Antonio da Silva Films

Film still “Mates”

“Mates” is a home made explicitly sex story about contemporary gay experience. It is a film about “real life”, anonymous bodies using online flirting, spontaneous random brief encounters, pornography, social media, hyperconnectivity, etc. We are part of a generation who will, for better or worse, probably have naked pictures on the Internet, or homemade sex videos on our smartphones at some point in our lives.

Director, camera and editor: Antonio Da Silva
Cast: Mates from online flirting/mobile phone applications
Music: Anklepants

Year: 2011

Length: 04:50

For further information e-mail:
antoniodasilvafilms@hotmail.com

Screenings

2012:

- Perv Queerotic Film Festival, Australia.

- Gaze, Dublin LGBT film festival, Ireland.

- Philadelphia QFest, LGBT Film Festival, USA.

- Out Takes film festival, New Zealand.

- Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Israel.

- Fringe East London Gay Film Festival, UK.

- Strangelove Film Fest, Belgium.

- Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Netherlands.

2011:

- Cork Film Festival, Ireland.

- Queer Lisboa Film Festival, Portugal.

- Barcelona Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Spain.

- Berlin Porn Film Festival, Germany.

- Hamburg lesbian and gay film festival, Germany.

Reviews/links:

http://www.buttmagazine.com/blog/tips/mates/

http://fringefilmfest.com/blog/3005/interview-with-antonio-da-silva

http://ipsilon.publico.pt/cinema/texto.aspx?id=294630

http://www.viceland.com/blogs/pt/2012/02/10/antonio-da-silva-um-etnografo-do-sexo-casual/

http://fleshbot.com/antonio-da-silva/

http://summerdiary.tumblr.com/page/8

http://www.catch-fire.com/2011/10/6th-pornfilmfestival-berlin-2011/

http://www.dezanove.pt/289709.html

© Antonio Da Silva 2011