SILVIA IN THE WAVES - Silvia dans les vagues

Noa struggles to honor the identity of his recently deceased parent while his mother tries to uphold the appearance of a conventional family. Grief and fantasy entwine to reveal the complex relationship between history and erasure, identity and memory. Content warning: death - - - Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, class of 2017, film production. - - - Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux, France Festival des Films LGBTQ+ Chéries-Chéris Paris, France Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade, São Paulo, Brazil Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada Festival Massimadi des arts et film LGBTQ + afro de Montréal, Canada Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, US Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival, US Athens International Film + Video Festival, Ohio, US CineArte: A Latinx Queer Festival, Los Angeles, US Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Canada Indy Film Fest, Indiana, US Amor LGBT Film Fest, Santiago, Chile Out here now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, US Rio Festival de gênero & sexualidade no cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film festival, US Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, US Shanghai Queer Film Festival, China Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada Urbanworld Film Festival, New York, US Mill Valley Film Festival, California, US Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, US CineYouth 2018 'Best of the Fest' at 54th Chicago International Film Festival, US Tacoma Film Festival, Washington, US Citizen Jane Film Festival, Missouri, US Indie Memphis Film Festival, US Sheffield's Trans Film Festival, UK Image+Nation, Montreal, Canada +15 more screenings