The Bite (2019) - trailer. A film by Isadora Neves Marques.

The Bite
2019. Short fiction film, 26’, 16mm transferred to digital. Portugal/Brazil.
Written and directed by Isadora Neves Marques
Produced by Foi Bonita a Festa.

World premiere: Wavelengths - Toronto International Film Festival.
Awards: Go Short (Nijmegen), MixBrasil Festival de Cultura da Diversidade (São Paulo). Sicily Queer Film Festival (Palermo), second best short film at Short Waves (Poznan), KODAK Award at the Moscow Experimental International Film Festival.

Between a house in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and a genetically-modified mosquito factory near São Paulo, a polyamorous relationship struggles to survive a mosquito-borne epidemic spreading across Brazil. While in the factory millions of genetically-modified mosquitos are born daily inside test tubes in order to fight the virus, the power dynamics between the three lovers only intensifies. The Bite is a film found somewhere between horror, science-fiction and a queer drama that points to intimacy as a possible future beyond past and present waves of violence.

Film credits:
Written and directed by Isadora Neves Marques
Cast: Alina Dörzbacher, Ana Flávia Cavalcanti, Kelner Macedo
Supporting Cast: Luiz Felipe Lucas, Diogo Hayashi
Director of Photography: Marta Simões
Sound: Tales Manfrinato
Art Direction: Diogo Hayashi
Original Soundtrack: HAUT
Editing: Isadora Neves Marques
VFX: João Cáceres Costa
Post-Production Studio: Kino Sound Studio
Color Correction: Rita Lamas
Sound Design and Mix: Pedro Góis
Producers: Catarina de Sousa and Isadora Neves Marques
Produced by Foi Bonita a Festa
Distribution and Sales: Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency
With financial support of Pérez Art Museum of Miami

+ info: foibonitaafesta.com/the-bite