The Bite

Between a house in the Atlantic forest and a genetically-modified mosquito factory near São Paulo, a polyamorous, non-binary relationship struggles to survive an epidemic spreading across Brazil. While in the factory millions of mosquitos are born daily inside test tubes, the power dynamics between Helmut, Calixto, and Tao only intensifies. The Bite is a film found somewhere between horror, science fiction and a queer drama.

FESTIVALS:
[2019] TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival [Canada]
[2019] New York Film Festival [USA]
[2019] Thessaloniki International Film Festival [Greece]
[2019] Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur [Switzerland]
[2020] London Short Film Festival [UK]
[2020] Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Best International Short Fiction Film, Nomination for the European Short Film Awards) [The Netherlands]
[2020] Vienna Shorts - Vienna Independent Short Film Festival [Austria]
[2020] International Festival Signs of the Night - Bangkok [Thailand]
[2020] Queer Wave - The Cyprus LGBTQ+ Film Festival [Cyprus]
[2020] Glasgow Short Film Festival [UK]
[2020] Short Waves (II Award of the Internacional Competition) [Poland]
[2020] MIEFF - Moscow International Experimental Film Festival (KODAK Prize) [Russia]
[2020] IndieLisboa International Film Festival [Portugal]
[2020] Brussels International Film Festival [Belgium]
[2020] DC Shorts [USA]
[2020] Sicilia Queer filmfest (Best Film Award International Competition) [Italy]
[2020] Fesses-tival - La Fête du Slip [Switzerland]
[2020] Encounters Film Festival [UK]
[2020] CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela [Portugal]
[2020] Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) - La Fête du Slip [Switzerland]
[2020] Riga International Film Festival [Latvia]
[2020] Seattle Queer Film Festival [USA]
[2020] Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival [Greece]
[2020] Uppsala Short Film Festival [Sweden]
[2020] Hamburg International Queer Film Festival [Germany]
[2020] Cormorán Film Fest [Spain]
[2020] Estados da Juventude - Cineclube Zoom [Portugal]
[2020] Caminhos do Cinema Português [Portugal]
[2020] Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade [Brazil]
[2020] Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest [UK]
[2020] Krasnodar - Screening at Center for Contempoarry Art Typography [Russia]
[2020] Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival [Germany]
[2020] Festival Cinematografico Internacional del Uruguay [Uruguay]
[2020] Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF [Romania]
[2020] NOT FULLY HUMAN, NOT HUMAN AT ALL - Kunstverein Hamburg [Germany]
[2020] Blackwood Gallery - University of Toronto Mississauga [Canada]
[2020] HOME Artist Film Weekender [UK]
[2020] MIEFF screening - CCA Typography [Russia]
[2021] Minimalen Short Film Festival [Norway]
[2021] NOT FULLY HUMAN, NOT HUMAN AT ALL - Kunstverein Hamburg [Germany]
[2021] Environmental Film Festival Australia [Australia]
[2021] Panorama Coisa de Cinema [Brazil]
[2021] Mostra de Cinema do Presente [Brazil]
[2021] Tampere Film Festival [Finland]
[2021] THIS IS SHORT [Europe]
[2021] Hamburg Short Film Festival [Germany]
[2021] Futuros próximos. Cine y mundos por venir - Museo Reina Sofia [Spain]
[2021] Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2021 [Brazil]
[2021] European Film Festival Palić [Serbia]
[2021] Mostra Quelly [Brazil]
[2021] XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin [Germany]
[2021] FeKK Ljubljana Short Film Festival [Slovenia]
[2021] Concorto Film Festival [Italy]
[2021] Gegenkino [Germany]
[2021] Brussels Short Film Festival [Belgium]
[2021] Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Verín VIA XIV [Espanha]
[2021] Donaufestival / NÖ Festival und Kino GmbH [Germany]
[2021] Queer Porto [Portugal]
[2021] Festival del Cinema Europeo [Italy]
[2021] Dialogues  Filmfestival [India]
[2021] Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF [Romania]
[2022] Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts [USA]
[2022] CRISIS Cinema Vienna [Austria]
[2022] Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Vampires in Space [Portugal]
[2022] PANTALHA - Mostra de Cinema a Céu Aberto [Portugal]
[2022] FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival [Slovenia]
[2022] AKI Academy of Art and Design - Enschede [Netherlands]
[2022] Virginia Commonwealth University [USA]
[2022] CIAJG (Programa Público Vampires in Space) [Portugal]
[2022] Arquipélago - Centro de Artes Contemporâneas (Programa Público Vampires in Space) [Portugal]
[2023] Beirut Art Center [Lebanon]
[2023] Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center [USA]
[2023] PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art [Canada]
[2023] Uluslararası Uşak Kısa Film Festivali [Turkey]