Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Portuguese | SUBTITLES: English

SYNOPSIS

When a couple decide to spend their summer vacation in a small town on the coast of Portugal, they had no idea that they would be faced with a dark mystery that would lead to seduction and betrayal. Mar is a dramatic love story and thriller set in the beautiful coastal town of Peniche Portugal. It’s main characters Xavier (Lourenço Seruya) and Eduardo (João Santos Silva) visit a childhood friend Cristóvão (Diogo Tavares) who carries a dark secret that only his mother (Sylvie Rocha) knows. Sexual tensions rise until the shocking secret is revealed but only after someone’s fate is sealed.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: William Vitória
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Lourenço Seruya
Diogo Tavares
João Santos Silva
Sylvie Rocha

MAIN CREDITS

Director: William Vitória
Screenwriter: William Vitória & Diogo Tavares
Producer: William Vitória
Director of Photography: Hugo Cardoso dos Santos
Sound: Filipe Goulart
Editing: Marco Cassel
Sound Editing: Filipe Goulart
Music Composer: Filipe Goulart

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
Sub-genre: LGBTQ - GAY
Language: Portuguese
Country of origin: Portugal
Year of production: 2017
Total running time: 24:34
Shooting format: Digital
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9

AWARDS

Canada&International short film festival - Award of Distinction
Shortcutz Caldas da Rainha 2019 - Best Short Film

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade no Cinema 2018
YofiFest Film Festival - Yonkers, USA 2018
Dumbo Film Festival 2018
Shortcutz Caldas da Rainha 2019
Santa Curtas Portugal 2019
Ocean Coast Film Festival 2019
Entre Olhares 2019
Transition International Queer Film Festival 2020