Quelly - National Film Festival of Genres presents new films in Maranhão

The Vale Maranhão Cultural Center receives, on the 11th and 12th, the Quelly Exhibition. The program features award-winning films that were successful in national and international festivals. All productions are unpublished in Maranhão. The Mostra, created by filmmaker George Pedrosa, in partnership with producers Josh Baconi and Gabriel Marques, was selected in the Public Notice Pátio Aberto 2019. The program features six short films and one feature, produced in different regions of the country, which represent the eyes of Brazilian filmmakers on the LGBTQ+ theme. The title of the Mostra is a tribute to the transsexual Quelly da Silva, who died in January this year, a victim of transphobia. George Pedrosa, responsible for the selection of the films, explains the motivation of the Mostra: “These are titles that have a unique approach to the LGBTQ+ experience. We want not only to show good quality films, but also to create an opportunity for local filmmakers to get to know what is being done and be encouraged to create projects in this field.” The director of Centro Cultural Vale Maranhão highlights the diversity of projects selected by the Pátio notice. Open in terms of languages and themes: "a cultural center must be attentive and open space for the plurality of cultural languages and also for the scathing themes that are being addressed by creators around the world, gender issues are among these themes and they are the focus of an extensive and expressive production in the visual arts, cinema, theater, dance, in short, in literature.” SCHEDULE Day 11 (Tuesday) 6:00 pm Ticket delivery 7:00 pm Opening of the event: Show presentation and performance with the Drags Britnega and Blue Berry 7:30 pm Screening of the films: Profana Vaca Directed by: René Guerra Fiction / Duration: 15 min./ São Paulo, 2017/ 18 years old. Approaches motherhood through a transvestite. The story revolves around her desire to be a mother and her relationship with her neighbor, who has a newborn daughter, but does not identify with the responsibilities that involve a child. The film participated in the festivals: Queer Lisboa – Lisbon Gay and Lesbian (2018), was awarded as best film at the 19th Kinoarte Film Festival (2017), in Londrina, and was chosen as the best short film (popular vote) at the Rio Festival (2017). Ilha Directed by: Ary Rosa and Glenda Nicácio Fiction/ Duration: 94 min./ Bahia, 2018 / 18-year rating. Emerson, a young man from the periphery, wants to make a film about his history on the Island, a place from which people born there cannot leave. The duo of Bahian filmmakers make use of metalanguage and other aesthetic experiences to deal with black, gay and regional representations, also bringing up filmmaking. The film was highlighted at the 59th Brasília Film Festival, in 2018. Day 12 (Wednesday) 6:00 pm – Ticket delivery 7:00 pm – Mostra Presentation 7:15 pm – Film screening Vigia Direction: João Victor Borges Fiction/Duration: 22 min./Rio de Janeiro, 2018/ rating 18 years The director's first film, his screenplay was awarded by the Laboratory Screenwriters Estreantes, of the Darcy Ribeiro Film School (RJ). A supermarket watchman works searching young backpacks – mostly black – who move between the shelves of products, his colleague, cashier, is gay. Social criticism and affectivity, initiated by the identification of the class that unites them, permeate the fiction that has a surprising ending. Awarded for best film and best actor at the 14th Cinefest Gato Preto, in São Paulo and winner of the Cine França-Brasil Award, at the 7th Curta Brasília. Majur Directed by: Rafael Irineu Documentary/ Duration: 20 min./Mato Grosso, 2018/ rating 18 years. The documentary tells the story of a transgender indigenous of the Baroro people, head of communication in her village and spokesperson for one of the most traditional peoples in Brazil. After the film's debut, the positive repercussion helped make Majur's sexual orientation public and respected by everyone. The short was selected for more than 30 national and international festivals, and was featured in the Competitive Exhibition of short films at the 47th Gramado Festival, in 2018. NEGRUM3 Director: Diego Paulino Fiction/ Duration: 22 min./São Paulo, 2018/classification 18 years old Film-essay about blackness and the aspirations of the children of the African diaspora in Brazil. It received the awards for best short by the popular jury and Canal Brasil Award at the 22nd Tiradentes Film Festival (2019), and was awarded the best short film at the 13th Sertões Film and Video Meeting (2018). Inconfessões Director: Ana Galizia Documentary/ Length: 22 min./Rio de Janeiro, 2017/ 18 year rating The film about Luiz Roberto Galizia, director's uncle and active figure in the theater movement in the 70s and 80s, tells how the LGBT community and society saw AIDS at that time. It was carried out with images from photographic archives and footage in Super 8 made by him MC Jess Directed by: Carla Villa-Lobos Fiction/Duration: 20min./ Rio de Janeiro, 2018/ 18 year rating. MC Jess follows the daily life of a black poet, lesbian and resident of the favela of Maré, in Rio de Janeiro, who seeks liberation and acceptance in art. The protagonist of the film is Carol Dall Farra (Mc Jess), who off screen produces Slam das Minas, a space for women to recite their poetry in the street. The film was selected to participate in June this year in the 43rd Frameline, the largest and oldest LGBTQ film festival, which takes place in San Francisco, in the United States. All programming is free. The TV Rating System is 18 years old. Tickets for the sessions will be distributed on the day the films are shown, from 6 pm, upon presentation of an identity card (RG).