Wishful Thinking
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.