Purpleboy

World Animation

Director: Alexandre Siqueira

Portugal, France, Belgium / 2019 / 14´

Oscar is a child who sprouts in his parents’ garden. Nobody knows his biological sex, but he claims the masculine gender. One day Oscar lives an extraordinary but painful adventure in an authoritarian and oppressive world. Will he manage to have the identity recognition he desires so much?

Screenplay: Alexandre Siqueira 

Art Director: Alexandre Siqueira

Awards:

  • 2019:  ‘Best Animation Award’, Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal
  • 2019: Best International Short Film, CARTÓN Animation Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2019: Grand Prize — Best Short Film, Animage International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

 

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