Completed - PORTUGUESE - Drama, LGBT - 18 minutes
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Rafael AIDAR Writer(s) : Rafael AIDAR Cast : Jefferson BRITO, Victor MONTEIRO, Thaís OLIVEIRA, Priscila GOMES, Francisco GASPAR Producer(s) : Beatriz CARVALHO (Klaxon Cultural Audiovisual)
In the outskirts of São Paulo, the young Leandro joins as a student in a new school. In the classroom, he meets Jefferson who introduces him to his new group of friends. As the days go by, the boys hit it off and grow more intimate until they decide to be together as a couple. Their relationship is at stake when Jefferson informs Leandro that he is HIV-positive. Facing the news, Leandro must decide whether they continue in this romantic relationship or not.
Country(ies) : BRAZIL
Berlinale - EFM 2013 (Generation 14Plus and Teddyrole)Cinelatino 2013 (Panorama)Frameline 2013 (Shorts competition)Kinoforum - Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo 2013 (Audience's favorite)Cinema Diverse - The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2013 (Audience's favorite)Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2013 (Jury award for best short film, best new director and “Alan Ira Dusowitz Emerging Filmmaker Award for a Short Film” )BRAFFTv – Brazilian Film and TV Festival of Toronto 2013 (Best short film actor to Jefferson Brito)Festival Mix Brasil 2013 (Best director and best Production designer)FENACO – Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens Lambayeque 2013 (Prize sexual diversity)Festival de Cine LGBT EL LUGAR SIN LIMITES 2013 (Best short film)Festival Internacional de Cinema de Viña del Mar 2013 (Special distinction of the jury)Primeiro Plano - Festival de Cinema de Juiz de Fora e Mercocidades 2013 (Best script, actor, soundtrack, Honorable mention of the young jury )Philadelfia QFest 2013 (Jury award for best short film)Entretodos Curtas - Festival de Curtas-Metragens de Direitos Humanos 2013 (Audience's prize for best short film, Jury's award for best script)OutFest – Festival Internacional de Cinema GLBT de Santo Domingo 2013 (Best international short film)WILDsound's Film Festival 2013 (Audience award for best short film, audience award for best photography, audience award for best soundtrack)The Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival 2013 (Best short film)Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 2013 (Shorts competition)Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 2013 (Shorts competition)El Corto del Año 2014 (Honorable mention of the jury)