My White Shoes (Meu Tênis Branco)
Brazil, 15m, RED
After a humiliating mugging where he is forced to forfeit his pride and his shoes, an upper-class Brazilian teen, forced by his friends to prove his masculinity, decides to take revenge. When he realizes his aggression has gone too far, it might be too late for regret.
Director: Fabio Basso Montanari
Writer: Fabio Basso Montanari
Producer(s): Nayantara Roy
Director of Photography: Eduardo Piagge
Editor: Vinicius Prado Martins
Cast: Gustavo Pontes, Nicolas Barone, Gabriel Vieira, Wilgner Gama, Carlos Medeiros
Contact: Nayantara Roy, roy.nayantara85@gmail.com
About the Writer/Director
Fabio Montanari is a Brazilian filmmaker based in New York City and holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University, which he attended on a Fulbright scholarship. Fabio’s work has been screened in many festivals, including Palm Springs International Shortfest and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Coming from a country with one of the highest levels of social disparity in the world, for Fabio, filmmaking offers a unique opportunity to provide entertainment, while bringing about social change.
About the Producer
Nayantara Roy is an MFA candidate and a fellow of the Creative Producing program at Columbia University. She is a former journalist and a published playwright. During her time at Columbia, Nayantara has been the recipient of the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Grant as well as the Arthur Krim Memorial Award.
