Logline: When a young artist loses her older brother, she must confront her grief through her art.
Title: Elsewhere (A Flor Azul)
Year: 2018
Language: Portuguese (subtitles in English)
Credits:
Writer/Director: Guilherme Pedra
Producer: Guilherme Pedra
Director of Photography: Xuezi Zhang
Production Designer: Rachel Berman
Original Score: Ching-Shan Chang
Lead Actress: Ana Moioli
Lead Actor: Guilherme Pedra
Fun Fact: in Portuguese, “A Flor Azul” means “The Blue Flower”.
Produced at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Festival Selections and Accolades:
Cannes Short Film Corner, 2018
Best Shorts Competition (Winner: Award of Merit), 2018
American Student Film Festival (Winner: Best Short, Best Director and Best Actress), 2018
5th Brazilian Festival of International Cinema, 2019
Bobst Film Festival, 2018
Brazil International Film Festival, 2019 (Winner: Special Jury Award)
LA Cinefest (Semifinalist)
Interview on IndieActivity about the film:
Case Study: The Making of Elsewhere (A Flor Azul) by Guilherme Pedra (click here)
Reviews:
UK Film Review:
5/5 stars
“This Portuguese-language film is unique in many ways, and what Pedra manages to do in less than 14-minutes of screen time would make many big-name filmmakers blush.” (click here)
Minha Visão do Cinema (Brasil):
10/10 stars
“…o diretor revela que o curta realizado em uma aula de produção na New York University nasceu de um sentimento muito pessoal e da vontade de escrever uma história sobre o poder da arte e como ela pode ser utilizada como mecanismo de cura.” (click here)
Subtitles in English available.