My Name is Baghdad

My Name is Baghdad, film directed by Caru Alves de Souza. The story revolves around a 17-year-old skateboarder named Bagdá, played by Grace Orsato, who is making her acting debut and is a skateboarder in real life. Singer Karina Buhr, who is also making her film acting debut, is in the cast and plays Baghdad’s mother Micheline.

Bagdá is a 17 year old skater who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a neighborhood on the city limits of São Paulo. Bagdá skates with a group of skateboarding boys from the neighborhood and spends much of her time with her family and her mother’s friends. Together they form a group of unconventional women. When Bagdá finally meets a group of girls skateboarders, her life changes.

 

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  Genre

  Fiction / Drama, Comedy

  Country of production

  Brazil

  Language

  Portuguese

  Production year

  2019

  Duration

  99 minutes

  Distribution

  Pagu Filmes

  Sales

  Reel Suspects

  Licensing

  Star+ (Disney+)




• Grace Orsato – Bagdá 

   Karina Buhr – Micheline

  Marie Maymone – Joseane  

  Helena Luz – Bia  

  Gilda Nomacce – Gladys  

  Paulette Pink – Gilda  

  Emílio Serrano – Emílio  

  William Costa – Deco  

  João Paulo Bienemann – Clever  

  Nick Batista – Vanessa  




• Production: Rafaella Costa and Caru Alves de Souza

  Executive Production: Rafaella Costa

  Director of Photography: Camila Cornelsen

  Editing: Willem Dias, AMC

  Art Direction: Marinês Mêncio

  Costume Design: Silvana Marcondes

  Sound Supervision and Mixing: Pedro Noizyman

  Direct Sound: René Brasil and André Bellentani

  Cast Production: Paula Pretta

  Cast Preparation: Marina Medeiros

  Production Direction: Stella Rainer

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• World Premiere

  70th Berlin International Film Festival

  Awards

  • 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Germany, 2020) – Best Film by the International Jury (Crystal Bear) at the Generation 14plus screenings
  • 15th Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de La Plata (Argentina, 2020) – Best Latin American Film
  • 24th Lima PUCP Film Festival (Peru, 2020) – Best Actress for Grace Orsato and Honorable Mention for Female Cast
  • 18th Gender Bender International Film Festival (Italy, 2020) – Best Film
  • 6th Nordic International Film Festival (USA, 2020) – Best Film and Best Direction
  • 2nd Cormorán Film Festival (Spain, 2020) – Audience Award
  • 31st Cine Junior Festival (France, 2021) – Student Jury Award
  • 11th Santiago de Chile Festival Cine de Mujeres – FEMCINE (Chile, 2021) – Best International Feature Film
  • Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth (Canada, 2021) – Edith Lando Peace Prize
  • Bilbao Surf Film Festival (Spain, 2021) – Best Action Film
  • 28th Cinelatino Tübingen (Germany, 2021) – Public Choice Award
  • Internationales Frauen Film Fest (Germany, 2021) – Public Choice Award
  • 6th Paris Surf & Skateboard Film Festival (France, 2021) – Best Skateboard Film
  • 6th ABRA Screenplay Award (Brazil, 2022) – Best Adapted Screenplay for Fiction Film