O CEGO ESTRANGEIRO

THE BLIND FOREIGNER
Fiction | DV/35mm | 2000 | 06 minutes
Independent production

SYNOPSIS: Subtitles are making viewers swarm to film theaters in Brazil.

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- Shown in 29 festivals in Brazil and abroad, including Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal, 01), Cine Ceará (Fortaleza, 01), São Paulo (01), Festival do Rio (01), Media Wave Visual of Arts (Gyor, Hungary, 02), Toronto Latino Film Festival (Canada, 02), Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental de Madrid (Spain, 02) and Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre (Cuba, 03)
- Purchased by Curta nas Telas (Porto Alegre), Curta Petrobras às Seis and BR em Movimento
- Awards: honorable mention at the Câmara Awards (Brasília, 00); 1st place at the Festival Nacional de Vídeo (Salvador, 00); best film (audience award), at the Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira (01); best experimental short, at the Cine Ceará (01); honorable mention at the Vitória Cine e Vídeo (01); best screenplay at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami (USA, 02)

Directed, produced and written by: Marcius Barbieri
Director of photography: André Carvalheira
Editor: Sérgio Azevedo
Sound editor: Pauly Di Castro
Soundtrack: Luiz Rocha “Espiga”
Acting coach: Marcelo Alves
Cast: Luiz Orione