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

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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!

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FESTIVALS

Audience Award at NewFest

Audience Award at Queer Porto

Best Documentary at Oslo/Fusion IFF

Best Diversity Film Prize at Afrika FF Koln

Honorable Mention and Best Edition at Rio IFF

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

Bucharest International Dance FF

Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest

Cinema Queer IFF

Jeden Svet - One World Slovakia festival

Athens Ethnographic FF

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