HOTÉIS XXI

A series about the spaces, the people, and the ideas that define contemporary hospitality

The possibilities offered by a hotel — whether real, imagined, fantasised, fulfilled, or left unrealised — are endless. This series explores how the hotel has adapted to the social transformations of the twenty-first century and, consequently, to contemporary society itself. Through a portrait of the hospitality industry, the series invites us to reflect on travel as both a matter of survival and a youthful dream of discovering the world, before becoming one of the largest postmodern industries and a symbol of development and social mobility. The series seeks to understand how hotel spaces are conceived, created, and maintained, and how they respond to the needs of their guests — from the pursuit of pleasure and growing awareness of waste, to the relentless search for wellbeing.

Credits

Directed by Marina Reino
Created by Rita Rolex
Research João Diogo Correia
Script consultant Lígia Gonçalves

Produced by Maria João Mayer
Production managers Catarina Brito, Guilherme Carvalho

Cinematography João Sousa, Tomás Paiva Raposo
Camera assistants João Castela, Francisco Barros
Sound Moritz Kerschbaumer
Still photographer João Hasselberg

Editing João Diogo Marques, Pedro Gancho
Colour grading Serene Issa, Andreia Bertini, Marina Tebechrani
Sound design Moritz Kerschbaumer
Original score Foreign Poetry
Tipography Mario Feliciano
Animation Nuno Pinto

Supported by RTP2