Official Selection 2021
Oct. 11, 2021
FESTIVAL CURTA CINEMA 2021
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – 31st edition
Festival Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – is pleased to present the films selected for its 31st Edition, which will take place from November 3rd to 10th. This year we will have 130 films, representing 30 countries and divided into seven showcases: National/International Competition, Carioca/Latin American Panorama, Brazil/Hispanic First Paintings and Special Programs. Taking the first steps towards the return to normality, the festival will take place in a hybrid format, with online broadcasting at Festhome TV and screenings at the traditional Estação NET Botafogo movie theater.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
NATIONAL COMPETITION
A DESTRUIÇÃO DO PLANETA LIVE, by Marcus Curvelo – 19 min, BA, 2021
A FOME DE LÁZARO, by Diego Benevides – 17 min, PB, 2020
AFETADAS, by Jean Oliveira – 20 min, PE, 2020
AONDE VÃO OS PÉS, by Débora Zanatta – 14 min, PR, 2020
ATO, by Bárbara Paz – 20 min, SP, 2021
BELOS CARNAVAIS, by Thiago Mendonça – 16 min, SP, 2021
CANTAREIRA, by Rodrigo Ribeyro – 24 min, SP, 2021
CARTA AO MAGRÃO, by Pedro Asbeg – 11 min, RJ, 2021
CÉU DE AGOSTO, by Jasmin Tenucci – 16 min, SP, 2021
COLMÉIA, by Maurício Chades – 15 min, DF, 2021
COMO RESPIRAR FORA D’ÁGUA, by Victoria Negreiros Guedes & Júlia Dordetti Fávero – 17 min, SP, 2021
CUSTÓDIA, by Vinícuis Sassine – 25 min, DF, 2021
ECO DE UM SOCO NO OSSO, by Gabriela Giffoni – 25 min, RJ, 2021
ENTERRADO NO QUINTAL, by Diego Bauer – 15 min, AM, 2021
FOI UM TEMPO DE POESIA, by Petrus Cariry – 13 min, CE, 2021
HAWALARI, by Cássio Domingos – 15 min, SP, 2021
HENRIQUETA, by Anna Azevedo – 18 min, RJ, 2021
IGUAL/DIFERENTE/AMBAS/NENHUMA, by Adriana Barbosa & Fernanda Pessoa – 19 min, SP, 2021
ILHA DO SOL, by Lucas Parente & Rodrigo Lima – 11 min, RJ, 2021
IMPERMANENTES, by Manoel Batista & Júlio Castro – 14 min, RN, 2021
LENÇOL BRANCO, by Rebecca Moreno – 19 min, MG, 2021
MEUS SANTOS SAÚDAM TEUS SANTOS, by Rodrigo Antônio Silva – 13 min, AM, 2021
O DURIÃO PROIBIDO, by Txai Ferraz – 19 min, PE, 2021
QUANDO O VENTO BATE AO SUL, by Pedro Henrique Ferreira – 25 min, RJ, 2020
RAFAMEIA, by Nanda Félix & Mariah Teixeira – 24 min, PB, 2020
SERRÃO, by Marcelo Lin – 16 min, MG, 2021
SIDERAL, by Carlos Segundo – 15 min, RN, 2021
TOM, by Felippe Steffens – 7 min, DF, 2021
VAGALUMES, by Léo Bittencourt – 16 min, RJ, 2021
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
ABISAL, by Alejandro Alonso – 30 min, Cuba, 2021
ANXIOUS BODY, by Yoriko Mizushiri – 6 min, Japan, 2021
APALLOU, by Niko Avgoustidi – 20 min, Greece/France, 2021
BESTIA, by Hugo Covarrubias – 15 min, Chile, 2021
CRISIS, by Leopold Maurer – 4 min, Austria, 2021
CUMBRES Y CENIZAS, by Fernando Criollo – 18 min, Peru, 2021
