Gustavo Vinagre
Gustavo VINAGRE (1985, Brazil) is a filmmaker and documentarian who has written and directed over 14 short and six feature-length films. He studied literature at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and film at the EICTV school in Cuba. Vinagre holds a prolific career spanning over 10 years, with films that are known for their vibrant queerness and their intimate approach to image and sound. The award-winning Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter was his first fiction feature film and premiered at Berlinale Forum in 2022. His films have won more than 100 awards and have been featured twice in Cahiers du Cinéma. His documentary Film for Blind Poet screened at IFFR 2013. This year, he is back at IFFR with The Passion According to GHB.
Filmography
Pérolas (2008, short), Fucking Different São Paulo (2010, anthology), Filme para Poeta Cego (2012, short), La llamada (2014, short), Nova Dubai (2014), Os Cuidados que se tem com o Cuidado que os Outros Devem ter Consigo Mesmos (2016, short), Chutes (2016, short), Cachorro (2017, short), Filme-Catástrofe (2017, short), Mãos que Curam (2017, short), A Rosa Azul de Novalis (2018), fear fear fear (2018, short), Lembro mais dos Corvos (2018), Vil, Má (2020), Adentro (2021, short), Desaprender a Dormir (2021), Deus tem AIDS (2021), Três Tigres Tristes (2022), Cucumber/Knife (2024, short), The Passion According to GHB (2025)
Gustavo Vinagre op IFFR
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The Passion According to GHB
Gustavo Vinagre, Vinicius Couto | 82' | Brazil | World premiere
Chemsex hookups turn existential in this bedroom odyssey where fake drugs fuel true intimacy. -
Film for Blind Poet
Gustavo Vinagre | 25' | Brazil | International premiere
Documentary about the life and work of one of the most important poets in Brazil, Glauco Mattoso: blind, masochist, foot fetishist and gay. -
Nova Dubai
Gustavo Vinagre | 50' | Brazil | None
In a developing city a group of friends seek freedom and closeness using sex in playgrounds, empty apartments, on building sites and in quarries.