DocNomads film awarded at Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal
Fábio Zilberman Iuchno’s documentary short HOMEM / MAN, received the Best Film award of the Take One! competition at the 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, held from 12 to 20 July.
Jury statement: “A film that takes us inside the walls of a prison while opening windows into the stories of men who reflect on human fragility and the search for redemption. Through a participatory documentary process, it gives voice and power to the men to write their own narratives, looking at their scars without judgment. "Man" is also a powerful reminder that cinema can be a weapon to bring us closer together in times of conflict, building bridges where there were once only walls.”
MAN
By Fábio Zilberman Iuchno (Brazil) • 16' • 2025
Synopsis:
A group of inmates writes stories about a Man. As they act out their words, their cells transform into childhood bedrooms and other landscapes. But as the lines between imagination and reality blur, we begin to wonder who this Man is.
Trailer here.