DAD'S SNEAKERS, by Olha Zhurba – 19 min, Ucrania, 2021
DAILY MASSACRE IN TEHRAN, by Hessam Hamidi – 15 min, Iran, 2021
DET ER I JORDEN, by Casper Kjeldsen – 15 min, Denmark, 2021
ELLA I JO, by Jaume Claret – 20 min, Spain, 2020
FANMI, by Carmine Pierre-Dufour & Sandrine Bourdeur-Desrosier – 15 min, Canada/Québec, 2021
I GOTTA LOOK GOOD FOR THE APOCALYPSE, by Ayce Kartal – 6 min, Turkey, 2021
HAIR TIE, EGG, HOMEWORK BOOKS, by Runxiao Luo – 15 min, China, 2021
HAUT LES COEURS, by Adrian Moyse Dullin – 15 min, France, 2021
HILUM, by Don Josephus & Raphael Eblahan – 26 min, USA/Philippines, 2021
IN FLOW OF WORDS, by Eliane Esther Bots – 22 min, Netherlands, 2021
INHERENT, by Nicolai G.H. Johansen – 16 min, Denmark, 2021
LILI ALONE, by Jing Zou – 22 min, China, 2021
LOVE, DAD, by Diana Cam Van Nguyen – 13 min, Czech Republic, 2021
NOITE TURVA, by Diogo Salgado – 15 min, Portugal, 2021
PIKO I BRUNATNY, by Przemek Węgrzyn – 13 min, Poland, 2021
PLANURI DE VACANTA, by Alexandru Mironescu – 25 min, Romania, 2021
PLAYA CHICA, by Ignacio Vuelta – 21 min, Spain, 2021
RONDE DE NUIT, by Julien Regnard – 12 min, France, 2021
SILENT STORM, by Grace Hsia – 10 min, China, 2021
SOFT ANIMALS, by Renee Zahn – 3 min, United Kingdom, 2021
SOME KIND OF INTIMACY, by Toby Bull – 6 min, United Kingdom, 2021
SWALLOW THE UNIVERSE, by Nieto – 12 min, France, 2021
NEW ABNORMAL, by Sorayos Prapapan – 14 min, Thailand, 2021
THE STAR, by Nadav Lapid – 17 min, USA/Israel, 2020
TRUMPETS IN THE SKY, by Rakan Mayasi – 15 min, Palestine, 2021
TUNDRA, by José Luis Aparicio – 30 min, Cuba, 2021
WE WON’T FORGET, by Edgar Morais & Lucas Elliot Eberl – 14 min, USA, 2021
ZAHLVATERSCHAFT, by Mortiz Siebert – 22 min, Germany, 2021
RIO PANORAMA
1o TURNO, by Clementino Júnior – 15 min, 2021
ALÁGBEDÉ, by Safira Moreira – 12 min, 2021
ATIRA-TE AO RIO, by Carla Bohler – 15 min, 2021
AVA, by Stella Brajterman – 15 min, 2021
AS CANÇÕES DE AMOR DE UMA BICHA VELHA, by André Sandino – 22 min, 2020
DOIS MENINOS NA SALA, by Felipe Nepomucemo – 10 min, 2021
ENTREABERTA, by Bruna Amorim – 15 min, 2021
GARGAÚ, by Bruno Ribeiro – 20 min, 2021
INTERVALO, by Ludmila Curi – 15 min, 2021
JANELAS DAQUI, by Luciano Vidigal & Arthur Sherman – 15 min, 2021
MILTON FREIRE, UM GRITO PARA ALÉM DA HISTÓRIA, by Vitor Abreu – 20 min, 2021
MURADA, by Ralph Campos – 20 min, 2020
PYTUHEM: UMA CARTA EM DEFESA DOS GUARDIÕES DA FLORESTA, by Mariana Villas-Bôas – 15 min, 2020
QUANDO O SOL SE PÕE, by Constancia Laviola Carreiro – 28 min, 2021
TEATRO IGUAÇUANO: ARCÁDIA, by Gabriel Fontoura & Gabriel Ribeiro – 19 min, 2021
TUDO BEM, by Caio César Dias Oliveira – 18 min, 2021
UM ACIDENTE, by Gabriel Medeiros – 10 min, 2020
LATIN AMERICAN PANORAMA
AÑO SABÁTICO, by David David – 12 min, Colombia, 2020
BARRIO FRONTERA, by Reed Purvis – 18 min, Argentina/USA, 2021
BOBBIN, by Virginia Scaro – 17 min, Argentina, 2021
