2012 / 28 min / creative documentary
This film was produced as part of a project by the ArtAids foundation (www.artaids.com) to promote the work of artists in support of the fight against HIV/Aids. After being scouted Gabriel participated in a selection process before being chosen to make this film.
SYNOPSIS
Rodrigo is a young deaf man from Recife, northeast Brazil who works installing car stereos in a small dealership on the outskirts of town. Despite his deafness, sound penetrates his day to day life and he harnesses its vibrations, allowing it to pulse through his veins.
CREW LIST
Director, Script writer and cinematographer: Gabriel Mascaro
Treatment: Rachel Ellis and Gabriel Mascaro
Producers: Gerardo Peral (Art Aids) and Rachel Ellis (Desvia)
Executive Producer: Rachel Ellis
Production Manager: Lívia de Melo
Art director: Gabriel Mascaro
Editor: Eduardo Serrano
Sound Technician: Joana Claude and Gabriel Mascaro
Sound designer: Maurício d’Orey
Colour grader and online editor: Eduardo Serrano
Graphic design: Clara Simas
Actor: Márcio Campelo Santana
ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain I 30/05 – 04/06 2012
MARCO, Vigo, Spain I 05/06 – 24/06 2012
LA CASA ENCENDIDA, Madrid, Spain I 03/07 – 31/07 2012
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
– 25th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – Refletcing Images / Doc U competition.
– International Film Festival of Rajasthan 2012 – Best Direction
– 9th LAFF – Latin American Film Festival
– 30 Miami International Film Festival – MIFF, Shorts Competition
– 5th International Short Film Festival Nijmegen – Go Short Award for the Best Short Documentary Film
-10th IndieLisboa – Emerging Cinema
– 45th Oberhausen Short Film Festival – International Competition, Special Mention, International Jury.
– Gdansk DocFilm Festival – (Dis)Ability Section
– Make Dox – Creative Documentary Film Festival
– Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, UK
– Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival, USA
– Melbourne International Film Festival 2013 – Documentary Shorts, Australia
– Signes de Nuit 2013 – Paris, France – Special Mention
– 21th Ozu Film Festival – Ozu Tatami Shot – Italy
– 17th International Short Film Festival Winterthur – Special Mention– Winterthur, Switzerland
– Festival Signes de Nuit – Paris, France
– 11th Bogoshorts: Bogotá Short Film Festival- Best Documentary Short – Bogotá, Colômbia
– FILMINI Festival – Sofia, Bulgaria
– Mecal Chile – Competição Oficial – Santiago, Chile
– BrasilCine – The Brazilian FF/Scandinavia
– EDOC13: Encuentro del otro cine – Festival Internacional de Cine Documental – Quito, Equador
BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVALS
– 45th Brasilia Film Festival, Candango Award for best editing – World Premiere
– 8th Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film
– Curta Rio de Janeiro – Special Jury Prize Best Short Film
– 19 Vitoria Cine Video
– V Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife – Official Jury – Best Sound & FEPEC Award, Best Short.
– III Cachoeira Doc – Young Jury – Best Short.
– Hemisfério / Halvkugle – Non competitive screening
– 16 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes – Popular Jury Prize Best Short & Canal Brasil TV Award Best Short
– 5 Festival do Jury Popular
– 12th Mostra do Filme Livre – Official Jury Award for Best Short
– 3 Cinerama BC
– Cine Documenta
– Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo Ambiental
– 20 Cinesul – Festival Ibero-Americano de Cinema e Vídeo – Mostra Competitiva de curtas
– Festival de Cinema Latino Americano de São Paulo
– 8 MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira – Mostra Brasil
– Festival CineMúsica – Prêmio de Melhor Som
– FECIM: Festival de TV e Cinema Independente de Muqui – Mostra não-competitiva
– Festival de Curtas de São Paulo, mostra Estado Crítico – Direitos Humanos e suas Representações, São Paulo
– Mostra É Massa! de cinema pernambucano – São Paulo
– Goiânia Mostra Curtas 2013 – Mostra Brasil – Goiânia – Best Direction e Popular Jury Award
– 8th Mostra de Cinema e Direitos Humanos da América do Sul
– ForumDoc BH 2013 – National Competition – Belo Horizonte
– FICBIC – Festival Internacional de Cinema da Bienal de Curitiba – Mostra Principal – Curitiba
– II Semana de Saúde Mental – Manaus
– Entretodos – Human Rights Short Film Festival – Melhor Curta
– 8º Miragem – Cinema e Vídeo de Miracema – Melhor Curta
– Mostra “O Novo Cinema Pernambucano” – Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil de Brasília, DF e São Paulo, SP
PRODUCTION COMPANY
ARTAIDS, Spain (www.artaids.com)
DESVIA, Brazil
SUPPORT
ARTAIDS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Banco Sabadell
