Julia Katharine
2021
A Senhora que Morreu no Trailer
Alberto Camarero, Alberto de Oliveira
Helena Ignez, Zilda Mayo
After being born Georgina in the outback of Bahia, she became known as Diva Rios in São Paulo’s Boca do Lixo and Rio de Janeiro’s Lapa, as well as Suzy King in the nights of Copacabana, but died as Jacuí Japurá on the border of the United States and Mexico. Four names for just one woman: fascinating, moody and very creative. Singer, songwriter, actress, ballet, folk, burlesque and exotic dancer, snake charmer and fakir were only some of the artistic endeavors she tackled during her life. Found dead on the trailer where she lived in August of 1985, in California, she left behind stories without conclusion, lost remainings of her troubled trajectory and a trail of mystery. Three decades later, two historians gather fragments of her tale with the goal of piecing together the complex puzzle that was her life. Actresses, singers, musicians and performers join them to rescue the poetic aspects of her unique personality. A question resounds throughout the entire movie: Suzy King, who are you?
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Lembro Mais dos Corvos
Gustavo Vinagre
Julia Katharine
Julia Katharine, a Japanese-Brazilian trans woman, opens her door to the filmmaker. Before day breaks, she evokes her relationship with her parents, a young love that never was, her sleepless nights and her passion for cinema.
I Remember the Crows
Desterro
Maria Clara Escobar
Carla Kinzo, Otto Jr.
The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking for something from life is Lucas.
Desterro
Desaprender a Dormir
Gustavo Vinagre
Gustavo Vinagre, Caetano Gotardo
Flávio loses his sexual appetite editing porn videos. José, his husband, is trying to create an equation that determines when humans will colonize Mars. Flávio is focused on a more internal journey, and José is trying to find ways to bring Flávio's lust back. Meanwhile, Hypnos, god of sleep and youtuber, tries to give people back the art of rest.
Unlearning to Sleep
Vera: Ontem e Hoje
Julia Katharine
Julia Katharine, Claudia Campolina
While Sergio Toledo's film Vera is widely recognized as pioneering for its portrait of a young transgender man struggling to find their place in Brazilian society, its narrative and lead performance by Ana Beatriz Nogueira are perhaps open to scrutiny in the year 2021. In this new video piece, Julia Katharine invites her good friends Claudia Campolina & Daniel Veiga, both of whom are active in the Brazilian film industry and cinephiles in their own right, for a discussion about how the film should be newly received today.
Vera: Ontem e Hoje
A Terra Segue Azul Quando Saio do Trabalho
Sergio Silva
Eduardo Gomes, Gilda Nomacce
An employee at a film archive and his character imagine a film to make after work. With the voices of Eduardo Gomes, Gilda Nomacce, Julia Katharine, Juliana Albuquerque, Lucas Wickhaus and Tuna Dwek.
The Earth Is Still Blue When I Get Off Work
