2020 ShortFest Archive
Oscar is a child who sprouts in his parents garden. Nobody knows his biological sex but he claims the masculine gender. One day Oscar experiences an extraordinary but painful adventure in an authoritarian and oppressive world.
In competition for Best LGBT+ Short
In competition for Best LGBT+ Short
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Alexandre Siqueira was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1980. Since 1999 he develops and collaborates in several animated films projects. In 2010 he finish the animation filmmaking course at la Poudrière school, where he directs "Journey to the Sunflowers Fields". "Purpleboy" is his latest animated short film.