Private Project

Mom's The Word

A mother and her son have a unique relationship. The mother tries hard to be up to date with her son’s love life, even though the son, at times, cringes at how at ease his mother is with his homosexuality.

  • Joffre Faria Silva
    Director
  • Joffre Faria Silva
    Writer
  • Barbara de la Fuente, David Emanuel, Ana Becatti, Sharon Canovas, Manuela Casinha, Joffre Faria Silva
    Producer
  • David Emanuel
    Key Cast
  • Manuela Casinha
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 7, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
  • 68th Montecatini International Short Film Festival
    Montecatini
    Italy
  • Queer Kampala International Film Festival
    Kampala
    Uganda
    December 8, 2017
    African
  • I Hella Love Shorts Film Festival
    Oakland
    United States
    March 11, 2018
  • The Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    April 6, 2018
    Best Humour Film
  • Pride Film Festival - Summer Shorts
    Chicago
    United States
    June 11, 2018
  • Corvallis Queer film Festival
    Corvallis, Oregon
    United States
    February 13, 2018
  • Intl. LGBTQ Coming of Age Short Film Festival Paris & San Francisco 2018
    Paris & San Francisco
    France
    September 22, 2018
  • Korea Queer Film Festival
    Seul
    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
    July 20, 2018
  • SPLICE Film Festival
    Erie, Pennsylvania
    United States
    June 7, 2018
Director Biography - Joffre Faria Silva

Born in Brazil, Joffre Faria Silva lives in Toronto, where he works in art direction for the film and television industry.
Joffre graduated with honors at Concordia University, Montreal, receiving his BFA in Specialization in Film Studies. He has written several short and feature-length films in both Portuguese and English languages. He has directed six short films and one feature-length, Offside (Impedimento), which was shown in fourteen film festivals around the world garnering six awards. He is currently working on producing his next feature-length film, Famílias.
www.joffresilva.com

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Director Statement

In this short comedy, the mother finds a sexy toy and mistakenly assumes it’s a napkin holder and that discovery ensues a hilarious conversation between mother and son in order to figure out what the “napkin holder” is really used for.
Comedy apart, we wind up with a tender story of a mother’s unconditional love for her son.