April "Hiv Movie" - UK Short Film
April (Charlotte Roi), is a young girl who is excited about her engagement with Daniel (Lamin Tamba), their planned wedding quickly turns into heartbreak and deep depression after she finds out that she is HIV Positive. Her fears of losing Daniel as well as the social stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS sufferers made her extremely worried.
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Emerson PinheiroDirector
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Emerson PinheiroWriter
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Emerson PinheiroProducer
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Charlotte RoiKey Cast"April"
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Lamin TambaKey Cast"Daniel"
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Julio RamosKey Cast"John"
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Emerson PinheiroKey Cast"James Boss"
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Patrick FaganComposerFull Short
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Andy StuteleyMusic ContributionTrailer
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Emerson PinheiroVideo and Audio EditorVideo Editor
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:18 minutes 4 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2024
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Production Budget:100 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:DIGITAL 4k
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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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Ozark ShortsLamar
United States
January 15, 2016
Official Selection -
Grand Indie ConvertionMiami
United States
August 26, 2016
Finalist -
Lift-Off Filmmaker SessionsPinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH
United Kingdom
August 19, 2022
Official Selection -
First-Time Filmmaker SessionsPinewood Studios, England SL0 0NH
United Kingdom
July 22, 2022
Official Selection -
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù - NomineePalermo
Italy
September 1, 2023
Nominee -
COLIFFE - Film Festival - Semi-FinalistRoma
Italy
December 5, 2023
Official Selection -
WideScreen Film & Music Video FestivalToronto, Ontario
Canada
November 7, 2024
Quarter-Finalist -
SmallRig AwardsCulver City, Los Angeles - California 90232
United States
February 15, 2025
Official Selected -
Wasaga Beach
Canada
Official Selection
Emerson Pinheiro multi talented artist and international independent filmmaker. He started drama school at the age of 10 in Brazil. On 2004 he moved to London England, and in early 2007 Emerson was involved in a game show called 'Strangers' produced by BBC Manchester. At the same year he start to do drama school in Central London. From 2008, Emerson decided to study cinema and he start to write his own projects. His 1st script was a paranormal film called "Spiritual Contact the Movie", a movie based on his own paranormal experiences that happened to him at age of 11. Emerson's words "13 months was the time that the script took to write. Remembering all those paranormal events that were part of my life was a fantastic experience. Details that only acquired depth after writing. Two entirely different worlds (physical and spiritual) that met had the overwhelming power of completely changing my life. Believe it or not, the Spiritual World is real." 2011 he founded Atalaia Films, also in the same year he start to work in the film industry in front and behind the camera.