Gustavo Vinagre

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Film for Blind Poet (2012)

Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties to the work of the young director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Glauco Mattoso  •  Hugo Guimarães  •  Carlos Akira Nishimura  •  Fábio Campos Norat

Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties to the work of the young director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Glauco Mattoso  •  Hugo Guimarães  •  Carlos Akira Nishimura  •  Fábio Campos Norat

Tan needs to cry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Caetano Gotardo  •  Nash Laila  •  Julia Katharine  •  Luiz Felipe Lucas

Choclo (2015)

The most mysterious object. The most concrete thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caetano Gotardo
CAST:  Caetano Gotardo  •  Gustavo Vinagre

The most mysterious object. The most concrete thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caetano Gotardo
CAST:  Caetano Gotardo  •  Gustavo Vinagre

New Dubai (2014)

Original

In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Bruno D'Ugo  •  Hugo Guimarães  •  Fernando Maia

In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Bruno D'Ugo  •  Hugo Guimarães  •  Fernando Maia

The Call (2014)

Lázaro Escarze, an 87 years old revolutionary Cuban man, lives in a small village and will have his phone installed for the first time in his life. To whom will he call?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Lázaro Escarze  •  Alexei Hernández  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Lázaro Escarze, an 87 years old revolutionary Cuban man, lives in a small village and will have his phone installed for the first time in his life. To whom will he call?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Lázaro Escarze  •  Alexei Hernández  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Sol Alegria (2018)

While the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric family – a kind of Bonnie & Clyde with kids – trek through the Brazilian interior. Their first aim is to deliver a consignment of weapons to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariah Teixeira  •  Tavinho Teixeira
CAST:  Mariah Teixeira  •  Joana Medeiros  •  Mauro Soares  •  Tavinho Teixeira

While the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric family – a kind of Bonnie & Clyde with kids – trek through the Brazilian interior. Their first aim is to deliver a consignment of weapons to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariah Teixeira  •  Tavinho Teixeira
CAST:  Mariah Teixeira  •  Joana Medeiros  •  Mauro Soares  •  Tavinho Teixeira

I Remember the Crows (2018)

Julia Katharine, a Japanese-Brazilian trans woman, opens her door to the filmmaker. Before day breaks, she evokes her relationship with her parents, a young love that never was, her sleepless nights and her passion for cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Julia Katharine

Julia Katharine, a Japanese-Brazilian trans woman, opens her door to the filmmaker. Before day breaks, she evokes her relationship with her parents, a young love that never was, her sleepless nights and her passion for cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Julia Katharine

Just Past Noon on a Tuesday (2018)

Action-packed

Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Travis Mathews
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  João Federici  •  Lavínia Pannunzio  •  Ronaldo Serruya

Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Travis Mathews
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  João Federici  •  Lavínia Pannunzio  •  Ronaldo Serruya

Disaster Film (2017)

A trans woman, Anjélica, waits in her apartment while Lúcia changes the lock on her front door. While the lock is being changed, the two women converse and we learn more about their situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Julia Katharine  •  Gilda Nomacce  •  Majeca Angelucci

A trans woman, Anjélica, waits in her apartment while Lúcia changes the lock on her front door. While the lock is being changed, the two women converse and we learn more about their situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Julia Katharine  •  Gilda Nomacce  •  Majeca Angelucci

The Blue Flower of Novalis (2018)

Marcelo, a 40-year-old dandy, has a memory like no other. Monologuing between coffee and hookups, he holds court on a wide range of topics: his status, his Catholic grandmother, and his unusual sexual fantasies. At times, he takes himself for Genghis Khan or ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Rodrigo Carneiro
CAST:  Marcelo Diorio  •  Majeca Angelucci  •  Marcos Hermanson  •  Thaís de Almeida Prado

Marcelo, a 40-year-old dandy, has a memory like no other. Monologuing between coffee and hookups, he holds court on a wide range of topics: his status, his Catholic grandmother, and his unusual sexual fantasies. At times, he takes himself for Genghis Khan or ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Rodrigo Carneiro
CAST:  Marcelo Diorio  •  Majeca Angelucci  •  Marcos Hermanson  •  Thaís de Almeida Prado

Copo Vazio (2018)

In the center of the city, Alain seeks to fill his void, while Miguel needs a place to stay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dellani Lima
CAST:  Jean-Claude Bernardet  •  Biagio Pecorelli  •  Sergio Silva  •  Gustavo Vinagre

In the center of the city, Alain seeks to fill his void, while Miguel needs a place to stay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dellani Lima
CAST:  Jean-Claude Bernardet  •  Biagio Pecorelli  •  Sergio Silva  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Bird Boy (2018)

