Real life invades the theatrical bubble in this urgent drama about street protests in Brazil. Two theatre student activists cut classes to demonstrate against slashes in the culture budget. History is being written in the streets, but their teacher prefers Shakespearean texts. Primeiro ato dives into the current unrest in Brazil: “Stop the world, I want to get off.”
Also in this combined programme
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27 thoughts about my father
Poignant portrait of the filmmaker’s father, who died last year, told in 27 brief contemplations, including personal moments and exceptional
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E-Ticket
Frantic re-cataloguing of a personal archive and a vehicle for the re-birth of forgotten images in 35mm still photographs, obsessively tape-spliced
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Party on the CAPS
Moroccan sci-fi using augmented reality, humour and a dose of frenzied Chaabi music to tell a story of displacement, biotechnology and privacy.
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 19"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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