Short film · 2022
Manual da Pós-Verdade
Post-Truth Manual
Fiction short · 28 min
A newspaper editor who can no longer tell reality from fiction must choose the front page of an absurd election.
- 4 awards at the Brasília Film Festival
- 13 awards at 5 festivals
Synopsis
The editor-in-chief of Gazeta do Ontem can no longer tell reality from fiction. While he tries to work out whether he is dreaming or living in an absurd world, he has to choose the front-page photo: a profile of the presidential candidate known as the Pig-Bomb. Among outlandish delusions, he finds out that the raw material of his trade, the truth, is already dead.
A magical-realist satire about journalism, algorithms and elections, with 13 awards at five festivals.
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Credits
- Writer and director
- Thiago Foresti
- Cinematography
- Elder Miranda Jr.
- Production design
- Nadine Diel
- Editing
- Daniel Sena
- Original music
- Sascha Kratzer and Rafael Maklon
- Producer
- Marina Leite
- Cast
- Wellington Abreu, Maria Garcia, Marcelo Pelúcio, Cibele Amaral, Paula Passos
- Funding
- FAC-DF
Awards
- 55th Brasília Film Festival, 2022: best director, best actor (Wellington Abreu), best cinematography (Elder Miranda Jr.) and best production design (Nadine Diel)
- OffCine, Varginha, 2023: best score, screenplay, supporting actor, supporting actress and production
- Lages National Film Festival, 2023: best short film
- 16th Curta Taquary, 2023: best score
- CineMAZ, 2023: best editing (Daniel Sena)
Selections
- 55th Brasília Film Festival, 2022 (premiere)
- 6th Guiões, Portuguese-Language Screenwriting Festival, Lisbon, 2020 (screenplay)
- 46th Guarnicê Film Festival, 2023
- 17th Taguá Film Festival, 2023
- Vassouras Film Festival, 2023
- Mostra Sesc de Cinema, Panorama DF, 2023
- Monstro, Jacareí Fantastic Film Festival, 2024
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