Your Mouth is Fire
In the near future, a virus was spread by a totalitarian government, to normalize language and behavior. On an island at South Atlantic, someone is accessing an ancient memory, which in the right hands can be replicated as an anti-virus.
-
Pedro MCDirector
-
Pedro MCWriter
-
Lirous K'yoKey Cast"Boca"
-
Sarah MottaKey Cast"Zués"
-
Sandro MaquelKey Cast"Bolívar"
-
Dea BusatoKey Cast"Lotte"
-
Joana FelícioKey Cast"Deuza"
-
Giselle MarquesKey Cast"Relêitor"
-
Helder AntunesKey Cast"Cabrón"
-
Babyton SantosProducer
-
Marina BorckDirector of Photography
-
Cleo RosaArt Direction
-
Heitor CaramezSound Design
-
Diogo de HaroOriginal Soundtrack
-
Luiz BarzEditor
-
Project Title (Original Language):Tua Boca é Fogo
-
Project Type:Short
-
Genres:Sci-fi, Horror, Trans, Experimental, Art
-
Runtime:25 minutes
-
Completion Date:July 7, 2021
-
Production Budget:10,000 USD
-
Country of Origin:Brazil
-
Country of Filming:Brazil
-
Language:Portuguese
-
Shooting Format:4K
-
Aspect Ratio:16:9
-
Film Color:Black & White and Color
-
First-time Filmmaker:Yes
-
Student Project:No
-
10th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival-21Kolkata
India
August 31, 2021
Asia Premiere
Honor Mention -
Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival (ISF-LA)Los Angeles
United States
August 1, 2021
North American Premiere
Selection -
Pure Magic International Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
August 14, 2021
European Premiere
Best Experimental/Art Film -
Lift-Off First Time FilmmakersLondon
United Kingdom
September 1, 2021
UK Premiere -
Brooklyn SciFi Film FestivalNew York
United States
September 20, 2021
North American Premiere
Best 05th Public Vote -
GRITO Queer FestivalSão Paulo
Brazil
October 25, 2021
Brazil
Official Selection
Filmmaker born in Florianópolis, with over 21 years of experience in production, film club and representation in the culture council. He was president for two terms of the Cinemateca Catarinense ABD-SC. He is a visual artist and producer of shows, festivals and screen occupation programs, such as Floripa Que Horror! International Festival of Fantastic Film, Negro Cinema Festival SC, Cinematic Session and Cineclub Sound & Fury. Directed feature documentary film "Maciço", awarded as best film at the SESC Film Festival, and won several awards for short and medium-length documentary and experimental films. "Tua Boca é Fogo" is his first science fiction film and was written during OcupaMINC in 2016.
Carta do Diretor.
Director Statement.
TUA BOCA É FOGO foi escrito durante o Golpe de Estado no Brasil em 2016. A ideia de um vírus propagado por um governo totalitário, num futuro não muito distante, se tornou quase uma profecia. Hoje no Brasil está acontecendo uma pandemia com um governo genocida, onde milhares de vidas estão sendo perdidas. Existe uma guerra de informações, como se o vírus fosse linguagem. A memória do nosso cinema está sendo queimada, literalmente está pegando fogo. O acervo da Cinemateca Brasileira está sendo criminosamente apagado, por culpa direta deste governo. O filme que conseguimos rodar em 2020 fala sobre diversidade, tem uma protagonista mulher negra e transgênero, e o elenco é 90% negro, com maioria sendo o primeiro trabalho no cinema. É uma conquista termos finalizado o filme. E a estética afro-futurista é trabalhada para conseguirmos imaginar um futuro, já que nosso passado está sendo apagado com fogo.
YOUR MOUTH IS FIRE was written during the Coup d'état in Brazil in 2016. The idea of a virus propagated by a totalitarian government, in the not-too-distant future, became almost a prophecy. Today in Brazil there is a pandemic with a genocidal government, where thousands of lives are being lost. There is an information war, as if the virus were language. The memory of our cinema is being burned, it is literally on fire. The Cinemateca Brasileira's collection is being criminally erased, through the direct fault of this government. The film we were able to shoot in 2020 is about diversity, has a black and transgender female protagonist, and the cast is 90% black, with the majority being the first work in cinema. It's an achievement to have finished the film. And the Afro-futurist aesthetic is crafted so that we can imagine a future, as our past is being extinguished with fire.
I hope you enjoy watching this film, as such we did making it.
Pedro MC
Santa Catarina Island, Brazil
August 2021