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The MIX Brasil - Festival of Sexual Diversity is the largest queer film festival in Latin America and is committed to screening both foreign and Brazilian films. In 2002, Mix Brasil had its 10th anniversary. All works in Portuguese with English subtitles.
Metalguru
Directed by Flavio Colker,
2002, 29 min., 35mm.
A disaffected 12-year-old girl gets learns some valuable life lessons from a biker-chick
lesbian couple.
O Poço (The Well)
Directed by Tarcisio Lara Pulati, 2002, 9 min. 35mm.
In a touching character study, two estranged brothers -- one gay, one straight
-- reopen old childhood wounds.
Romeu é um Peixe no Aquário (Romeo Is a Fish on the Aquarium)
Directed by Cristiano Balzan
2002, 3 min., video.
The life of a self-confessed public restroom slut is the subject of this poetic
experimental work.
Carta aberta (Open Letter)
Directed by Fabiana Prado
1999, 3 min., video
Grainy, black-and-white glimpses of a past lesbian love affair set the mood for
this atmospheric meditation on the intangible nature of memory
Um filme pra mulheres (A Film for Women)
Directed by Flávio Meirelles
2001, 15 min., video
Two beautiful teenage girls see their budding romance put to the ultimate test
in this angst-ridden story.
A Mona do Lotação (Drag on the Bus)
Directed by Eduardo Mattos & Daniel Ribeiro,
16 min., video.
A seductive trans-woman acts as the catalyst for a pansexual free-for-all in a
city bus.
Verdade ou Conseqüência (Truth or Consequence)
Directed by Aleques Eiterer
2002, 16 min., video.
A gay man returns to his hometown to revisit the love he had left behind in this
poignant, bittersweet tale.
A co-director of Mix Brasil will present the screening.

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