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Your Silence

Filmed at the Rio Grande do Sul State Public Library in Porto Alegre, "Your Silence" merges Andrea Barrios’ original spoken poem with excerpts from Marin Marais’ “Folies d’Espagne” (arranged and performed by Alexandre Ritter on double bass with gut strings and a Baroque bow). A lyrical short film on silence, presence, and emotional resonance.

  • Alexandre Ritter
    Director
    J. S. BACH - An Endless Journey - Prelude
  • Andrea Barrios
    Director
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Screenplay
  • Andrea Barrios
    Screenplay
    Co-writer – "No robarás las botas de los muertos" - Screenplay
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Key Cast
    "Double Bass Player"
  • Andrea Barrios
    Key Cast
    "Poet, Performer & Voice"
  • Andrea Barrios
    Poem Writer
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Producer
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Music Direction
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Music Performer
  • Alexandre Ritter
    Director of Photography & Editing
  • Calixto Bento
    Director of Photography & Editing
  • Fabiano Cordella
    Audio Recording, Mixing & Mastering
  • Léo Dutra
    Makeup
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Teu Silêncio
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Poetic Film, Art Film, Music Film, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 22, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alexandre Ritter, Andrea Barrios

Alexandre Ritter is a Brazilian double bassist, director, and researcher whose work bridges music, poetry, and cinema. His films explore silence, memory, and embodiment through historically informed musical performance and poetic language, often merging sound and image as a single expressive gesture.

Andrea Barrios is a writer, screenwriter, and literary and sworn translator. A member of the Academia Literária Feminina do Rio Grande do Sul, she is the author of the short story collections "Ao menos um descanso / Al menos un descanso" (2018) and "Os sete sorrisos de Catalina América" (2024), as well as the novels "Albertina Belmonte" (2022) and "Olhar de meia-noite" (2025).

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Director Statement

A library where words and music emerge as gestures of listening, and art finds its meaning even in silence.