Kopal Joshy

A diary entry from April 2018 carries the title of a film: Into an Abyss. About eight years ago, I was in that wonderful, heart-churning process of searching for a title. My spiritual guide in filmmaking, Marta Andreu, prompted me to write down the title of this “imaginary” film before even beginning any research. I wrote it down and quickly realised its familiarity. It was a Werner Herzog film. 2026, and in a sweeping full circle: that same imaginary film, now titled We Are Two Abysses, meets Herzog as a member of the jury in the Azores. Carlos, my dearest friend and the soul of the film, meets him through the quiet magic of cinema, and I receive the warmest compliment in the form of an award. Such are the gods of filmmaking. In what felt like a fever dream in the middle of the Atlantic, all seasons passed within a single day. Beautiful souls became friends, and plenty of Poncha was consumed. We danced all night, even before we had our laurels. Now I sit here, far from the island, envying those Azorean cows. Today marks one year since we premiered and people are already asking about the next film. 🐒

✨ 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐒 is now in the light.✨ This film has been a long, intimate journey and I didn’t walk it alone. @pedrodefilippis , the master mind who once on a casual breakfast conversation said, “Look, you should meet this man named ‘Carlos’ he can help you look for the lake you are searching for” and that was it. After which we travelled together to these mountains and he was the first one to witness the magic of this encounter. @luisaademello , my co-editor, held both mine and the film’s hand from its nascent years to the final, final export. This trailer wouldn’t exist without @kinshuk.surjan ‘s eye, his favorite moments from the film, our exchanges, and the dialogue that shaped what you now see. @eliascanape , my producer and mentor, who has patiently guided me from the days of my first short films to this debut feature. @alka_seltzer13 , @johnny_frh and @goaheart , who spent countless nights in the basement of @soundforce.studio crafting the sound dimension of the film. @jon_tassilo , whose music became the breath of the film. And @poonam23joshy , @joshyrajesh , @_joe___p , @ajoejoon , @fil___me , @mengagnes , @jbnoice , @fu___lani whose roles don’t have titles, but who walked alongside me, holding and embracing the journey. I’m endlessly grateful. 💫

In the age of manifesting, I stand quietly in my corner, believing that the unimaginable always happens instead. Carlos and I met in the most unexpected of ways. Since then, this film has been in the making, intertwined with our lives and those close to us. It’s with great honour that I announce the premiere of 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐒 in the Portuguese National Competition at @indielisboa 2025. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟎𝟏, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟏:𝟒𝟓 Cinema São Jorge, Room Manoel de Oliveira 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟎𝟑, 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖:𝟒𝟓 CulturGest, Small Auditorium 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘭, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘛𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 @tavareswirtz 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 Kopal Joshy 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 @luisaademello , Kopal Joshy & @luisahomem 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 @jon_tassilo 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 @eliascanape 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 @terratreme.filmes 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫 @nevenka_u_luci 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 @alka_seltzer13 @soundforce.studio 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐲 @johnny_frh 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 @goaheart 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 @fil___me 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 @andreia.bertini 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 @krishnabalashenoi

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖̧𝗔̃𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 🎬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘀-𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝗰̧𝗮̃𝗼 / 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 Duas sessões memoráveis, dois filmes premiados. "𝗫𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿" de 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲 e "𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘀" de 𝗞𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘆 passaram pelo AZOREANIFF e acabaram por vencer, respetivamente, a competição internacional nas categorias de 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮-𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝗰̧𝗮̃𝗼 e 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮-𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮́𝗿𝗶𝗼, por escolha do júri Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetić e Liliana Díaz Castillo. Que privilégio partilhar estes momentos convosco! - Two memorable sessions, two awarded films. "𝗫𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿" by 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲 and "𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘀" by 𝗞𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘆 screened at AZOREANIFF and ended up winning, respectively, the international competition in the categories of 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 and 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺, as chosen by the jury Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetić, and Liliana Díaz Castillo. What a privilege to share these moments with you! 📸 @hugomfranca #azoreaniff

𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖̧𝗔̃𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 ✨ 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 Os grandes vencedores da Competição Internacional da 2.ª edição do AZOREANIFF, por escolha dos respetivos júris, são: / The winners of the 2nd edition of the AZOREANIFF International Competition, as chosen by the respective juries, are: 𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗛 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙎 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙡𝙛 (2025), Sameh Alaa @samehalaa__ 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗷𝗮 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙉𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙪𝙢𝙖 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖 (2023), Catarina Vasconcelos @catavasconcelos 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙊 𝘾𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙊 (2024), Viktor Németh @viktrnemeth 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼/𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧 (2025), Telmo Soares @casotacollective 𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗛 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙊 𝘾𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙊 (2024), Viktor Németh @viktrnemeth 🎞️ 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 (2024), Mário Macedo @mariomaiscedo (empate/tie) 𝗔𝗖 𝗖𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙓𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 (2024), Manuela Irene @manuelairene 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 🎞️ 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝘿𝙤𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 (2025), Kopal Joshy @no_kops Parabéns a todos os vencedores e a todos os filmes que fizeram parte desta edição! / Congratulations to all the winners and to every film selected! 👏 📸 @hugomfranca #azoreaniff

Grief and belonging 20 November 2025 The books mentioned: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking If you are reading this and have books to add to the list, I am here for it. For you, mum @poonam23joshy

O documentário 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨 𝘿𝙤𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙨 é apresentado por Kopal Joshy no dia 18 de novembro, às 17h, no @teatroacademicodegilvicente . A realizadora regista o nascimento de uma amizade-acaso, num retrato nostálgico rodado na Serra da Estrela, centrado nas cartas de amor escritas por um protagonista em processo de luto. • Carlos encontra numa cineasta uma confidente, encontrando nela fuga ao confinamento da sua pequena casa. A presença dela altera a ordem do seu quotidiano e, à medida que a relação entre os dois evolui, é possível vislumbrar mais de perto o seu estado de espírito. 💌 “Este é um filme que regista a formação de uma amizade, de cartas escritas para uma saudade, para um amor, para um passado e, também, para uma nova amizade” — @jruipais , programador 🎟 Marca a sessão na tua agenda e consulta o programa integral do Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português através do link da bio! #caminhoscinema #CinemaPortuguês

Friendly fruits of autumn. Seia, Lisbon & in-betweens.

We were so happy to share the premiere of @no_kops “Somos Dois Abismos” with our friends in the National Competition at @indielisboa ! Next screening is on May 3rd at @culturgest at 18:45. See you there!

Friends like family 11.09.23

Aging is time asking you to slow down. Serra, August.

A dip in May 2023, a dear ol’ friend turns 85