Contrasting visions of world cinema
BRAZIL | 84 minutes | 2019
Shot between 2016 and 2018 in the run-up to the election of Jair Bolsonaro and premiering at Cannes as part of the festival’s 2019 ACID lineup, Indianara takes us to Casa Nem, a trans, gay and lesbian shelter in Rio de Janeiro. Through violent demonstrations, electoral events, bereavements and pool parties, we follow the charismatic Indianara Siqueira, a modern-day warrior, as she leads her ‘troops’ with an iron will and inexhaustible passion. A powerful, vital work co-directed by Marcelo Barbosa and Aude Chevalier-Beaumel that brings a frightening reality all too vividly to life.CANADIAN PREMIEREIn collaboration with Cinéma sous les étoiles de Funambules Médias and Massimadi."Indianara looks at a charismatic revolutionary fighting for transgender rights in Brazil." Screendaily
ACID - Festival de Cannes
No biography
The lives of twenty-something Pete and Sasha revolve around orgies and any random substance in a Russia where dancing to EDM in a club could get them...
Feature film, Fiction
RUSSIA | 98 minutes | 2019
Since he was a kid, Merab has been dance partners with Mary. His world is turned upside-down when the charismatic Irakli shows up and quickly becomes a...
SWEDEN, GEORGIA, FRANCE | 105 minutes | 2019
After being turned down for a job in the American porn industry, a penniless young woman decides to head home to Russia on foot. Her seemingly crazy...
AUSTRIA | 128 minutes | 2019
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