The Thorn

André Guiomar Mya Kaplan

2023 Portugal FICTION 15 '

Téo, a lunar teenager, meets the new priest of his rural village, who just returned from Mozambique. As the two get closer, they develop a spiritual bond immersed in attraction.

biografia

André Guiomar was born in 1988, and lives in Porto, Portugal. He has a degree in Sound and Image, and a Master in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Catholic University of Portugal. He worked at Cimbalino Filmes in audiovisual projects and Video Mapping. He specialized in Directing and Cinematography, directed and photographed the short documentary Piton which was selected for several film festivals which won some awards. His first feature film as director of photography and editor was a documentary called A Mãe e o Mar directed by Gonçalo Tocha. Torres, a short film selected in the XX Caminhos do Cinema Português, is his first experience as a fiction director. He also worked as a cameraman in the short film Bicicleta by Luis Viera Campos which was shot in Bairro do Aleixo, Porto. After this experience, he decided to start a documentary film about this neighbourhood which will probably be called A Nossa Terra, O Nosso Altar.

An Israeli writer-director and cinematographer. She is a graduate of the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University. Her diploma film Night Visit (2021) was selected at the Ciné fondation Cannes (2022) Film Festival. Alongside the cinematic work, she acted as the festival Director of the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival for two years. She is currently devel- oping a TV series and working on her first feature film, The Physical Element.

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