Wishful Thinking

Week Dos (6/2-6/8)
Written By Mariano Garcia

Director: Rodrigo Carvalhedo & Silvia Lara

Producers: Rodrigo Carvalhedo & Silvia Chen

Philadelphia Premiere

Country of Production: United States & Brazil

Date of Completion: 2023

Duration of Film: 16 Minutes

Rodrigo is an immigrant gay man with a double life: he’s out and in a relationship in the US but closeted to his family in Brazil. On his birthday, he makes a wish for his two worlds to come together. The wish proves to be magical, sending him on a surreal coming-out journey back and forth between Brazil and LA. Now, he must confront his identity and relationships to understand that coming out is more internal than external.

Mariano Garcia
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