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HIS BODY
Short Film - Live Action - Musical/Romantic-horror
Format: 23'
Status: Completed
Target: Adults
Genre: Musical/Romantic-horror
Launch Year: 2024
Looking for: Programming, Curators, Festivals, Broadcasters, VOD Platforms and Strategic Partnerships
Rights Available: All available, Worldwide (all languages)
Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Production: Vértebra - Gerenciamento de Projetos Artísticos, Barca Aberta Produções
Co-production: Druzina Content, Bactéria Filmes
Country: Brazil
Highlight: Selected for the FICCI - Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (2024)
At the height of the Black Rio movement, thousands of young black men and women discover black power in the midst of parties, soul music, and blaxploitation films. On one of these nights, shy Carlos is surprised to find his ex-lover Toni with someone else. Haunted by the fresh emotional wounds, Carlos recalls the relationship (hidden from his religious parents and the conservative society) with his first and only partner. But the night is a child and the party has just begun - supernatural surprises await them both, and Carlos' body begins to change as his feelings materialize…
A tribute to blaxploitation, "HIS BODY" is a queer musical romantic-horror short film about two young black men who, faced with racism and homophobia, still need to learn how to love and to dance together.
It chronicles the meeting of Carlos & Toni, two ex-lovers on a night packed with soul music in the 1970s' Rio de Janeiro. As the night goes by, supernatural surprises await them both, and Carlos' body begins to change as his feelings materialize…
A mixture of groove with a queer supernatural love story, the film is born from the desire to pay tribute to Brazilian soul artists, a very important musical movement for black consciousness during the 1970s.
With references ranging from Gordon Parks' Shaft (1971) to Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977), the film blends the language of blaxploitation and horror to evoke the unique atmosphere of 1970s underground cinema.
CREW:
Cast: João Pedro Oliveira, Paulo Guidelly, Dandara Lorena
Director and screenplay: Yuri Costa
Director of photography: Max Chagas
Camera assistant: Vitor Garcia
Logger: Gabriela Carvalho
Art direction: Caroline Meirelles
Art assistant: Letícia Paes
Stageman: Gustavo Vilela
Costume design: Fernanda Cunha and Lydianne Carney
Costume intern: Daniel Fialho
Seamstress: Raíssa Tavares
Makeup: Danielle Leone
Makeup assistant: Letícia Nemec
Assistant director: Janyne Sousa
Continuity planner: Miguel Gil
Script consultant: Dom Filó
Still: Paulo Liv
Editing: Vinícius Silva
Sound: Gabriel Jacarandá and Alexandre Seabra
Sound intern: Rafael Sousa
Sound post-production: Kf Studios
Sound design: Kiko Ferraz and Ricardo Costa
Mixing: Ricardo Costa
Dialogue, ambient sound, and sound effects editing: Ricardo Costa
Foley artist: Felipe Burger Marques
Foley recording and editing: Renato Galimberti
Post-production sound coordinator: Lísia Faccin
Practical effects: Romulo Azevedo
Finalization: Forno Fx
Finalization image coordination: Victória Ketzer
Visual effects supervision: Pedro De Lima Marques
Color correction: André Wofchuk
Casting and casting preparation: Gabo M. Barros and Thayan Ribeiro
Gaffer: Jonatas Calazans and Lucas Vacare
Machine: Roberto Wally
Production director: Juliana Bittencourt
Production assistant: Gabriela Castrioto and Louise Cyrillo
Setting: Renan Albuquerque
Executive production: Gabo M. Barros, Yuri Costa, Janyne Sousa, Luciana Druzina, and Daniela Israel
Assistance Executives: Allan Belisário, Dayane Simões, Amanda Ruano, Daniela Azeredo, and Giovanna Guedes
Cooks: Buffet Malta Events (Graciana Ferreira Leandro Da Silva, Norma Alice Pereira Araújo, Bruno Malta Nogueira)
Catering: Kika Ribeiro
Making Off: João Gabriel
Production: Barca Aberta Productions and Vértebra Artes
Co-production: Druzina Content and Bactéria Filmes
Associate Production: KF Studios
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