Frame from the documentary Deus tem AIDS
Image: via Ponte Produtoras / Vitrine Filmes

Deus tem AIDS

Documentary · 2021 · production design

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Forty years into the AIDS epidemic in Brazil, seven artists and one activist doctor — all living with HIV — use dance, performance and poetry to confront serophobia and propose new images of life with the virus. Vinicius Couto was the film's production designer.

The documentary won Best Film and the Audience Award at Queer Porto 2021, screened at festivals including Olhar de Cinema, IDFA (Amsterdam) and Mix Brasil, and opened in Brazilian cinemas on December 1, 2022 — World AIDS Day.

Directed by
Fábio Leal & Gustavo Vinagre
Production design
Vinicius Couto
Screenplay
Fábio Leal, Gustavo Vinagre, Tainá Muhringer
Cinematography
Tiago Calazans
Production
Ponte Produtoras · distribution Vitrine Filmes
Format
Brazil · 2021 · 82 min
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“By unsettling so many certainties in its audience, Deus tem AIDS is an extremely necessary film for all Brazilians.”

Maura Martins — Escotilha (translated)