Eu, minha mãe e Wallace
The story of a photo of a single mother, an absent father and a child shows the importance of a single image.
22'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Faced with pain, loneliness and despair, Cecil blows on a super Nintendo cartridge in Vila Velha, his neighbourhood on the outskirts of Fortaleza, in an attempt to reboot the game of life. A graduation film from Vila das Artes, a public film school in northeast Brazil.
IFFR 2019
- 19'
- Brazil
- 2018
- Director
- Leon Reis
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Super Nintendo’s Cartridge in Saturn's Rings
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Elvio Franklin
- Sales
- Elvio Franklin
- Screenplay
- Leon Reis
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Ferreira, Darwin Marinho
- Editor
- Clébson Oscar, Tais Brasil
- Production Design
- Paolla Martins, Lidia dos Anjos
- Sound Design
- Tatiana Ferreira, Marcelo Júnior, Mike Dutra
- Music
- Íron Cauan, Diego Fidelis, Gustavo Carvalho, Mike Dutra, Leon Reis
- Cast
- Felipe Oliveira, Lucas Limeira, Polly Di
Also in this combined programme
Perpétuo
A couple is back living together, updating invisible forces of the past and expanding boundaries of everyday life.
24'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Quintal
An elder married couple whose life is quite ordinary. Until one day a persistent wind in the backyard makes the normal extraordinary.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Leon Reis
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Super Nintendo’s Cartridge in Saturn's Rings
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Elvio Franklin
- Sales
- Elvio Franklin
- Screenplay
- Leon Reis
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Ferreira, Darwin Marinho
- Editor
- Clébson Oscar, Tais Brasil
- Production Design
- Paolla Martins, Lidia dos Anjos
- Sound Design
- Tatiana Ferreira, Marcelo Júnior, Mike Dutra
- Music
- Íron Cauan, Diego Fidelis, Gustavo Carvalho, Mike Dutra, Leon Reis
- Cast
- Felipe Oliveira, Lucas Limeira, Polly Di
Programme IFFR 2019
Soul in the Eye
Zózimo Bulbul’s legacy and the contemporary emergence of black Brazilian Cinema. With premiering films, a performance, talks and a masterclass by Gabriel Martins Alves.
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Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in Brazil in 1988, one hundred years after slavery was abolished there.
153'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Afronte
The process of transformation and empowerment of a young man, black and gay, whose account is mixed with testimonies of others.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Alma no olho
A metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game of images inspired by concretism.
11'
Brazil
IFFR 2019