Ferroada (Bite) is a filmic reverie in homage to the writer-gravedigger Tico that, through a marginalized life, searches for an aesthetic and political inspiration.
A short documentary by Chica Barbosa & Bruno Mello Castanho
25 min | Brasil | 2017
AWARDS
'Andrea Tonacci' Best Short Film Award - FITA, Festival Itinerante do Audiovisual. Brazil (2017)
Best Short Documentary Film - Mexico City Independent Film Festival. Mexico (2018)
Best Short Documentary Film - FaitoDoc - International Documentary Film Festival. Italy (2018)
Best Short Film - Whakapapa Film Festival. Italy (2019)
Best Short Film - Ongezien Kort. Belgium (2019)
Linklater Award: Best Writing - Austin Arthouse Film Festival. USA (2019)
Best Short Documentary - Malatesta Short Film Festival. Italy (2020)
Best Short Documentary - Amazônia Doc - Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema. Brazil (2020)
SELECTIONS
AmazoniaDoc - Festival Pan-Amazônico de Cinema. Brazil (2020)
Malatesta Short Film Festival. Italy (2020)
Kinomorphia Film Festival. Bulgaria (2020)
Austin Arthouse Film Festival. USA (2019)
Diametrale Experimental Film Festival. Austria (2019)
Whakapapa Film Festival. Italy (2019)
Ongezien Kort. Belgium (2019)
BIDEODROMO, International Experimental Film Festival. Spain (2019)
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival. UK (2018)
Faito DOC Festival. Italy (2018)
Cortos Cali, International Short Film Festival. Colombia (2018)
Kraljevski Film Festival. Serbia (2018)
Acampadoc, Int't Documentary Film Festival. Panama (2018)
Bali, International Short Film Festival. Indonesia (2018)
Illambra Independent Film Festival. Germany (2018)
Mostra do Filme Livre. Brazil (2018)
CineFest Gato Preto. Brazil (2018)
Mostra de Cinema Vitoria da Conquista. Brazil (2018)
Curta Brasília, International Shorts Film Festival. Brazil (2017)
Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. Brazil (2017)
OFF CINEMA International Documentary Film Festival. Poland (2017)
Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest. Rumania (2017)
Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival.
Cast: Tico, Renan Rovida
Directors: Adriana Barbosa and Bruno Mello Castanho
Script: Adriana Barbosa, Bruno Mello Castanho and Gabriel Campos
Editors: Adriana Barbosa and Bruno Mello Castanho
Executive Producer: Renata Jardim
Production: Marco Escrivão
DP: Rogério Che
Post production: Guilherme Martins
Art Director: Laura Calasans
Sound editing and Mix: Samuel Gambini
Original soundtrack: Kiko Dinucci
Director Assistant: Thiago B. Mendonça
Production House: Memória Viva Films
Co-Production: En Caliente Films
Festival Distribution: Kino Rebelde