AGORA
An engaged man arriving from a long trip takes a cab home to find out he's boyfriend is not ready to get married.
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Thomas NascimentoDirector
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Thomas NascimentoWriter
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Bernardo CabralProducer
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Thomas NascimentoKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):AGORA
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Other
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Genres:Drama, Gay, GLBT, Romance
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Runtime:19 minutes 19 seconds
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Completion Date:December 15, 2016
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Production Budget:0 USD
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Country of Origin:Brazil
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Country of Filming:Brazil
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Language:Portuguese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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3 Festival O Cubo no CinemaRio de Janeiro
Brazil
May 22, 2016
South America Premiere
Best Ficcion Director -
Puerto Madero International Film Festival NomineeBuenos Aires
Argentina
May 27, 2016
South America Premiere -
Ekurhuleni International Film FestivalBenoni
South Africa
May 31, 2016
South Africa Premiere
Nominee -
5 Festival Latinoamericano de Cine Independiente Bahía BlancaBahia Blanca
Argentina
September 8, 2016
South America
Nominee -
GRAND OFF - WORLD INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDSWarsaw
Poland
November 28, 2016
European Premiere
Nominee -
Second Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film ExhibitionWenzhou
China
October 9, 2016
Asia Premiere
Nominee
Thomas Nascimento issues from Sao Paulo, Brazil; After several years abroad in Europe he recently arrived home in South America to further studies in Cinema, in Buenos Aires. Nascimento directed and wrote the new short film AGORA (a double-entendre meaning ”NOW" and “OPEN SPACE”) as an independent project recorded in Sao Paulo. He recorded MARIA in which three Buenos Aires friends tell their love stories on an iPhone, intentionally desiring a hybrid cinema verité, and neo-realistic spontanaeity with imperfections of cellular hi-def video recording. Nascimento has worked as a producer on Globo television, various reality-shows and on International productions. "NOW" is his first work as a director. He currently resides in Buenos Aires where he has several projects in pre production.Filmography - 2015/2016 - "Now" - short film. 2015/2016 - "Maria" - short film
As an artist and film-maker everything I do in life derives from the idea I'm alive. If I'm alive, I'm completely in love. Everything around me has importance, and I believe we need to give more emphasis to vital issues; this is being lost with time. Without the moral and ethical compasses we create by ascribing value to humanity’s issues, we become desensitized and more skeptical.
In such a world-context I would likely die. I don’t know if I could live in an insensible world. I draw my inspiration from the sensitivities, and sensibilities of a world built on the senses, denotatively and connotatively – from brushing my teeth to composing quick texts to the intensest moments I’ve captured. And living by this principle I’m driven to expose myself artistically in a diverse array of related forms. Articulating Humanity’s sincerest emotions through people’s feelings as they’re formed makes me magnificently happy. We need to stop whatever we’re in the midst of, look around us and realize we can be, and we are living in a more poetic way. The day I don’t feel empathetic interest and inspiration for/from others’ lives, my world will be void and the embodiment of Nietze’s tupiniquim.