Velociraptor
Two best friends walk around the city one afternoon, on the verge of imminent Apocalypse. Alex, who's gay, will ask Diego, who's not, to help him lose his virginity before the world ends.
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Chucho E. QuinteroDirectorSimple (2009, short); Félix et le poisson (2011, short); Six Pack (2011, feature); 100m Freestyle (2013, short); Panquecito (2017, short)
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Chucho E. QuinteroWriter
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Chucho E. QuinteroProducer
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Pablo MezzKey CastBeing an elephant (2013, short)
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Carlos Hendrick HuberKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):Velociraptor
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
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Runtime:1 hour 34 minutes
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Completion Date:April 1, 2015
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Production Budget:100,000 MXN
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Country of Origin:Mexico
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Country of Filming:Mexico
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Language:Spanish
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Shooting Format:HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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18th Mix Mexico Film FestivalMexico City, Mexico
June 7, 2014
World Premiere, Mexican Premiere -
19th LesGaiCineMad Film FestivalMadrid, Spain
November 2, 2014
European premiere, Spanish premiere -
12th 'El Lugar Sin Limites' LGBT Film FestivalQuito, Ecuador
November 17, 2014
South American premiere -
2nd Canarias LGBTIQ International Film FestivalIslas Canarias, Spain
January 25, 2015
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17th Miami Gay & Lesbian Film FestivalMiami, Florida, USA
May 2, 2015
North American Premiere
Jury Prize for Best Feature -
28th Connecticut LGBT Film FestivalHartford, Connecticut, USA
May 30, 2015
Northeast Premiere -
12th LGBT Lima International Film FestivalLima, Peru
Peruvian Premiere -
16th Kansas City LGBT Film FestivalKansas City, Missouri, USA
June 28, 2015 -
4th World Extreme Film Festival of VeracruzVeracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
June 26, 2015 -
22nd Long Beach QFilm FestivalLong Beach, California, USA
September 13, 2015
West Coast Premiere -
7th Libercine Film FestivalBuenos Aires, Argentina
September 16, 2015
Special Jury Mention for Best International Feature -
21st Festival du Film LGBTQ de Paris 'Chéries-Chéris'Paris
France
French Premiere -
17th Reel Out Queer Film & Video FestivalKingston
Canada
Canadian premiere -
23rd San Diego Latino Film FestivalSan Diego
United States -
8th Rencontres Cinématographiques In & Out
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13th Festival Cinépride de Films LGBT de NantesNantes
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5th Queer Monterrey Film FestivalMonterrey
Mexico -
7th Santo Domingo International GLBT Film FestivalSanto Domingo
Dominican Republic
Dominican premiere -
1st Perth International Queer Film FestivalPerth
Australia
Australian premiere -
4th Playa del Carmen Queer Film FestivalPlaya del Carmen
Mexico
Best Mexican Feature
Distribution Information
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TLA ReleasingCountry: United StatesRights: All RightsCountry: United KingdomRights: All Rights
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OptimaleCountry: FranceRights: All Rights
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ProFun MediaCountry: GermanyRights: All Rights
Chucho E. Quintero was born in Río Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico. He has studied with teachers such as Paula Markovitch, Jorge Ayala Blanco, and Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. In 2011, he wins the IMJUVE Award for Best Young Director for his short film “Félix et le poisson” at the 15th Mix Mexico Film Festival. His film “Velociraptor” won the Jury Prize for Best Feature at the 17th Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2015. He's currently working on post-production for his next feature, “These Peculiar Days.”
I’m fully aware that Velociraptor could be promoted as a film about sex, and I’m OK with that. But for me, it started off as (and still is) a movie about friendship.
I like to call Álex and Diego my 'Holden and Banky VS the Apocalypse' recalling how Kevin Smith’s "Chasing Amy" became one of my biggest influences during the making of this movie. The bi-curious relationship between Affleck and Lee’s characters, surrounded by crass jokes and jealousy towards each other’s way of life, along with the almost coitus interruptus ending where both of them agree the best thing to save their relationship may be sex but, luckily (?) they don’t go through with it… well, that’s all in "Velociraptor". Along with some winks towards Lynn Shelton’s "Humpday", also about two best friends dealing with committing to sex as a way to solve some issues in the back of their heads, and then backing out when they realize that, even if their friendship is strong enough to get them to that point, it isn’t meant to happen.
The difference between these movies (and others that inspired the look and feel of the movie like Andrew Haigh’s "Weekend" or Aaron Katz’s "Dance Party USA" and "Quiet City") is that there will be no consequences to the decisions my characters make. Their friendship won’t end like Holden and Banky’s just because they’re too uncomfortable to work together anymore, and we don’t wonder if they’re ever going to talk about what happened or maybe go through with it some other time, mainly because, well - the world ends at the end of the movie. And I wrote that because I wanted them to be able to decide freely without thinking about those consequences or those awkward conversations a week after this particular day. They were able to say 'Fuck it, let’s do this' because they were fully aware that the world was ending. They didn’t know if it was going to end that day, or maybe a year from now, but they knew that nothing they decided would hurt them, or at least they were not going to be alive for long, as to regret it. They were free.
Like Diego says in a deleted scene that made it into the first trailer: 'It’s the end of the world. None of this is real.'