Tower

Nádia Mangolini, 2017

Plot Summary

Four siblings, children of Virgílio Gomes da Silva, the first disappearance during Brazilian Military Dictatorship, report their childhood during the regime.

An Estúdio Teremim and Meus Russos co-production.

Produced by Eduardo Chatagnier, Heitor Franulovic, Lucas Barão, Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos, Nádia Mangolini and Paulo Serpa.

With Isabel Gomes da Silva, Gregório Gomes da Silva, Virgílio Gomes da Silva Filho and Vlademir Gomes da Silva, and a special participation of Ilda Martins da Silva.

Executive Production: Heitor Franulovic, Nádia Mangolini, Paulo Serpa
Direction: Nádia Mangolini
Assistant Direction: Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos
Research: Vanessa Reis
Screenplay: Gustavo Vinagre
Editing: Lia Kulakauskas
Art Direction: Pedro Franz, Rafael Coutinho
Animation Direction: Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos
Animation: Alois Di Leo, João Mauricio, Mauricio Nunes
Sound Mixer: Rene Brazil, Carolina Barranco
Sound Design: Miriam Biderman, Ricardo Reis Chuí
Original score: Dudu Tsuda
Post-production: O2 Pós
Production company: Estúdio Teremim, Meus Russos
Música Original: Dudu Tsuda
Finalização: O2 Pós
Empresas Produtoras: Estúdio Teremim, Meus Russos

Release Date

28th Festival Internacional de Curtas-metragens de São Paulo (08/25/2017)

Awards

  • 28th Festival Internacional de Curtas-metragens de São Paulo (São Paulo/Brazil)
    10+ BR Public Choice Award
  • Prêmio ABCA de Melhor Animação (traduzir?)
  • Prêmio Canal Brasil de Melhor Curta-metragem (traduzir?)
  • 50th Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro (Brazilia/Brazil)
  • Candango Best Short-Film Production Design
  • Semana Paulista do Curta-metragem 2017 (São Paulo/Brazil)
    Second Award
  • Festival Cine Memória 2017 (Belo Horizonte/Brazil)
    Best short film – Jury’s Choice Award
  • 8th Animage – Festival Internacional de Animação de Pernambuco (Recife/Brazil)
    Honourable mention
  • 12nd Femina (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil)
    Best short film – Jury’s Choice Award
  • 10th Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknès (Meknès/Morocco)
    Grand Award Jury’s Choice Award
  • 21st Festival de Cinema Luso-Brazileiro de Santa Maria da Feira (Santa Maria da Feira/Portugal)
    Movie clubs Award.
  • 11th Curta Taquary – Festival Internacional de Curta-metragem (Taquaritinga do Norte/Brazil)
    Best Picture – Jury’s Choice Award
    Best Editing – Jury’s Choice Award
    Best Picture Mostra Brazil by ABD-PE/APECI
    Best Picture by FEPEC
  • 41st Festival Guarnicê de Cinema (São Luiz/Brazil)
    Best Short Film Jury’s Choice Award
    Best Production Design in a Short Film
    Best Sound Design in a Short Film
    Best Soundtrack Direction in a Short Film
  • 22nd FAM (Florianópolis/Brazil)
    Best Short Film Jury’s Choice Award
    Best Screenplay in a Short Film
    Best Production Design in a Short Film
  • 46th Festival de Cinema de Gramado (Gramado/Brazil)
    Best Short Film Critic’s Choice Award
    Best Short Film Public Choice Award
    Best Production Design in a Short Film
    Regards sur Corts 2018 (Epinal/France)
    Honourable Mention
  • 18th Goiânia Mostra Curtas (Goiânia/Brazil)
    Best film Jury’s Choice Award

Exhibition Curriculum

  • 28th Festival Internacional de Curtas-metragens de São Paulo (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • 50th Festival de Brazilia do Cinema Brazileiro (Brazilia/Brazil)
  • 10th Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife (Recife/Brazil)
  • 13th Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema (Salvador/Brazil)
  • Semana Paulista do Curta-metragem 2017 (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • Festival Cine Memória 2017 (Belo Horizonte/Brazil)
  • 8th Animage – Festival Internacional de Animação de Pernambuco (Recife/Brazil)
  • 10th Entretodos – Festival de Curtas-metragens de Direitos Humanos (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • 7th Cineramabc (Balneário Camboriú/Brazil)
  • 12th Femina (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil)
  • Interanima 2017 (Brazilia/Brazil)
  • Mostra de Curtas Premiados 2018 (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • 48th Tampere Film Festival (Tampere/Finland)
  • 10th Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknès (Meknès/Morocco)
  • Breu: Cinema de Roda 2018 (Porto Alegre/Brazil)
  • Cineclube das Outras 2018 (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • 21st Festival de Cinema Luso-Brazileiro de Santa Maria da Feira (Santa Maria da Feira/Portugal)
  • 11th Curta Taquary – Festival Internacional de Curta-metragem (Taquaritinga do Norte/Brazil)
  • 4th Mostra Pajeú de Cinema (Afogados da Ingazeira/Brazil)
  • 9th Curta Goiamum (Natal/Brazil)
  • 41st Festival Guarnicê de Cinema (São Luiz/Brazil)
  • 41st Norwegian Short Film Festival (Grimstad/Norway)
  • 22nd FAM (Florianópolis/Brazil)
  • 29th Festival International de Cinéma Marseille (Marseille/France)
  • Mostra SESC de Cinema 2018 (São Paulo/Brazil)
  • Anima Mundi 2018 (Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo/Brazil)
  • 20th Fest Curtas BH (Belo Horizonte/Brazil)
  • 46th Festival de Cinema de Gramado (Gramado/Brazil)
  • Regards sur Corts 2018 (Epinal/France)
  • Animatou 2018 (Geneva/Switzerland)
  • Cine de Artistas – DOCBA 2018 (Buenos Aires/Argentina)