Short film · 2019

Escola Sem Sentido

Name: Escola Sem Sentido
Released: 2019

Senseless School

Fiction short · 16 min

A history teacher is accused of indoctrination after a student films his classes.

Audience award · 52nd Brasília Film Festival
12 awards

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Synopsis

Chicão is a history teacher who loves his job. When a student films his classes and shows them to her parents, they fear ideological indoctrination. The case grows out of all proportion at the school and wears down the teacher's motivation. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman breaks the fourth wall and comments on events to the audience.

Made with crowdfunding and volunteer work, it won the audience award, the Saruê Award and the Edina Fuji Award at the 52nd Brasília Film Festival. Broadcast by Canal Brasil and available on Globoplay.

Images

Professor caminha por um corredor de escola enquadrado em ângulo inclinado — Photo: Augusto Dauster

Credits

Writer and director: Thiago Foresti
Producer: Pirita Regueira and Forest Criações
Cast: Wellington Abreu, Pirita Regueira, Marcelo Pelúcio, Beto Galdino
Stills: Augusto Dauster
International distribution: BO Images (Shortfilmwire)

Awards

52nd Brasília Film Festival, 2019: best short (audience award), Saruê Award (Correio Braziliense), Edina Fuji Award and best actor (Wellington Abreu)
3rd FestCineParanoá, 2019: best director, best actress, best costume design and Special Jury Award
Cine Tamoio, São Gonçalo, 2019: best film (audience award)
2nd Palmacine, 2019: best director
13th Curta Taquary, 2020: best male performance and Critics' Special Mention