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PRIVATE DESERT

FEATURE FILM | FICTION | 2021 | 120'

Daniel is an exemplary police officer, but ends up making a mistake that puts his career and honor at risk. No longer seeing any sense in continuing to live in Curitiba, he goes in search of Sara, the woman with whom he has a virtual relationship.

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2021

Aly Muritiba

Aly Muritiba, Henrique Santos

Grafo, Fado Filmes, Muritiba Filmes

Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro, Thomas Aquino, Laila Garin, Zezita Matos, Luthero Almeida, Otavio Linhares, Cynthia Senek

FESTIVALS / AWARDS

Audience Award Giornate Degli Autori Venice 2021

ABC 2022 Award: Best Cinematography (Luis Armando Arteaga) and Best Art Direction (Fabíola Bonfiglio and Marcos Pedroso)

Best Ibero-American Film at the Uruguay Film Festival

Eight nominations in the Brazilian Film Grand Prix:

Best Film, Best Director (Aly Muritiba), Best Screenplay (Henrique dos Santos and Aly Muritiba), Best Actor (Antônio Saboia), Best Cinematography (Luis Armando Arteaga), Best Art Direction (Fabíola Bonfiglio and Marcos Pedroso), Best Original Score (Felipe Ayres), Best Characterization (Britney Federline).

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Venice Days (Italy), Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Grécia), Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (Israel), Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (EUA), GOA International Film Festival (India), Iberoamericano Huelva (Espanha), Festival de Films Brésilien de Montréal (Canadá), Cine PE (Brasil), Mix Brasil (Brasil), Merlinka – Belgrade Queer Film Festival (Sérvia), Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival(Eslovênia), Goteborg Film Festival (Suécia), BFI Flare (Reino Unido), Kosmorama – Trondheim International Film Festival (Noruega), Amsterdam LGBT Film Festival (Holanda), Brazilian Film Festival in France (França), International Film Festival Gorinchem (Holanda), Febio Fest – Prague Int’l Film Festival (República Tcheca), Outshine LGBT Film Festival (EUA), Cleveland International Film Festival. (EUA), Istanbul International Film Festival (Turquia), LGBTQ Film Festival in Poland (Polônia), Mooov International Film Festival (Bélgica), BAFICI (Argentina), Milwaukee Film Festival (EUA), Cheltenham International Film Festival (Reino Unido), Barcelona Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Espanha), Sydney International Film Festival (Austrália), Festival du Film de Cabourg (França), Embassy of Brazil in Bangkok (Tailândia), Mix Film Festival (Itália), Taiwan International Quueer Film Festival (Taiwan), Brazilian Film Festival in Tanzania (Tanzânia), Melbourne Queer Film Festival (Austrália), Festival de La Habana (Cuba), Festival Ecrans Mixtes (França)

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