kids, heaping laundry, endless meals. The invisible weight of it all grows too heavy, finally pushing her past the edge.
More About This Film
Because Today is Saturday is a short Portuguese animated film about a woman trying to reconcile the routines of home life with her need for creative escape. Saturday should provide breathing room, but ordinary domestic interruptions repeatedly pull her attention back.
Alice Eça Guimarães writes, directs, edits, and helps shape the film's distinctive animated style. Made without dialogue, the short communicates its central conflict through movement, rhythm, visual observation, and the contrast between domestic responsibilities and imagination.
- Directed and written by Alice Eça Guimarães.
- Original title: Porque hoje é Sábado.
- Runtime is approximately 12 minutes.
- The film is a Portugal, France, and Spain co-production.
- Its animation team includes Daniela Duarte, Ambre Gualtier, Ronni Shalev, Aurore Weickert, Carmen Gómez, and others.
Where to Watch
Because Today is Saturday has mainly circulated through international short-film festivals and their digital programs.
- Kortfilmfestivalen – festival streaming where offered
- Palm Springs International Film Festival – festival screening/streaming where offered
- Vimeo – free viewing where offered
- YouTube – free viewing where offered
- MUBI – subscription where available
- Amazon Video – rental/purchase where offered