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A History of Mutual Respect
2010

by Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

And time is a dictator, as we know it. Where does it go? What does it do? Most of all: is it alive? — Nina Simone

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A playful yet serious meditation on friendship, competition, and carnal desire, cast against lush jungle settings and the modernist architecture of Brasilia.

directing

Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt

cinematography

Eberhard Schedl
Natxo Checa

sound

Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
Hugo Leitão

editing

Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
Hugo Leitão

with

Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
Joana Nascimento
Alcina Abrantes

awards →
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Produced by A Mutual Respect Productions
With the associate production of ZDB and Periferia Filmes
With the support of Lightfilm and Kodak

S16mm transferred to HD, 23 min.
Color / 16:9 / Stereo Sound
Language: English, Portuguese

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awards

2010 Locarno International Film Festival [Switzerland] – Best Short Film
2010 IndieLisboa IIFF [Portugal] – Best Portuguese Short Film
2010 Bucharest IEFF [Romania] – KODAK Cinelabs Prize
2010 Festival Luso-Brasileiro SMF [Portugal] – Jury Award
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival [Australia] – Best Experimental Short Film

exhibitions & collections

Exhibitions
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Odd Places for Hope, ICA, London, [United Kingdom]
2013 Ghosts of Eden: The films of Gabriel Abrantes, Kunst-Werke, Berlin [Deutschland]
2012 Mostra de Filmes de Gabriel Abrantes, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon [Portugal]
2011 Selected, Whitechapel Gallery, London [United Kingdom]
2010 Histories of Mutual Respect, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães [Portugal]

screenings

2010 Locarno International Film Festival [Switzerland]
2010 IndieLisboa IIFF [Portugal]
2010 Bucharest IEFF [Romania]
2010 Entrevues Belfort - Festival international du film [France]
2010 Oslo International Film Festival [Norway]
2010 Festival Luso-Brasileiro SMF [Portugal]
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival [Australia]
2011 Rotterdam International Film Festival [Netherlands]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2017 Cinemateca Portuguesa - May [Portugal]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]

full cast and crew

Cast
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
Joana Nascimento
Alcina Abrantes
Natxo Checa (voice)
Edivaldo
Carlos Rigoberto Esquivel
Mati Diop

Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt
in collaboration with Natxo Checa

Script Consultant
Alexandre Melo

Director of Photography
Natxo Checa

Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions

Producers
Gabriel Abrantes
Natxo Checa

Associate Production
ZDB
Periferia Filmes

Associate Producer
João Trabulo

Music
Daniel Gdula

Post-Production Sound
François Loubeyre

Foley Artist
Daniel Gries

Post-Production Sound Editing
Daniel Schmidt
Hugo Leitão

Post-Production Sound Recording
Marina Santana
Gabriel Abrantes
Daniel Schmidt

Negative Development
Megacolor, São Paulo
LightFilm, Lisbon

Post-Production Image Studios
The Post Republic, Berlin
Estudios Mega, São Paulo
LightFilm, Lisbon

Post-Production Sound Studios
Studio Line, Paris
Banda Sonora, São Paulo
Obviosom, Lisbon

Filmed in Kodak Vision III S16mm

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