Babylonia
Cuba, Brasil2024documentary23'International Short Competition
It is a hot night in Cuba. Elizabeth de Victória, aged 22, is about to make her long-awaited debut on the stage of the biggest drag show in the entire province of Artemisa. But before she gives a live performance, she must confront all the difficulties preceding the show. A ruthless clock counts the minutes to the start of the show and the preparations of other drag queens reveal all the shortcomings of the debutant. Comments about the unknown girl can be heard whispered around the dressing room. The atmosphere is becoming denser as the successive drag queens finish their performances and everyone is awaiting the visiting debutant.
- directed by
- Duda GambogiQ&A guest
A director, screenwriter and editor. She holds a master’s in Documentary Filmmaking from EICTV (Cuba) and is currently finishing her fifth short film. Her previous works have been screened at more than 80 national and international festivals, such as Uppsala and Kasseler Dokfest, having won several awards, and her first film, "Endless Love", was chosen as one of the best short films of 2020 by Kinoscope magazine (USA). She coordinates the “Documentary development group”, a laboratory of film projects at the Marieta Cultural Center (Brasil).
- cinematography
- Isaac Fabricio, Luiza Calagian
- script
- Duda Gambogi
- editing
- Duda Gambogi, Toya Teicher
- production
- Matheus Moura (Ursana Filmes)
- Photo
- Trailer