It's Not Fado, It's Faggot Fado
Logline: Sometimes the beauty of Fado music can be found in the voice of a Bicha Fadista.
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of a traditional Portuguese society, Fado Bicha (trans)forms heteronormative Fado music into a queer labyrinth of self-acceptance and self-expression. By reclaiming the scars that homophobia and transphobia have given them, Fado Bicha exposes what Fado music could have been if society were more accepting.
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Erin MacphersonDirector
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Lila TiagoKey Cast"Lila Fadista"
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João CaçadorKey Cast
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Erin MacphersonDirector of Photography
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Erin MacphersonEditor
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DocNomadsProducer
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Bence Kovács-VajdaSound Mix
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Project Title (Original Language):Não é Fado, é Fado Bicha
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Project Type:Documentary, Short, Student
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Genres:LGBTQ+, Drama, Portrait, Documentary short, Portuguese Film
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Runtime:12 minutes 45 seconds
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Completion Date:August 29, 2022
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Country of Origin:Portugal
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Country of Filming:Belgium, Hungary, Portugal
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Language:English, Portuguese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - Universidade Lusófona, Brussels LUCA School of Arts, SZFE
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DocLisboaLisbon
Portugal
October 11, 2022
World Premiere
Nominated for Best Portuguese Film Audience Award -
DocPointHelsinki
Finland
February 1, 2023
International Premiere
Official Selection -
1st Timers LisbonLisbon
Portugal
Nominated for Best Debut Film
Erin Macpherson is an award-winning docu-fiction filmmaker from South Africa with a Masters in Documentary Film Directing from Doc Nomads. Their work has featured internationally, screening at festivals such as DIFF, OutFest, DocLisboa, Tampere, and so forth, as well as winning a SAFTA for their short film, "The Water Dancers", and a Golden Eagle Best Director Award for "I Did Not Wake Up Dead Today".
Believing that cinema is the universal language of empathy, their work bends the boundary between documentary and fiction, creating art that centres its narratives on socio-political issues that both divide and connect us. Their films explore themes of grief through a disarmingly humorous lens in an effort to show the complexities of the lived human experience.