THIS IS BALLROOM
(Salão de Baile)
Brazil · 2024 · 92'
Directed by Juru and Vitã
Produced by Luis Alencar and Vladimir Seixas for Couro de Rato
Synopsis
In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreates Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas, the voguing performances, and the art of shade, 50 years after its inception in New York. Rio is burning!
AWARDS
Audience Award at NewFest
Audience Award at Queer Porto
Best Documentary at Oslo/Fusion IFF
Best First Feature Documentary at Melbourne Queer FF
Best Diversity Film Prize at Afrika FF Koln
Audience Award at Ojoloco - Iberian and Latin American FF
Best Documentary Feature Film at Reeling LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Honorable Mention and Best Edition at Rio IFF
Best Brazilian Film at MixBrasil Festival
FESTIVALS
CPH:DOX
Sheffield Doc/Fest
TRANSlations: Seattle Trans FF
Closing film at Olhar de Cinema Curitiba IFF
MiX Festival Milano
Vancouver Queer FF
Everybody's Perfect FF
Hamburg Queer IFF
Bucharest International Dance FF
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
Cinema Queer IFF
Jeden Svet - One World Slovakia festival
Athens Ethnographic FF
Montreal IFF on Art
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