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SLIMANE

Carlos Pereira
Germany, 2023
19 min.

In a Germany in the not too distant future, queer people have become even more marginalized and under threat. On the last day of winter, Omar is released from prison and, unannounced, visits Ava.

Slimane is a piece of slow cinema with a fragmented narrative that portrays a distant dystopian future where queer people and their relationships have become more precarious and fragile. Pereira’s film is atmospheric and contemplative, but delivers an anticlimactic twist: a meditation on collective and individual freedom and on the possibility of the reversal of human rights, even in the freest and most progressive countries in the world. Omar, the protagonist, is in search of a once confiscated identity, while reconnecting with his loved ones, who are facing greater hardship than before. (Emilian Lungu)

Data proiecție și locație

Saturday, 30th of September | 21:00

Cinemateca Eforie, Strada Eforie 2
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Premii și festivaluri

Carlos Pereira

Carlos Pereira is currently studying Film Directing at the Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB). His films have been shown at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastián, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, IndieLisboa, Doclisboa and Vila do Conde, and screened at venues such as Cité Internationale des Arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro. In 2022 he was awarded a residency at The Bergman Estate on Fårö where he wrote the script of his first feature film, currently in development.

  • Technical sheet
  • Production and distribution
  • CAST: Akin Victor, Banafshe Hourmazdi
  • SCRIPT: Carlos Pereira
  • PRODUCER: Clara Puhlmann & Carlotta Cornehl
  • DOP: Karim Marold
  • ART DIRECTION: Veronika Janovec
  • EDITING: Vanessa Heeger
  • SOUND : Andrea Schmidt
  • MUSIC: P.E.A.R.L
  • PRODUCED BY: Clara Puhlmann & Carlotta Cornehl

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