How to Breathe Out of Water

un film de Júlia Fávero & Victoria Negreiros

17min - 2021 - Brésil - Drame

Synopsis
En rentrant de son entraînement de natation, Janaína est victime d’un contrôle de police qui tourne mal. Une fois chez elle, elle est confrontée à son père, lui aussi policier, qui voit les choses à sa manière.

Victoria Negreiros & Júlia Fávero
VICTORIA NEGREIROS is a Brazilian director and screenwriter based in São Paulo. She graduated in Audiovisual from the University of São Paulo, having also studied at Université Paris 8 - Arts, Philosophie et Esthétique. Furthermore, she worked as a filmmaker at the Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo.
Victoria dedicates herself to writing and research into intersections of queer identities and film genres and recently wrote a series project for Globo TV International laboratory of black authors. Currently, she works in writer’s rooms developing projects for players such as Netflix, Disney, and Paramount, in collaboration with Brazilian producers, such as Boutique Filmes, Cinefilm and Chatrone Latin America.
JÚLIA FÁVERO is a videomaker and photographer based in São Paulo, Brasil. She graduated in cinema at University of São Paulo and concentrates her field of study in screenplay, direction and editing. Her first short was “My rivers flow beneath the asphalt” (2017) screened at Kinofórum - International Shortfilm Festival of São Paulo in 2018 as screenwriter and director. She was also co-writer and co-director at “How to Breathe Out of Water” (2021) her second and latest short, awarded for best short direction at Mix Brasil Festival and Cine Ceará Festival. Recently, she has worked on editing Brazilian children’s TV series “Show da Historia” (2019) and “A Caverna de Petra” (2021).

Festivals
• 32º São Paulo International Short Film Festival (10+ audience favorite) ; Brazil, July 2021
• 14º Zózimo Bulbul Black Film Festival : Brazil, Africa, Caribbean and other diasporas ; Brazil, August 2021
• Arezzo Film Festival, Italy, August 2021
Anima Latina Award for Best Direction
• 23º FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival ; Brazil, September 2021
• Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema 2021 ; Brazil, September 2021
• 29º Mix Brazil Festival ; Brazil, October 2021
Best cinematography
Best interpretation
Best direction
• Exhibition Nicho 54 2021 ; Brazil, October 2021
• XVII Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2021 ; Brazil, October 2021
• 54º Brasília Festival (Best Sound and Canal Brasil Award) ; Brazil, December 2021
• 31º Cine Ceará (Samburá Award for Best Direction) ; Brazil, December 2021
• School Film Festival of Alvorada (Best Director) ; Brazil, December 2021
• Exhibition Black and other colors of Black LGBTQIAP+ Film ; Brazil, January 2022
• 25ª Mostra Tiradentes ; Brazil, January 2022
• 4º Olhar do Norte ; Brazil, January 2022
• Festival Clermont-Ferrand 2022 ; France, February 2022
• Mostra Apneia de Artes Integradas (Award for Best Screenplay) ; Brazil, February 2022
• Wicked Queer : Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022 ; USA, March 2022
• 3ºFestcine Itaúna (Award for Best Screenplay and Best Sound) ; Brazil, March 2022
• Correnteza - Mostra de cinema atlântico ; Brazil, March 2022
• Beira - Festival de cinema de Porto Velho ; Brazil, March 2022
• AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+ ; Chile, June 2022
• Mostra Competitiva de Curtas do VI Rota ; Brazil, June 2022
• Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival ; Brazil, June 2022
• Tbilisi International Student Film Festival ; Georgia, June 2022
• Goiânia Mostra Curtas / Brazil
• V Mostra Cine Diversidade
• 11º Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema
• Festival Finos Filmes
• Cineclube Cine&Manas
• Black Star International Film Festival
• Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
• 26th INFFINITO BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL
• 29º Festival de Cinema de Vitória (Vitória Award for Best Direction)
• 15° Festival Entretodos (Honorable Mention)
• FESTIVAL DE CINÉMA DE SAINT PAUL TROIS CH TEAUX
• Festival Guarnicê de Cinema 2022 – Edição 45
• Pink Screens 2022
• 5º Curta Caicó
• 20th Festival of Student Film in Belgrade
• 2022 PÖFF Shorts
• Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTQ+ de Buenos Aires
• 9ª MAU - Mostra Audiovisual Universitária
• Cinema Attic
• Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne
• IV TRANSFORMA - Festival de Cinema da Diversidade de SC
• 24o Festival Kinoarte de Cinema
• Mostra de Curtas Juventudes - Arte e Território
• 2º CINE IBIAPINA - Festival de Cinema da Serra da Ibiapaba
• V MOV - Festival Internacional de Cinema Universitário
• lll Festival de Cinema Negro em Ação
• Retrospective of the Brazilian Cinema 2022 - Cinesesc
• Mostra O Futuro do Cinema Brasileiro - Casa Guilherme de Almeida