A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here

Tired of loneliness, a middle aged motorcyclist goes to a lesbian party for the first time. There she meets four young queers who share their home and affections. An encounter of generations, a tribute to those who brought us here.

  • Éri Sarmet
    Director
  • Éri Sarmet
    Writer
  • Éri Sarmet
    Producer
  • Silvia Sobral
    Producer
  • Lívia Perez
    Producer
  • Zélia Duncan
    Key Cast
  • Bruna Linzmeyer
    Key Cast
  • Camila Rocha
    Key Cast
  • Clarissa Ribeiro
    Key Cast
  • Lorre Motta
    Key Cast
  • Cris Lyra
    Cinematography
    Breakwater
  • Martim Charret
    Production Design
  • Erika Candido
    Production Manager
  • Macela Domingos
    Costume Designer
  • Andreia Jovito
    Key Make-up Artist
  • Tomas Cali
    Animator
  • Clarissa Ribeiro
    Editing
  • Bem Medeiros
    Editing
  • Silvia Sobral
    Executive Producer
  • Bem Medeiros
    Executive Producer
  • Rosa Caldeira
    Gaffer
  • Marina Gurgel
    Gaffer
  • Tainã Miranda
    Gaffer
  • Natália Carrera
    Original Soundtrack
  • Naira Évine
    Continuity Supervisor
  • Mariana Graciotti
    Sound recordist
  • Alice Andrade Drummond
    Colorist
  • Bruno Armelin
    Sound Design
  • Matheus Rufino
    Mastering Engineer
  • Tomas Calí
    Credits and Title design
  • Carol Caddeo
    Credits and Title design
  • Mariana Lopes
    Translation to english and subtitling
  • JJBZ
    Film poster
  • Renata Polastri
    Film poster
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Uma Paciência Selvagem Me Trouxe Até Aqui
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 9, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 10º Olhar de Cinema
    Curitiba
    Brazil
    October 10, 2021
    World Premiere
    Best Brazilian Short
  • Festival do Rio l Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    December 13, 2021
  • Sundance Film Festival 2022
    Park City
    United States
    January 22, 2022
    North American Premiere
    Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast
  • Bogotá Short Film Festival / Festival de Cortos de Bogotá - BOGOSHORTS
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    December 18, 2021
    International Premiere
  • 25ª Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes
    Tiradentes
    Brazil
    January 25, 2022
    Best Short Film + Canal Brasil Award for Best Short Film
  • 21º Goiânia Mostra Curtas
    Goiânia
    Brazil
    Best Film
  • 16º XPOSED International Queer Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    European Premiere
    LOLLY AWARDS OF BEST SHORT FILM
  • 11º Rio Festival de Cinema LGBTQIA
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    BEST CARIOCA SHORT
  • 17º SHORTS MÉXICO
    Ciudad de México
    Mexico
    Mexican Premiere
    HONORABLE MENTION - Competencia Iberoamericana
  • 10º FRAPA Festival do Roteiro Audiovisual de Porto Alegre
    Porto Alegre
    Brazil
    BEST TITLE
  • 29º Festival de Cinema de Vitória
    Vitória
    Brazil
    BEST ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
  • 15º Luststreifen Film Festival Basel
    Basel
    Switzerland
    Switzerland Premiere
    BEST FICTION SHORT
  • 32º OSLO Fusion International Film Festival
    Oslo
    Norway
    Norway Premiere
    BEST SHORT FILM
  • PROUD! Filmfestival 2022
    Aarhus
    Denmark
    Denmark Premiere
    BEST SHORT FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD
  • 30º Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    BEST PERFORMANCE - Ensemble Cast
  • 4º Transforma - Festival de Cinema da Diversidade de Santa Catarina
    Florianópolis
    Brazil
    BEST FILM BY THE OFFICIAL JURY, BEST FILM - AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST DIRECTION, BEST EDITING
  • 1º OLAR - Observatório Latino-americano de Realizadoras
    online
    Brazil
    Honorable Mention - Sara Gómez Award of Best Short Film
  • 43º Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
    Habana
    Cuba
    Cuban Premiere
  • 75º Edinburgh International Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Scotland Premiere
  • 36º BFI Flare - London LGBT Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    United Kingdom Premiere
  • 46º Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
  • 34º Vancouver Queer Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    Canadian Premiere
  • 39º Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
  • 16º Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
  • 28º Women Make Waves International Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
  • 18º Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema
    Revine Lago
    Italy
    Italian Premiere
  • 32º Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
  • 26º Queer Lisboa
    Lisboa
    Portugal
    Portuguese Premiere
  • 8º Queer Porto
    Porto
    Portugal
  • Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    Finalist
  • 13º KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    Indian Premiere
  • FdS — 10º La Fête du Slip. Gender & Sexuality Festival
    Lausanne
    Swaziland
  • 33º São Paulo International Short Film Festival
    São Paulo
    Brazil
  • 24º Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival
    Belo Horizonte
    Brazil
  • 1º Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
  • 33º Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg
    Hamburg
    Germany
  • 13º DotDotDot Open Air Kurzfilmfestival
    Vienna
    Austria
    Austrian Premiere
  • 13º FEMINA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
  • 4º CABÍRIA Festival Audiovisual
    São Paulo
    Brazil
  • 7ª Mostra Elas Fazem Cinema
    Goiânia
    Brazil
  • 9º RECIFEST - Festival de Cinema da Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero
    Recife
    Brazil
  • 26º Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival
    Miami
    United States
  • Diálogos Audiovisuais: Cinema, Gênero e Sexualidade 2022
    Manaus
    Brazil
  • 5ª Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema
    Salvador
    Brazil
  • 4ª Mostra Quelly - Mostra Nacional de Cinema de Gênero
    São Luís
    Brazil
  • 11º Kyiv International Short Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    Ukrainian Premiere
  • 20º Way OUT West Film Fest
    New Mexico
    United States
  • 5º Queer Voices International Film Festival
    Chisinau
    Moldova, Republic of
  • 34º NEWFEST - New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    New York
    United States
  • 26º PERLEN - Queer Film Festival Hannover
    Hannover
    Germany
  • 21º Reggio Film Festival

