Film FESTIVALS

18º Festival de Audiovisual de Campina Grande.

Museo de Arte Popular da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brasil.

This selection has enormous meaning for me. Paraíba is the place where the story of the film Matchbox took place in 1922, and without the Digital Archive of the Federal University of Paraíba its execution would not have been possible.

When creating projects deeply linked to a place, it is essential to know if there is a resonance with the land and people of the place from which an art project emerged. Presenting this film in any other city without a screening in Paraíba would have no meaning for me. Knowing that this film will be shown, interacted with and received in Paraíba is a confirmation that this story deserves to be told. Thank you very much to the entire curatorial committee.

The 18º Festival de Audiovisual de Campina Grande will take place between the 3rd and 17th of December, and will address the theme “Cinema in Super 8: Experimentations and Fruitions”.

Matchbox will be exhibited at the folkart museum Museo de Arte Popular da Paraíba, known as "Museu dos Três Pandeiros", the last building designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer based in the city of Campina Grande during this festival.

Dec. 2023

portugal indie film Festival 2023

best artist film award official selection

Nazare, Portugal

Matchbox has been selected to be part of Portugal Indie Film Festival and I am one of the films nominated in the Best Short Artist Film category. The award-winning films will be screened at the historic Nazaré cinema in Portugal in February 2024 Good luck to all the films participating.

This story has many layers, but the core of the short film MATCHBOX is this: as one of the finalists in a 1922 Era Magazine beauty contest, my maternal grandmother would be awarded with her photo printed on matchboxes. Engaged at 15 years, her future husband did not approve of such an award.

She closed the engagement on May 13 claiming her freedom and exclaimed: "On this day slavery was abolished" - referring to the naive historical perspective that the signing of a law on May 13, 1888 freed the enslaved populations in Brazil from systemic expectation and imposition of submission, inferiority and servitude.

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ALL THAT MOVES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FINALIST

ALL THAT MOVES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL tem como tema: “Novos Olhares, Outros Cinemas” trazendo conteúdos audiovisuais para novos públicos e da mesma forma levando o público a conteúdos fora do circuito dos grandes espaços comerciais. Matchbox foi um dos finalistas desta competição em 2023.

LISBON FILM RENDEZVOUS 2023

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Matchbox will be part of this year’s Lisbon Film Rendezvous. This annual festival is held at Alfama, the oldest district of Lisbon where many of its iconic buildings are located and the birthplace of Fado. It provides audiences with new short film influences and exhibits works with unconventional storytelling, style and language.

This year’s event will be on December 4th and 5th at Grupo esportivo Sportivo Adicense in Alfama - Rua de São Pedro, 20 - Alfama, Lisbon - 1100-543. Complete program available soon.

Nov. 2023

CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL

Official Selection

CMR Project Space, Cornwall, UK

I am so excited to be part of this incredible UK film festival. My short film Matchbox was screened on Friday the 10th of November and Saturday the 11th of November, from 11 am-5 pm at @cmr.projectspace during their experimental film weekender block in Redruth

@cmr.projectspace is an artist-led residency, exhibition and project space for established and emerging artists. The festival had over 15 feature films and 5 programs of short films from all over the globe, as well as other community events. The full 2023 line-up of this event can be seen here. https://www.mormediacharity.org/experimental-film-2023

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FILM AWARDS

arts + Literature LaboratoRY -

HONORABLE MENTION

Madison, WI

Matchbox (Caixa de Fosforo) received an honorable mention at the Midwest Video Poetry Fest which focuses on experimentation and collaborations for the understanding of poetry and visual culture hosted by Arts + Literature Laboratory - a community-driven contemporary arts center in Madison, Wisconsin.

There will be two evenings of live poet+filmmaker performance followed by film screenings on October 5th and October 12th at arts + Literature Laboratory in Madison, WI. Each evening's screening will be unique and will include a selection of works from the open call alongside works by artists especially invited by the Curatorial Team.

Long life to Poetic Videos: Works that use poetic structures or forms or is poetically informed in some manner. Thank you all at arts + Literature Laboratory.

Tiete International Film Festival III (TIFFA)

The Bronze Tilapia Social Impact Award

Tiete, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

The Bronze Tilapia Social Awareness Award is given to honor films with relevant themes that speak directly to our society's current contexts and promote reflection, change and social consciousness to viewers.

This is how Matchbox is described by the jurors": “The film convincingly underlines the systematic and historical oppression and exploitation of people. This deeply thought-provoking film deserves recognition for its profound message drawing attention to long-standing social inequalities.”

Here is an interview given to Tiete International Film Festival (T.I.F.A) where I talk about this short experimental film and the inspiration behind it.

Festival de Sorocaba

EXPERIMENTAL FILM HONORABLE MENTION

Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

The first edition of the festival took place in October 2023, featuring a selection of films from all over the world. Festival de Sorocaba is a cinematic cultural event for emerging filmmakers and screenwriters. Matchbox, my debut short film, received an honorable mention in this year’s Experimental Film Category.

Aug. 2023

PUPILA FILM FESTIVAL

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD

Olinda, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Matchbox (Caixa de Fosforo) participated of the online festival PUPILA FILM FESTIVAL. My first short film received the Best Experimental Short Film Award.

Aug. 2023

I Festival Flavio Miggliaccio

EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD - 2nd Place

Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, RJ

The adventures of exploring something for the first time! My first experimental short film MATCHBOX was one of 16 films awarded at I Festival de Curtas Flávio Migliaccio taking place at Cinemateca of the Museo de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro @cinematecamam. I received 2nd place in the category of Experimental Film

The festival is taking place on August 26th and 27th, 2023, at Cinemateca do Museo de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and on September 23rd and 24th in the city of Rio das Ostras, RJ.

This festival was conceived and realized by @FrankfurtProducoes directed by Francis Ivanovich. Thank you to all judges and congratulations to the 16 selected films from 168 submissions from all over Brazil.

Complete Festival schedule at https://festivalflaviomigliaccio.com/

MATCHBOX PODCAST

Francis Ivanovich conversou com Jennifer Cabral diretora do filme Matchbox - Caixa de Fósforo, categoria experimental, que será exibido nos dias 26 e 27 de agosto na Cinemateca do MAM. (Entrevista em Português.)