EGUN
after years abroad due to his brother's murder, a renowned journalist returns to his family's home to take care of his mother, who suffers from an unknown illness. late at night, he is visited by two strangers. as new events unfold leading him to suspect that something ominous and deeply disturbing has struck his mother, a new tragedy rises.
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yuri costaDirectorELEGUA
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yuri costaWriterELEGUA
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barca aberta produçõesProducerELEGUA
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paulo guidellyKey Cast"HIM"ELEGUA
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valéria monãKey Cast"MOTHER"Besouro Cordão de Ouro, Contos Negreiros do Brasil
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bruna rodriguesKey Cast"SISTER"Vó A Senhora É Lésbica
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francisca silvaKey Cast"GRANNY"Nós do Morro
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diomar nascimentoKey Cast"FATHER"ELEGUA
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yuri costaKey Cast"jonas"Malhação - Toda Forma de Amor
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Project Title (Original Language):EGUM
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:23 minutes
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Completion Date:January 28, 2020
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Production Budget:2,200 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:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes
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encontro de cinema negro zózimo bulbul (Black Cinema Meeting Zózimo Bulbul: Brazil, Africa, the Caribbean and Other Diasporas)
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23ª mostra de cinema de tiradentes (23th tiradentes film festival)tiradentes, minas gerais
Brazil
January 28, 2020
brazilian premiere
best short film / melhor curta da mostra foco - júri oficial -
31º curta kinoforum (31st são paulo international short film festival)são paulo
Brazil
audience award -
1º cindie festival (1st cindie festival)rio de janeiro
Brazil
best short film & best screenplay -
13º festival do cinema brasileiro de penedo (circuito penedo de cinema)penedo
Brazil
audience award: best short film -
5º festival curta canedogoiás
Brazil
best horror film -
27º festival de cinema de vitóriavitória
Brazil
best actor -
IV morce-go vermelho - goiás horror film festivalgoiás
Brazil
best screenplay -
19º noia festival de audiovisual universitáriofortaleza
Brazil
best sound & best make up -
festival internacional de cine austral
Argentina
mención especial de lxs juradxs
yuri costa was born in nilópolis, on the outskirts of rio de janeiro. graduated film school in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. directs, writes and produces. he is also a founding member of the black theater group AFROCENA and an associate of the APAN (Black Film Professionals Association).
"EGUN" arises from the fringe of reality, from the pains and traumas of black diasporic experience. between race, black cinema and afro-surrealism, "EGUN" dives on the increasingly unnerving horrors of racism and genocide.