Threshold

Coraci Ruiz, 77 min, 2020

production

"Threshold" is an autobiographical documentary made by a mother who follows the gender transition of her adolescent son: between 2016 and 2019 she interviews him addressing the conflicts, certainties and uncertainties that pervade him in a deep search for his identity.

At the same time, the mother, revealed through a first-person narration and by her voice behind the camera that talks to her son, also goes through a process of transformation required by the situation that life presents her with by breaking old paradigms, facing fears and dismantling prejudices.

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director

Coraci Ruiz has a degree in Dance (2002), a Master in Audiovisual Culture and Media (2009) and a PhD in Multimedia (2020), all from Unicamp (SP/Brazil). Also part of her background is the 2005 EICTV documentary filmmaking workshop.

She has been a documentary filmmaker since 2003, when she participated in the foundation of the production company Laboratorio Cisco. She works mainly as director and director of photography for documentaries.

Among her main productions are the feature films "Threshold" (2020) and "Letters to Angola" (2012), which has participated in more than 30 festivals in 16 countries and was awarded prizes in Brazil, Angola, Portugal and Belgium; and the short films "Nostalgia, video letters to Cuba" (2005), "Another City" (2009), "Letters from Exile" (2015) and "Strong Feather" (2019). She is currently working on a feature film "Blooming on the asphalt" (selected for the LAB DOC of DOCSP 2020, with tutoring by Marta Andreu, and for the WIP of Conecta Chile, is expected to premiere in 2021).

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with

Noah Silveira Ruiz | Lena Bartman Marko | Coraci Ruiz

crew

Direction and Cinematography
Screenplay
Executive production
Editing
Narration text
Original soundtrack
Sound design and Mixing
Script consulting
Research coordination
Impact Distribution Production
Post-production Coordination
Post-production Production
Colorist
Executive production assistant
Editing assistant
Impact distribution
Illustration
Libras
Audio description voiceover and script

Coraci Ruiz
Coraci Ruiz and Luiza Fagá
Julio Matos
Luiza Fagá
Coraci Ruiz, Luiza Fagá and Julio Matos
Natália Mallo
Guile Martins
Cristina Amaral (DOCSP 2019)
Gilberto Alexandre Sobrinho
Rodrigo Diaz Diaz
Lucas Lazarini
Marcelo Félix
Tobias Rezende
Marcinho Zolá
Augusta Gui
Taturana Mobilização Social
Noah Silveira Ruiz
Neto Oliveira
Bell Machado (Quesst Consultoria)
Emmanuelle Alkmin (Consultoria)
Luana Pimentel (Consultoria Travestigeneri)
Augusta Gui (Consultoria Travestigeneri)
Noah Silveira Ruiz (Consultoria Travestigeneri)

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festivals

Hot Docs 2021 - Competitive Selection International Spectrum (International Première)
Ethnocineca - International Documentary Film Festival Vienna 2021 - Opening Film
28º Festival Mix Brasil 2020: Best Direction
14º For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero 2020: Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Sound Design
9ª SP Transvisão / SP Escola de Teatro, 2021
Mostra Transversa - Presenças Trans no Cinema Brasileiro / Escola Porto Iracema das Artes, 2020
Festival Cajubi 2021
Santos Film Fest – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santos: Honor Mention
9ª Mostra Audiovisual de Petrópolis
2º Festival Mulheres+ do Audiovisual - Inffinito Film Festival 2021
20º Cinemato - Festival de Cinema e Vídeo de Cuiabá: Best Feature Film - Films of the Resistance Programme by Audience
VI DIGO – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DA DIVERSIDADE SEXUAL E DE GÊNERO DE GOIÁS: Honor Mention
1° Festival Internacional LGBTQIA+ Transamazônico - Brazil
Mostra Cinecuesta - Brazil
Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival - Germany
24 Festival de Málaga - Spain
36^ Lovers Film Festival - Italy - Best Documentary
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer - Russia
42nd Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) - South Africa - Closing Film
Doc Montevideo - La Semana Documental - Uruguai
Unicamp Queer 2021 - Brazil
Rio Festival de Cinema LGBTQIA+ - Brazil - Best Film
Gimli Film Festival (GFF) - Canada
Vitória Mostra Docs - Brazil
Festival AMOR - Chile
Festival do Rio - Première Brasil
25 FESTIVAL DE CINE DE LIMA PUCP - Perú - Best Documentary and Gio Award for Best LGBTQIA+ Film
One World Arts - Canada
Citronela.Doc - Brazil
Queer Lisboa - Portugal - Audience Award
CINE A LA VISTA! - Argentina - 2º Award Category +13
Latin American and Spanish Film Week - Canada
35th Festival MIX Milano - Italy
Providence Latin American Film Festival - EUA
The Porn Film Festival Berlin - Germany
Brésil en Mouvements 2021 - France
Everybory's Perfect - Geneva International Queer Film Festival - Switzerland - Opening Film
Llamale H - Uruguai - Best Film
Cinemagic International Film Festival - UK
Seattle Latino Film Festival - EUA
Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible Film Sozialack Bilbao - Spain - Jury Award for Best Film made by a Woman
Cabíria Festival - Mulheres & Audiovisual - Brazil
6ª Elas Fazem Cinema: mostra de filmes dirigidos por mulheres - Brazil
San Francisco Latino Film Festival - EUA
DOCSP - Mostra de Filmes - Brazil
Festival de Cinema de Vitória - Brazil
Guelph Film Festival - Canada
FESTIVAL DEL CINEMA IBERO-LATINO AMERICANO DE TRIESTE - Italy
EQUIS Festival de Cine Feminista de Ecuador
38th Kassel Dokfest - Germany
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival - Czech Republic
MOSTRA XII Brazilian Film Festival - EUA and Brazil
FRONTDOC - Italy - Audience Award for Best Film
Festival de cine Latinoamericano de La Plata – FESAALP - Argentina
Festival Chéries-Chéris - France
Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest - Greece