Four transsexuals are brought in to a hotel room on the same night. Each trans woman is asked to lie on a bed in an empty room and reveal herself to a camera mounted on the ceiling. As the film progresses, their stories blend, separate and overlap in a beautifully constructed collage of multi-colored images. They share with the camera their fantasies, hopes, questionings and experiences in the streets of Sao Paulo. “Tropic of Capricorn” was originally an installation.
AWARDS
Best Experimental Documentary | Sopot Independent Film Festival, Poland
Honorable Mention | AluCine Toronto Latin@ Media Festival, Canada
Honorable Mention | International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari, Romenia
Best Film, nomination | Mostra do Filme Livre, Brazil
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Kunst Film Biennale | Cologne, Germany
Videobrasil International Electronic Art Festival | São Paulo, Brazil
Exis Experimental Film & Video Festival | Seoul, Korea
Split International Festival of New Film | Split, Croatia
MIX New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film Festival | New York, US
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin de Nouveau Cinéma et Art Contemporain | Paris, France
Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival | Lisbon, Portugal
Portobello Film Festival | London, England
AluCine Toronto Latin@ Media Festival | Toronto, Canada
International Video Festival Videomedeja | Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival | Lausanne, Switzerland
Festival Mix Brasil de Cinema e Vídeo | São Paulo, Brazil
VAD Festival Internacional de Vídeo i Arts Digitals | Girona, Spain
Sopot Independent Film Festival | Sopot, Poland
Mostramundo, Festival da Imagem em Movimento | Recife, Brazil
Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts | Aarhus, Denmark
International Videofestival Bochum | Bochum, Germany
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Toronto, Canada
Videolab | Caldas de Rainha, Portugal
The First and the Last Experimental International Film Festival | Sydney, Australia
Canarias Media Fest | Canarias Islands
International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari | Maramures, Romenia
Tirana International Film Festival | Tirana, Albany
Mostra do Filme Livre | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival | Austin, US
Aza Film Festival | Thessaloniki, Greece
GALLERY and ART SPACE EXHIBITIONS
Ten years of the Alternative Media Art | Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, South Korea
Paris é Aqui | São Paulo, Brazil
Re:Play Kika Nicolela | São Paulo, Brazil
Tolerância | ACasaDaLapa, São Paulo, Brazil
Video Smack | Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, US
Lord Palace Hotel Interventions | São Paulo, Brazil [video-installation]
Contato | São Carlos, Brazil [video-installation]
SPECIAL SCREENINGS and RETROSPECTIVES
Body Language | Monkeytown. New York, US
Re:Play Kika Nicolela | Eden343, São Paulo, Brazil
Retrospectiva Kika Nicolela | Espaço Unibanco de Cinema, São Paulo, Brazil
Kika Nicolela Retrospective | Film Klub Póznan, Póznan, Poland
CREDITS
concept, directing and editing>> KIKA NICOLELA
director of photography>> CHING C. WANG
song>> THE SOUNDSCAPES
INFO
Brazil, 2005, 30 minutes
Color, stereo, Portuguese with English subtitles, aspect ratio 4x3