Synopsis

Lalo is a sex influencer: he posts photos of his nude body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social media. He controls his own life, but in private, when out of character, he seems to live in constant melancholy. Following an advertisement, he passed a casting to play Emiliano Zapata in a porn film about the Mexican revolution. Pornomelancholia approaches pornography as a starting point to reflect on the border between the intimate and the public, the real and the virtual, the desire and the need for affection, in a hyperconnected world.

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2022

World Premiere Festival international de San Sebastián – Official Competition 2022 (San Sebastian, Spain) ☆ Best Cinematography
Zurich Film Festival – Window : San Sebastian Selection (Zurich, Suisse)
Rekjavik International Film festival – New Visions Selection (Rekjavik, Iceland)
BIFF – Official Selection Clases de Lucha (Bogota, Colombia)
FIFIB – Feature Official Competition (Bordeaux, France) ☆ Grand Prix International Feature Competition
IDFA – Best of Fests Selection (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Chéris-Chéries – Fiction Competition (Paris, France)
Thessaloniki Film Festival – Round Midnight Selection (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Taipei Golden Horse Festival – Another View Selection (Taipei, Taiwan)
This Human World – Official selection Out of competition (Vienna, Austria)

2023

Tournai Ramdam Festival  – Official Feature Competition (Tournai, Belgique)
Black Movie Festival – “À suivre…” Selection (Genève, Suisse)
Belgrade International Film Festival – Official selection, FEST Fokus section (Belgrade, Serbie) ☆ Merlinka Award for Best Queer Film
Des images aux mots – Festival de films LGBTQIA+ – Official Selection (Toulouse, France)
Festival Écrans mixtes – Official Selection (Lyon, France)
Cinélatino, rencontres de Toulouse – Official selection, discovery section (Toulouse, France)
Rencontres cinématographiques In&Out – Official selection (Nice, France)
Queer MoMenti festival – Official selection (Zagreb, Croatia)
Festival de Cine LGTBI Centro Niemeyer – Official selection (Avilés, Spain)
OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Official selection (Miami, USA)
Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival – Official selection, Depth of Field section (Tel Aviv, Israël)
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival – Official Competition for the Warsaw Documentary Award, Se_x Work section (Varsovie, Pologne)
Frameline – San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Official Selection, Narrative Features section (San Francisco, USA)
Fire!! Mostra Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – Official feature selection (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Cinépride – Official selection (Nantes, France)
Filmfest München – Official Cinerebels competition (Munich, Germany)
KVIFF – International Film Festival Karlovy Vary – Official selection, Horizons section (Prague, Czech Republic)
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival  – Official selection (Los Angeles, United States)
FICPBA – Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires – International Documentary Competition (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Helsinki Film Festival – Official selection (Helsinki, Finland)
Outfilm Poznań Festival – Official selection (Poznań, Poland)
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest – Official selection (Londres, UK)
New York Latino Film Festival – Feature Film Competition (New York, USA)
Queer Lisboa – Feature Film Competition (Lisboa, Portugal)
Out on Film Festival – Official selection (Atlanta, USA)
Mirage Festival – Official selection (Oslo, Norvège)
Porn Film Festival Berlin – Official selection (Berlin, Germany)
Pink Screens – Official selection (Bruxelles, Belgium)
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival – Documentary section (Prague, Czech Republic)

Feature film, fiction, 95', 2022

Director : Manuel Abramovich

Production : Gema Films (Argentina)
Coproduction : Dublin Films (France), Desvia Productions (Brazil) and Mart Films (Mexico)

Shooting: October 2019 – January 2021 (Mexico)

Screenplay : Pio Longo, Manuel Abramovich et Fernando Krapp
Cinematography : Manuel Abramovich
Editing : Juan Soto Taborda et Ana Remón
Production design : Dudu Quintanilha
Color editing : Lucie Bruneteau
Sound : Lautaro Zamaro et Roberta Ainstein
Mix : Paulo Gama
Casting : Lalo Santos, Diablo, Brandon Ley, Chacalito Regio, Delmar Ponce,
El Brayan, Lothar Muller, Mauricio Alivias, Adrián Zuki, Juan Ro, Octavio, Turko et Netito