DocNomads film in official competition at Documenta Madrid
The documentary short “She, Gis” (“A Gis”) directed by Thiago Carvalhaes, a DocNomads student from Brazil, is competing in the 14th Documenta Madrid -International Documentary Film Festival held in Madrid, Spain, from 4th to 14th May 2017.
The film was also selected to the 22nd FIRE – LGBT Film Festival held in Barcelona, Spain, from 8 to 18 June 2017.
By Thiago Carvalhaes
Portugal • 2016 • 20' • o.v. Portuguese
Synopsis:
Gilberta was a transsexual woman who lived in Portugal as an immigrant. She was brutally murdered 10 years ago and since then she has become an icon for the rights of transsexuals. Piece by piece, this documentary offers a delicate portrait of a woman torn apart by an indifferent world.
Trailer here.
Previously presented in
- 57th FICCI - International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - Official Short Film Competition (2017)
- 24th International Short Film Festival Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Official Short Film Competition (2016)
Brazil Channel Award and Honorable Mention by the Youth Jury
- 24th International LGBT Film Festival MixBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil - Official Short Film Competition (2016)
Best Short Film (Audience Award) and Honorable Mention by the Jury
- 12th International Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Salvador, Brazil (2016)