Lobo e cão
Wolf and Dog
Cláudia Varejão
This film will also be available online on our VoD platform on April 24 and April 25, 2023. Please note: This film will only be available in Germany.
Language VoD platform: Original with German subtitles
Ana grows up with her two siblings on the island of São Miguel. Binary gender concepts determine everyday working life on the island. Religion is an important part of life and also gives structure to the way the residents co-exist. But even in this tradition-soaked environment, change is possible. For Ana, the friendship with Luis, someone who doesn’t conform to the binary structures, holds the promise of far more openness and the possibility of living differently. Chloé comes to São Miguel for a few weeks as well. Together in a queer community, they move across the islands, through the days and nights. The place with its seemingly pre-ordained rules is also their place, and they re-shape it. Cláudia Varejão portrays island life as a space oscillating between the utopian and the restrictive. The queer adolescent community operate both within and outside the traditional settings, not as people who are different, but as an integral part of it. They take their place in the procession wearing the most beautiful styles. The differences are not tolerated entirely without conflict among the islanders and within the families. The film image, however, creates new spaces and avoids stark juxtapositioning. The image of the island is already a queer setting, a place for more possibilities and changes. This is where differences can be seen and exist. Yet in the end, the question remains for the main characters: Where do we go from here?
This film contains physical violence.
Awards for »Wolf and Dog«
Giornate degli Autori director’s award – Venice International Film Festival 2022 | Special Jury Award (Youth Feature) – FIC Valdivia film festival 2022
Cláudia Varejão
Cláudia Varejão studierte im Creativity and Artistic Creation Program der Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin und der São Paulo International Film Academy. Zusätzlich studierte sie in Lissabon am Ar.Co Zentrum für Kunst und visuelle Kommunikation Fotografie. So arbeitet sie auch weiterhin sowohl als Filmemacherin als auch als Fotografin. Ihre bisherigen Filme sind international erfolgreich auf Festivals gelaufen und vielfach ausgezeichnet worden. Ihr Langfilmdebüt war der Film Ama-san, ein Portrait japanischer Taucherinnen. Für ihre filmische Arbeit ist ihr insbesondere die Nähe zu den Protagonist*innen ein wichtiges Anliegen.
Filme von Cláudia Varejão (Auswahl)
Amor Fati 2019 | Ama-san 2016 | In The Darkness Of The Theater I Take Off My Shoes 2016 | Morning Light 2012 | Cold Day 2010 | Weekend 2007