Audiovisual, Cinema, Oficina
Experimental films are the focus of the 4th edition of Mostra Quelly
06 to 09 July 2022 to 19:00
The Vale Maranhão Cultural Center, in partnership with Kasarão Filmes, will hold from July 06 to 09, at 19:00, the fourth edition of Quelly — National Gender and Sexuality Film Festival. This year, the show will be in person again, after two years in virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This time, the event focuses on experimental films, which escape stereotypes characteristic of works of fiction. “Analyzing the films shown at national festivals, I realized a new direction that Brazilian directors have been following, a non-acceptance of the old formulas of filmmaking, presenting a the growth of films in which dissident bodies are more symbolic than speech,” says George Pedrosa, filmmaker and cultural producer who signs the curatorship of Quelly, produced by Josh Baconi and Gabriel Marques.
Check out the schedule:
06/07 – Program 1
Screenings starting at 19:00
Dry Wind
Daniel Nolasco (GO – BR), 2020
Synopsis: In July, the dry wind and low air humidity dry the skin of residents of a small town in the interior of Goiás. Sandro divides his days between the city club, work, soccer with friends, and local parties. He has a relationship with Ricardo, his co-worker. But her routine begins to change with the arrival of Maicon, a boy who arouses her interest and of whom everyone knows very little.
Rating: 18 years
07/07 – Program 2
Office
Cinema Queer – Reflections on the Director’s Work
with director Daniel Nolasco
from 15:00 to 18:00
The workshop will bring participants an exhibition and analysis of excerpts from productions, discussion of the creation processes, historical overview, and challenges of producing and making films with this theme in the current Brazilian cultural scene.
Daniel Nolasco holds a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Fluminense Federal University and in History from the Federal University of Goiás. He wrote and directed more than nine short films, screened and awarded at various national and international festivals. His documentary “Mr. Leather” (2019) was screened at more than forty festivals such as BAFICI, Frameline, Montreal International Documentary Festival, FICViña in Viña del Mar.
Screenings starting at 19:00
Levados (Gare aux Coquins)
Jean Costa (France), 2021
Synopsis: This is Tonio’s first time in Corsica. He explores the territory and meet-up apps until he stumbles upon the Oracle, a user who tells him about gay life on the island. The conversation is reenacted with an actor who seems to connect deeply with the Oracle story.
Rating: 18 years
Razorgrass
Michel Queiroz (GO – BR), 2021
Synopsis: Razorgrass is about transvestigenic people who live, inhabit and ‘re-exist’ in Chapada dos Veadeiros, in the interior of Goiás. We have Gustavo and Gaé as protagonists, trans men who open their lives and skin to the eyes of the camera.
Rating: 18 years
There Was a Time When I Didn’t See the Sun
Guilherme Jardim (MG – BR), 2021
Synopsis: I remember it was summer.
Classification: Free
Ariadne’s thread
Mozart Freire and Ton Martins (CE – BR), 2020
Synopsis: Ari, a cutting and sewing teacher, celebrates her pregnancy with her students and Laura, her partner. However, between one class and another she weaves escape lines to escape an oppressive relationship from the past. With the affection generated by her class, Ari finds the right cut to strengthen herself and overcome her fear.
Rating: 16 years
Custody
Vinicius Sassine (DF – BR), 2021
Synopsis: Ícaro and Valesca are arrested after being caught selling chocolate candies. After the months in prison, the two try to have some control over their own destinies.
Classification: Free
08/07 – Program 3
Office
Cinema Queer – Reflections on the Director’s Work
with director Daniel Nolasco
from 15:00 to 18:00
The workshop will bring participants an exhibition and analysis of excerpts from productions, discussion of the creation processes, historical overview, and challenges of producing and making films with this theme in the current Brazilian cultural scene.
Daniel Nolasco holds a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Fluminense Federal University and in History from the Federal University of Goiás. He wrote and directed more than nine short films, screened and awarded at various national and international festivals. His documentary “Mr. Leather” (2019) was screened at more than forty festivals such as BAFICI, Frameline, Montreal International Documentary Festival, FICViña in Viña del Mar.
Screenings starting at 19:00
Vaginal Panic
Lara Duarte (SP – BR), 2020
Synopsis: This science fiction by Lara Duarte deals with the bankruptcy of normative relations, transported to a hyper fictional and dystopian future.
Rating: 18 years
Romy & Laure… Et Le Mistère Du Plug Enchanté
Romy Alizée and Laure Giappiconi (France), 2021
Synopsis: After the first chapter of their demented adventures with the furniture man, the besties Romy and Laure move in together with their friend Elisa and Titi, the curious cat. One day, a shiny new butt plug mysteriously appears on your doorstep. Their sexual power can be dangerous — will they be able to resist its extraordinary appeal?
Rating: 18 years
Venus of Nyke
André Antônio (PE – BR), 2021
Synopsis: Friend, today I had an appointment with him again. And I‘m increasingly freaked out because, unlike any patient I have, he doesn’t show the slightest discomfort with his sexual oddities. On the contrary. I maintain my diagnosis: acute symptoms of melancholy and flight from reality. Sometimes he goes so far in this delusion that he imagines himself as a kind of prophet. As if you were part of a cult.
Rating: 18 years
09/07 – Program 4
Office
Cinema Queer – Reflections on the Director’s Work
with director Daniel Nolasco
from 15:00 to 18:00
The workshop will bring participants an exhibition and analysis of excerpts from productions, discussion of the creation processes, historical overview, and challenges of producing and making films with this theme in the current Brazilian cultural scene.
Daniel Nolasco holds a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Fluminense Federal University and in History from the Federal University of Goiás. He wrote and directed more than nine short films, screened and awarded at various national and international festivals. His documentary “Mr. Leather” (2019) was screened at more than forty festivals such as BAFICI, Frameline, Montreal International Documentary Festival, FICViña in Viña del Mar.
Screenings starting at 19:00
On Rua Nua e Crua
Daniel Rangel and Joyce Cursino (GO – BR), 2022
Synopsis: In order to fulfill a promise made to God, Igor seeks out Frida Tiffany, a transvestite who has much to teach him about the Second Commandment.
Rating: 18 years
Love By Night
Henrique Arruda (PE – BR), 2021
Synopsis: In the near future, voices fall in love, and loves will be frequencies.
Classification: Free
Fireflies
Leo Bittencourt (RJ – BR), 2021
Synopsis: The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx gardens inhabited by Flamengo Park regulars while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep. Vagalumes is a nighttime fabular ethnography from Aterro do Flamengo.
Rating: 18 years
Wild Patience Brought Me Here
Erica Sarnet (RJ – BR), 2021
Synopsis: Tired of loneliness, biker Vange (Zélia Duncan) decides to cross the Rio-Niterói bridge to a lesbian party, where she meets four young people who share home and affection with each other. A meeting of generations; a tribute to those who brought us here.
Rating: 18 years