LOVELING
(Benzinho)
a film by Gustavo Pizzi
Brazil / 2018 / Feature film / Colored / 95 min
Irene and Klaus live with their four children on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Their teenage son Fernando has had a great season in handball and is offered the opportunity to play for a team in Germany. His departure is a shock to everyone in the family, but Irene has a particularly difficult time dealing with the impending separation from her oldest child.
Festivals
Sundance 2018 – World Cinema Competition
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 – Voices
Goteborg International Film Festival 2018
Cine Latino Rencontres de Toulouse 2018
Malaga Film Festival 2018
Santa Maria da Feira 2018
San Francisco International Film Festival 2018
Washington, DC International Film Festival 2018
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018
Busan International Film Festival 2018
Gramado Film Festival 2018
Awards
Best Film – Málaga Film Festival 2018
FIPRESCI Award – Málaga Film Festival 2018
Best Film – Santa Maria da Feira 2018
Best Film, Critic’s Choice – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Film, Public Award – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Actress, Karine Teles – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Supporting Actress, Adriana Esteves – Gramado Film Festival 2018
Best Ibero-american Film – International Film Festival Panamá 2019
Migrant FF – Best Picture
Goya Award – Nominee
Ibermedia Production
Best Film – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Director – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Actress, Karine Teles – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Actor, Otavio Müller – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Supporting Actress, Adriana Esteves – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Original Screenplay – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Editing – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Art Direction – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Costume – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Best Picture – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019
Labs and Coproduction Markets
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde, Cannes 2013
Brasil Cinemundi, Belo Horizonte em 2013
Cinemart, Festival de Rotterdam 2014
BoostNL – Holland Film Meeting e Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2016/2017
WITH Karine Teles, Otávio Müller, Adriana Esteves, César Troncoso and Konstantinos Sarris DIRECTED BY Gustavo Pizzi SCREENPLAY BY Gustavo Pizzi and Karine Teles PRODUCED BY Gustavo Pizzi, Tatiana Leite, Rodrigo Letier, Fernando Epstein and Agustina Chiarino CINEMATOGRAPHER Pedro Faerstein EDITING Livia Serpa ART DIRECTOR Dina Salem Levy COSTUME DESIGN Diana Leste PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Roberta Oliveira ORIGINAL SCORE Dany Roland, Maximiliano Silveira and Pedro Sa SOUND RECORDIST Rafael Alvarez SOUND DESIGNER Roberto Espinoza POST COORDINATOR Anna Julia Werneck PRODUCTION COMPANIES Baleia Films, Bubbles Project, TvZERO and Mutante Cine (Uruguay) BRAZILIAN DISTRIBUTOR Vitrine Filmes WORLD SALES New Europe Film Sales
Brazilian Release August, 23 of 2018