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double bill #9

À Gis

Thiago Carvalhaes, Belgium, Portugal, 2017, 20’
Film Fest Gent

2017

Queer Porto

2018

Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival

2018

The Brazilian trans woman Gisberta lived as an immigrant in Portugal. After she was brutally murdered, she became an icon for the transgender rights cause. Piece by piece, this documentary offers a delicate portrait of a woman torn apart by an indifferent world.

À Gis (Thiago Carvalhaes, 2017)
À Gis (Thiago Carvalhaes, 2017)
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The Freedom One Does Not Allow Oneself

Thiago Carvalhaes’ À Gis

Michaël Van Remoortere
30.04.2023

Gisberta’s murder holds an important, symbolic place in Portuguese LGBTQIA+ history, similar to the murder of Ihsane Jarfi in Belgian history—a no pasarán after which society decided to enact new laws. Luckily for us (and for her), this film, this short requiem, does not attempt to convince us of the horror by reenacting Gisberta’s death in horrific detail and length, like Animals early last year deemed necessary.

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Credits

Cast
Albino Ribeiro, Cristina Sousa, Domingos Salce, Katy Vandolly, Leonor Salce
Camera
Leonor Teles, Martina Palmeri, Thiago Carvalhaes, Tobias Rodil
Editor
Beatriz Pomar
Sound
Arne Stevens, Botond Csizmadia, Lien Pardon, Michaël Dylst, Thiago Carvalhaes
Music
Maria Bethânia, Pedro Abrunhosa, Quartabê
Producer
Betina de Tella, Thiago Carvalhaes
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documentary politics drama portrait queer

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Herman@s (Les Adelphes)

Hélène Alix Mourrier, France, 2021, 29’

Mexico, October 2011. A mysterious dream gives birth to Cuco, a transgender latex pirate activist. This essayistic film follows their quest to create more recognition for the queer community.

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Magic, a portrait of Joris

Chloë Delanghe, Belgium, 2018, 15’

In Magic, a portrait of Joris, images sourced from different periods in time are glued together. Worn-out VHS footage filmed by the artist’s father is placed beside 8mm images she filmed herself. Both have the same subject: one boy, both a son and a brother. Connecting images of then and now, a new narrative of remembering opens up.

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Under the Sun

Eduardo Esquivel, Mexico, 2017, 15’

Ana’s life changes radically when she divorces at the age of 40. In front of her family, it gets harder every day to keep pretending everything is fine.

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Da-Dzma

Jaro Minne, Belgium, 2019, 16’

Winter. A fifteen-year-old girl in a remote Georgian town tries to get closer to her older brother just as he decides to leave home in search of work abroad.

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I Am Good At Karate

Jess Dadds, United Kingdom, 2021, 11’

Portrait of a young teenager with mental health issues who is passionate about karate. They wander around a housing estate in East Kent, locked in verbal and physical battles with a hallucinatory demon.

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D’un château l’autre

Emmanuel Marre, Belgium, 2018, 40’

Pierre, 25 years old and on a scholarship for a prestigious Parisian university, is lodged by Francine, who is 75, disabled, and confined to her wheelchair. Both puzzled and disoriented, they witness the French presidential elections of 2017 play out.

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The Stopover

Collectif Faire-part, Belgium, DR Congo, 2022, 14’

Filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh embark on a journey from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany to screen their latest film. However, during a layover in Angola, their trip takes a harrowing turn when airport authorities question the authenticity of their documents.

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what else grows on the palm of your hand?

Dhiaa Biya, Morocco, Belgium, 2023, 16’

The routines of two women fuse together over time. One is busy with her bread, the other with her memories. Their similar gestures, repeated again and again, slowly unfold the special bond that unites them.

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