I only rest in the storm
Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diára and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.
Director: Pedro Pinho
Script: Pedro Pinho
Production companies: Terratreme, Uma Pedra no Sapato (Portugal), Bubbles Project (Brazil), Still Moving (France) and De Film (Romania)
Release: 2026
Festivals and Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2025 – Un Certain Regard – Best Actress Award
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2025.— Best Film
Bangkok International Film Festival — Best Director
Munich International Film Festival 2025
Busan International Film Festival 2025
Viennale 2025
Athens International Film Festival 2025
New Horizons International Film Festival 2025 – Wroclaw, Poland
Valladolid International Film Festival, SEMINCI 2025
Melbourne International Film Festival
Sarajevo International Film Festival
New York Film Festival
AFI Latin American Film Festival
Seville European Film Festival
Wuhan Bailin Film Festival
Goteborg International Film Festival 2025