CINCO DE JUNIO, by Humberto Flores Jáuregui – 15 min, Mexico, 2021
LA TAREA, by Juan Diego Aguirre Gómez – 6 min, Colombia, 2021
LA ESPERANZA, by Edna Sierra Duque & Wilson Aranco – 18 min, Colombia, 2020
LAS PARTES PERDIDAS, by Iñaki Dubourg – 14 min, Argentina, 2021
LOS PAJAROS VUELAN DE A DOS, by Juan Felipe Grisales – 16 min, Colombia, 2020
NO NOS SOLTEMOS MÁS, by Alkisti Efthymiou – 13 min, Chile, 2021
OLOTE, by Lau Charles – 13 min, Mexico, 2021
SON OF SODOM, by Theo Montoya – 15 min, Colombia, 2020
TIERRA, by Gustavo Gamero – 20 min, Mexico, 2021
TODO ES CULPA DE LA SAL, by María Cristina Pérez – 10 min, Colombia, 2020
FIRST FRAMES - NACIONAL
O ANDAR DE CIMA, by Tomás Fernandes Silva – 23 min, SP, 2021
CACICUS, by Gabirela Dullius & Bruno Cabral – 14 min, RS, 2021
DANCE, by Jorja Dias de Moura – 20 min, PB, 2021
DEUS ME LIVRE, by Carlos Henrique de Oliveira & Luis Ansorena Hervés – 16 min, PR/Spain, 2021
DOIS, by Guilherme Jardim & Vinícius Fockiss – 10 min, MG, 2020
ERIC, by Letícia Castanheira – 14 min, DF, 2020
FALE CONOSCO, by Fábio Costa Prado – 20 min, GO, 2021
GAEL: SEU MOTORISTA ESTÁ A CAMINHO, by Roney Giah – 14 min, SP, 2021
INCH, by Laércio Ribeiro & Ricardo Vieira – 15 min, RJ, 2021
MEU NOME É SAUDADE, by Ana Graziela Aguiar – 4 min, DF, 2021
PAI NOSSO, by Jonas Chadarevian – 13 min, SP, 2021
PANDELIVERY, by Antônio Silva Matos & Guimel Salgado – 15 min, SP, 2021
QUANTOS MAIS, by Lucas de Jesus – 14 min, BA, 2021
SONHO DE VERÃO, by Luan Dias – 13 min, RJ, 2021
TECIDO SIGILO, by Lucílio Jota – 15 min, RJ, 2021
TROCA DE PELE, by Débora Garcia – 15 min, RJ, 2021
FIRST FRAMES - HISPANIC
ANIMALES DE GUERRA, by Eduardo Bustos – 11 min, Colombia, 2020
HACERSCE EL MUERTO, by David Bustos – 20 min, ESpain, 2020
INVASIÓN, by Alejandro Cervantes – 9 min, Mexico, 2021
MADRI, MALA VIDA, by Pablo Adiego Almudevar, Isabela Bianchi, Ignacio Ruiz & María Gómez – 13 min, Spain, 2021
SI AMANECE, NOS VAMOS, by Álvaro Feldman & Laura Obrador – 14 min, Spain, 2020
SOMBRA DO MAR, by Sergio Pereda – 15 min, Spain, 2021
OPENING NIGHT
DAJLA - CINE Y OLVIDO, by Arturo Dueñas Herrero – 15 min, Spain, 2020
POR LA RAZÓN O LA FUERZA, by Giarella Araya Vega – 18 min, Chile, 2021
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
FRENCH FEMALE FILMMAKERS
HOT SPOT, by Anaïs Couet-Lannes – 15 min, 2021
JOUIR, by Ananda Safo – 12 min, 2020
L’EFFORT COMMERCIAL, by Sarah Arnold – 17 min, 2020
TOUTES LES NUITS, by Laitfa Saïd – 22 min, 2021
SHAKIRA, by Noémie Merlant – 25 min, 2019
GERMANY SHORT EXPORT
DER SCHORNSTEINSEGLER, by Frédéric Schuld – 5 min, 2020
DER ÜBERS MEER KAM, by Jonas Riemer – 11 min, 2020
INNDEPENDENCE, by Michael Schwarz – 17 min, 2020
MASEL TOV COCKTAIL, by Arkadij Khaet & Mickey Paatzsch – 30 min, 2020
SEEPFERDCHEN, by Nele Dehnenkamp – 16 min, 2020
WOCHENBETT, by Henriette Rietz – 5 min, 2020
