Darío

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 15'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Spanisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Spanisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

Darío, a 17-year-old boy from Barranquilla, Colombia has a passion for dance. But his mother is afraid that he won't grow up to be a „real man“ and forces him to work in his uncle's shop. Will he be able to dance in the Carnival parade and risk the confrontation with his mother?

director Jorge A. Trujillo Gil, Manuel Kinzer Cast Delay Upegui Velez, Eldwin Chaparro Solís, Javier Alberto Bula García, Junior Villarreal Contreras, Norelis Nieves Cardona Original Score Haraldur Thrastarson Szenenbild / Production Design Andrés Felipe Arias Jimenez Editing Jorge A. Trujillo Gil Script Jorge A. Trujillo Gil, Manuel Kinzer DOP Alex Bloom Production Manuel Kinzer Sound Design Henry Burgos Luna
Festivals
2018 Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA
2018 Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2018 OUTFEST Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA
2018 Fensacor Chilean International Short Film Festival of Santiago, Santiago de Chile (Special Mention)
2018 Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
2018 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA
2018 LUCAS - Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018 exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
2018 KUKI Junges Kurzfilmfestival Berlin, Germany
2018 Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, France
2018 FILMZ – FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN KINOS, Mainz, Germany
2018 Sedicicorto - International Film Festival, Forli, Italy
2018 Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, Germany
2018 NewFest - LGBTQ+ Film and Media New York, New York City, USA
2018 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Production
  • Filmgestalten
  • Manuel Kinzer
  • Mittenwalder Str. 38
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 60404830
  • http://www.filmgestalten.de
Distribution
  • Filmgestalten
  • Manuel Kinzer
  • Mittenwalder Str. 38
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 60404830
  • http://www.filmgestalten.de
Sales
  • Filmgestalten
  • Manuel Kinzer
  • Mittenwalder Str. 38
  • 10961 Berlin
  • +49 30 60404830
  • http://www.filmgestalten.de

Jorge A. Trujillo Gil

Born 1987 in Colombia and raised in Spain;
studied audiovisual communication and cinema/politics;
participated in different social and journalistic projects in Spain and Colombia and in addition he worked as 1st AD;
since 2018 he lives in Berlin;
DARÍO is his first work as a director

Manuel Kinzer

Born in 1977 in Kassel;
studied visual communication in Kassel and cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB);
in 2007 he founded the production company FILMGESTALTEN with Florian Gerstenberg and produced several short films;
DARÍO is his first work as a director