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Before Us

The dog's adoption story leads his owners to imagine how he ended up on the streets.

  • Alex Xavier
    Director
    Casulo; Mistura
  • Alex Xavier
    Writer
    Casulo; Mistura
  • Dani Rosolen
    Key Cast
    Mistura
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Antes de Nós
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 16, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Alex Xavier

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Journalist from São Paulo, Brazil, for around 25 years. He also studied film at the New York Film Academy (USA) and the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (Cuba). He wrote and directed the short film "Casulo" (2001), co-directed, with Juan Carlos Guerra, the documentary "Mistura" (2018) and produced the traditional animated short "Antes de Nós" (2024). As a fiction writer, he published the books "O Teatro da Rotina" (2018) and "Não Vai Dar Tempo" (2022). A member of the Discordia collective, he also creates independent publications and writes alternative comic books.

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Director Statement

I started "Before Us" as a joke with my girlfriend to remember our dog Gabo's adoption anniversary. It'd be a GIF lasting a few seconds. But I got excited and the next thing I knew I was staying up all night drawing arts by hand that would be the frames of this animation. Now it's a homemade, handcrafted short film that I'm very proud of. May it inspire more people to adopt animals and never abandon them.