Friday 16th October 2015, 20:00

The Old Market Hall Cinema
Certificate 12
Portuguese with English Subtitles

Year: 2014
Country of Origin: Brazil
Length: 95 min (1hr 35 min)
Director: Daniel Ribeiro
Website: http://www.thewayhelooks.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewayhelooks
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702014/

Tickets

Synopsis

Leonardo and Giovana are best friends. Like all teenagers they yearn for more independence and, being blind, Leonardo even more so. They dream of going abroad and of experiencing love’s first kiss. Gabriel, the new boy at school, becomes fast friends with them both, but ultimately three becomes a crowd.

Screening sponsored by Midland Zone

Awards:

  • Teddy Award – Berlinale 2014 (Germany)
  • FIPRESCI Award – Berlinale 2014 (Germany)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 Guadalajara Internacional Film Festival (Mexico)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 Torino Internacional LGBT Film Festival (Italy)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 Frameline – São Francisco Internacional LGBT Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 OutFest – Los Angeles Internacional LGBT Film Festival (USA)
  • Jack Law Award – 2014 Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 Peace & Love Film Festival (Sweden)
  • Best Film – Jury Award – 2014 Peace & Love Film Festival (Sweden)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 Damn These Heels – Salt Lake City International LGBT Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Screenplay – 2014 Skip City International D-Cinema Festival (Japan)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 2014 NewFest – New York Internacional LGBT Film Festival (USA)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada)
  • Best Film – 13 and over – Carrousel international du film de Rimouski (Canada)
  • Best Film – BPTT Youth Jury Prize – Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Athens International Film Festival
  • Best Narrative Film – Jury Award – ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Dayton LGBT Film Festival 2014
  • Favourite Men’s Feature Film – Reel Q – Pittsburgh International LGBT Festival
  • Favourite Foreign Language Film – Reel Q – Pittsburgh International LGBT Festival
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Ft Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Hamburg Int. Queer Film Festival (Germany)
  • Best Narrative Feature –  Jury Award – ImageOut: Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival (USA)
  • Best Director – El Colón de Plata – Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva (Spain)
  • Best Actor – APCA – Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte (Brazil)
  • Best Film – For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual (Brazil)
  • Best Actor – Ghilherme Lobo – For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual (Brazil)
  • Best Actor – Fabio Audi – For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual (Brazil)
  • Best Production Design – For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual (Brazil)
  • Best Film – Festival de Cinema Brasileiro na China – BRAPEQ (China)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – GLBT Filmfest Slovenia
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Mostra de Cinema de Gostoso (Brazil)
  • Best Film – Mostra Cinema e Direitos Humanos no Hemisfério Sul (Brazil)
  • Best Actor – Ghilherme Lobo – Prêmio QUEM Acontece (Brazil)
  • Best Director – Prêmio QUEM Acontece (Brazil)
  • Best Director – São Paulo’s State Governor Award (Brazil)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – Roze Filmdagen – Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Netherlands)
  • Best Film – Audience Award – 41º Festival Sesc Melhores Filmes (Brazil)
  • Best Director – Audience Award – 41º Festival Sesc Melhores Filmes (Brazil)
  • Best Screenplay – Audience Award – 41º Festival Sesc Melhores Filmes (Brazil)
  • Best Actor – Ghilherme Lobo – Jury Award – 41º Festival Sesc Melhores Filmes (Brazil)
  • Best Director – 11º Prêmio Fiesp/Sesi-SP de Cinema (Brazil)
  • Diversity Respect Award – Film Category – São Paulo Gay Parade Association (Brazil)