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Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 21:00
Written by:
Pedro Neves Marques
Cast:
Alina Dörzbacher, Ana Flávia Cavalcanti, Kelner Macedo
Cinematography:
Marta Simões
Editing:
Pedro Neves Marques
Sound:
Tales Manfrinato
Music:
.HAUT
Producer:
Catarina de Sousa, Pedro Neves Marques
Format:
16 mm
Between a house in the Atlantic forest and a genetically-modified mosquito factory near São Paulo, a polyamorous, non-binary relationship struggles to survive an epidemic spreading across Brazil. While in the factory millions of mosquitos are born daily inside test tubes, the power dynamics between Helmut, Calixto, and Tao only intensify. THE BITE is a film that lies somewhere between horror, science fiction and a queer drama. (Călin Boto, BIEFF 2020)
Director:
PEDRO NEVES MARQUES is a film director, visual artist, and writer. He has exhibited at art institutions such as Tate Modern, Anthology Film Archives, New Museum and e-flux, and his films have been shown at film festivals such as TIFF, New York Film Festival, DocLisbon International Film Festival, IndieLisboa Film Festival and many others. Born in Lisbon, he lives in New York.
Contact:
Miguel Valverde
Festivals, awards:
Vienna Shorts 2020 / TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2019 / New York Film Festival 2019 / Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2019/ Go Short 2020 / Short Waves Festival 2020 / Glasgow Short Film Festival 2020 / Encounters 2020 etc
“PEDRO NEVES MARQUES’ 16-mm film THE BITE covers a lot of ground: (bio)politics, gene engineering, pandemics, sexuality, ecology and extractivism. Essentially, it all boils down to tension, intensified by its original score – jittery, pulsating, suspicious… The film highlights different shades of tension, varying from nervousness to fear, aggression to hopelessness. While dealing with hybrids, THE BITE turns out to be hybrid too. This special world constructed by NEVES MARQUES highlights the director’s capability to create magical and terrifying universes, filled with codes, secrets and hidden messages about some of the most relevant issues today. He has managed to cross-reference politics and body politics, reproduction and pandemics, ultimately creating an opiate juxtaposition between a warning dystopia and a dangerous reality.” (Līga Požarska, talking shorts)