CAPTAIN LIMA (CAPITÃO LIMA)
FILIPE CARVALHO | BRAZIL | 2026 | 20 MIN | PORTUGUESE EST
FILIPE CARVALHO | BRAZIL | 2026 | 20 MIN | PORTUGUESE EST
Subtitles: English
Synopsis
In a future where no one can be free, a man travels back in time to relive the party where he first kissed another boy. Arriving in the wrong year, he discovers that freedom may not be found in his memories after all.
Filmmaker Bio
Filipe Carvalho is a director and screenwriter from the countryside of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil. His debut short, The Relic I Like Having, premiered at It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival in 2017. He has written and co-directed television and streaming projects including São Julhão, Arranque, Recortes do Brasil and Geração Futura – Faça Você Mesmo, and created the podcasts Anônimo and Quando Eu Era Criança. His fiction series project Odete Brasil was a semifinalist at FRAPA 2023. Capitão Lima is his second short and first fiction film.
Director's Statement
Capitão Lima is born from my most beautiful memories and my deepest fears. […] My first memory of freedom took place on Capitão Lima Street, in the city of Recife, during a birthday party for a theater company. There, for the first time, I was able to dance the way I wanted and kiss other men in public. […] Freedom becomes a muscle that must be exercised every day, so that we do not forget that we have already disarmed the "captains" who once controlled us and who no longer threaten us.
Producer
Pollyana Melo
Writer
Filipe Carvalho, Dandara Cipriano
Cast
- Tay Lopez
- Isadora Melo
- Sharlene Esse
- Ton de Souza
- Nilo Pedrosa
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