A video correspondence between Chica Barbosa & Fernanda Pessoa
18 min | Brazil, USA | 2020
Fernanda is a Brazilian living in São Paulo, Chica is a Mexican-Brazilian living in Los Angeles. In a period of isolation, far away from each other, they both reconnect through video-letters, inspired by the poetic gaze of women experimental filmmakers like Marie Menken, Joyce Wieland, Gunvor Nelson and Yvonne Rainer.
AWARDS:
Second Prize for Best Short Film at Short Waves Film Festival (Poland, 2021)
Best Script/Concept at the Ribalta Experimental Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
SELECTIONS:
32th IDFA - International Film Festival Amsterdam (Short Competition - Netherland, 2020)
49th Huesca International Film Festival (Documentary Competition - Spain, 2021)
18th Vienna Shorts (Expedition program, Austria, 2021)
38th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (Special Program - Germany, 2021)
13th Short Waves Film Festival (Official Competition & Mirror Mirror - Poland, 2021)
16th CineOP - Mosta de Cinema de Ouro Preto (Curtas Contemporânea - Brasil, 2021)
30th Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine (Documentary Competition - France, 2021)
21th Nemaf - Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival - (International Competition - South Korea, 2021)
13th PriFest - Prishtina International Film Festival (Documentary Competition - Kosovo, 2021)
24th Guanajuato International Film Festival (Short Experimental Competition - México, 2021)
16th Shorts México - Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes De México (Documentales Iberoamericanos - México, 2021)
7th DOBRA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental (Competição de Documentários - Brasil, 2021)
17th Muestra Internacional de Mujeres en el Cine y la TV (Cortos Experimentales - México, 2021)
16th Tacoma Film Festival (Documentary Shorts Competition - USA, 2021)
4th Porto Femme - International Film Festival (International Documentary - Portugal, 2021)
17th La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak (International Documentary - Argentina, 2021)
40th Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Special Program - Sweden, 2021)
35th Leeds International Film Festival (Documentary Program - UK, 2021)
31th Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (National Competition - Brazil, 2021)
10th ANTOFACINE International Film Festival (Nuevos Lenguajes Competition - Chile, 2021)
12th DOC NYC (Short Competition - USA 2021)
24th RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (Short Competition - Canada, 2021)
19th BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival (Documentary Short Competition - Colombia, 2021)
3rd Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival (Competition Essay Film - Turkey, 2021)
16th Pravo Ljudski Film Festival (Focus on Contemporary Brazilian Cinema - Sarajevo, 2021)
16th Festival Latino-Americano de São Paulo (Curtas Contemporâneos - Brazil, 2021)
3rd Diorama International Film Festival (Documentary Competition - India, 2021)
29th San Diego Latino Film Festival (Short Documentary Competition - USA, 2022)
27th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Short Documentary Competition - Latvia, 2022)
24th Maryland Film Festival (Short Documentary Competition - USA, 2022)
11th International Video Art Festival Now&After (Official Competition - Russia, 2022)
TEAM:
Director: Chica Barbosa and Fernanda Pessoa
Producer: Chica Barbosa and Fernanda Pessoa
DP: Chica Barbosa and Fernanda Pessoa
Editor: Chica Barbosa and Fernanda Pessoa
Sound design and mix: Julia Teles
Color grading and Effects: Thiago Zanato
Cast: Thiago Zanato, Hasum, Tracy Marquez