    Italy
  • 16º Festival De Films LGBTQI+ de Toulouse
    Toulouse
    France
  • Geelong Pride Film Festival 2023

    Australia
  • 30th Mardi Gras Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
  • 10th PinX, Sphinx Cinema’s Queer Film Festival

    Belgium
  • 26th Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
  • 23ª Retrospectiva do Cinema Brasileiro Cinesesc
    São Paulo
    Brazil
Distribution Information
  • Agencia Freak
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
  • Feel Sales
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Éri Sarmet

Érica Sarmet (she/they) is a Brazilian writer-director based in São Paulo. Sarmet's most recent film "A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here" (2021) won 19 awards, including the Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival, was highly commended for the 2022 Iris Prize and Nominee for Best Short at Cinema Brazil Grand Prize. Officially selected in over 70 international film festivals, the short has been acquired by MUBI and Criterion Channel.
Sarmet's previous short film "Latifúndio" (2017) won two awards and played in over 30 international film festivals. In 2021, they were nominated for the Abraço Award Excellence in Screenwriting at the 6th Screenwriting Awards by the Brazilian Screenwriters Association (ABRA). Founder of Excesso Filmes, Sarmet is currently a Visiting Research Scholar at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, is finishing their third short film and developing their first feature film as writer-director.

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Director Statement

A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here is a film about desire. Lesbian desire, for sure, but also the desire for belonging, for serendipity, for freer and lighter relations, for a never-ending past and those who inhabit it, and for a more welcoming future in which we hope not only to be, but to be with. It is also, as it could not be otherwise, a film about my own personal desires.
I knew I had a lot to say about lesbian figuration in Brazilian cinema, but as hard as I tried, I couldn't express it in words alone. I needed images that would help me invite people to feel what I felt (or as close to it as possible). That's why I decided to make a film—there is no better invitation to sensations.