Gabriel is installed next to a tree in a noble neighborhood of the city of São Paulo. Clarisse accompanies astonished and inert the treatment given to Gabriel, at the same time that leads a stagnant life and dependent of the mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diogo Leite
CAST:  Larissa Ballarotti  •  Fabiano Araújo  •  Magali Biff  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Gabriel is installed next to a tree in a noble neighborhood of the city of São Paulo. Clarisse accompanies astonished and inert the treatment given to Gabriel, at the same time that leads a stagnant life and dependent of the mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diogo Leite
CAST:  Larissa Ballarotti  •  Fabiano Araújo  •  Magali Biff  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Pérolas (2008)

A couple in a bed. The young man wakes up, coughs a razor, leaves to shave then coughs up makeup and puts on makeup. The transformation can take place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Juliana Amato  •  Gustavo Vinagre

A couple in a bed. The young man wakes up, coughs a razor, leaves to shave then coughs up makeup and puts on makeup. The transformation can take place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Juliana Amato  •  Gustavo Vinagre

Fucking Different São Paulo (2010)

Eleven filmmakers from São Paulo, Brazil, unleash a vibrant mix of voices in the fourth installment of producer Kristian Petersen's conceptual short-film series, which gives gay and lesbian filmmakers free reign to tell untold stories. Selections include Gustavo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Julien  •  Sílvia Lourenço  •  Sabrina Greve  •  René Guerra  •  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Ricky Mastro  •  Joana Galvão  •  Rodrigo Diaz Diaz  •  Herman Barck  •  Luciana Lemos  •  Elzemann Neves  •  Monica Palazzo
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Eleven filmmakers from São Paulo, Brazil, unleash a vibrant mix of voices in the fourth installment of producer Kristian Petersen's conceptual short-film series, which gives gay and lesbian filmmakers free reign to tell untold stories. Selections include Gustavo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Julien  •  Sílvia Lourenço  •  Sabrina Greve  •  René Guerra  •  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Ricky Mastro  •  Joana Galvão  •  Rodrigo Diaz Diaz  •  Herman Barck  •  Luciana Lemos  •  Elzemann Neves  •  Monica Palazzo
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Bitch (2017)

Marcelo has just been dumped by his boyfriend, who doesn't answer his messages. In a desperate try to get his attention, he puts the life of their dog Greta at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Rodrigo Carneiro  •  Maurício Barcellos  •  Greta  •  Michelle Britto

Marcelo has just been dumped by his boyfriend, who doesn't answer his messages. In a desperate try to get his attention, he puts the life of their dog Greta at risk.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Rodrigo Carneiro  •  Maurício Barcellos  •  Greta  •  Michelle Britto

Divinely Evil (2020)

In a salmon-coloured drawing room, a writer of sadomasochist literature now in her seventies narrates her turbulent, sexually explicit life story, once as her pseudonym and once as herself. What makes up a true biography, the real or the imaginary?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Wilma Azevedo  •  Edivina Ribeiro  •  Jules Elting

In a salmon-coloured drawing room, a writer of sadomasochist literature now in her seventies narrates her turbulent, sexually explicit life story, once as her pseudonym and once as herself. What makes up a true biography, the real or the imaginary?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Wilma Azevedo  •  Edivina Ribeiro  •  Jules Elting

All the Dead Ones (2020)

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caetano Gotardo  •  Marco Dutra
CAST:  Carolina Bianchi  •  Clarissa Kiste  •  Thaia Perez  •  Mawusi Tulani

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caetano Gotardo  •  Marco Dutra
CAST:  Carolina Bianchi  •  Clarissa Kiste  •  Thaia Perez  •  Mawusi Tulani

Kicks (2016)

Sandra is pregnant and wants a girl. Her husband Marcos wants a soccer player.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Nina Vinagre  •  Danilo Grangheia  •  Andréa Marquee  •  Marina Corazza

Sandra is pregnant and wants a girl. Her husband Marcos wants a soccer player.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Nina Vinagre  •  Danilo Grangheia  •  Andréa Marquee  •  Marina Corazza

Unlearning to Sleep (2021)

Flávio loses his sexual appetite editing porn videos. José, his husband, is trying to create an equation that determines when humans will colonize Mars. Flávio is focused on a more internal journey, and José is trying to find ways to bring Flávio's lust back. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Caetano Gotardo  •  Rafael Rudolf  •  Carlos Escher

Flávio loses his sexual appetite editing porn videos. José, his husband, is trying to create an equation that determines when humans will colonize Mars. Flávio is focused on a more internal journey, and José is trying to find ways to bring Flávio's lust back. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre
CAST:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Caetano Gotardo  •  Rafael Rudolf  •  Carlos Escher

God Has AIDS (2023)

40 years after the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, seven artists and an activist doctor, all of them living with HIV, offer new images and perspectives to deal with serophobia in Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Fábio Leal
CAST:  Ronaldo Serruya  •  Kaco Arancíbia  •  Paulx Castello  •  Carué Conteiras

40 years after the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, seven artists and an activist doctor, all of them living with HIV, offer new images and perspectives to deal with serophobia in Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Vinagre  •  Fábio Leal
CAST:  Ronaldo Serruya  •  Kaco Arancíbia  •  Paulx Castello  •  Carué Conteiras
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