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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.

  • yuri costa
    Director
    ELEGUA
  • yuri costa
    Writer
    ELEGUA
  • barca aberta produções
    Producer
    ELEGUA
  • paulo guidelly
    Key Cast
    "HIM"
    ELEGUA
  • valéria monã
    Key Cast
    "MOTHER"
    Besouro Cordão de Ouro, Contos Negreiros do Brasil
  • bruna rodrigues
    Key Cast
    "SISTER"
    Vó A Senhora É Lésbica
  • francisca silva
    Key Cast
    "GRANNY"
    Nós do Morro
  • diomar nascimento
    Key Cast
    "FATHER"
    ELEGUA
  • yuri costa
    Key Cast
    "jonas"
    Malhação - Toda Forma de Amor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    EGUM
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 28, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    2,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • encontro de cinema negro zózimo bulbul (Black Cinema Meeting Zózimo Bulbul: Brazil, Africa, the Caribbean and Other Diasporas)
  • 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 canedo
    goiás
    Brazil
    best horror film
  • 27º festival de cinema de vitória
    vitória
    Brazil
    best actor
  • IV morce-go vermelho - goiás horror film festival
    goiás
    Brazil
    best screenplay
  • 19º noia festival de audiovisual universitário
    fortaleza
    Brazil
    best sound & best make up
  • festival internacional de cine austral

    Argentina
    mención especial de lxs juradxs
Director Biography - yuri costa

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).

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Director Statement

"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.