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Growing Pains

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5 films in package
My Dear Watson
When he receives a mysterious love note, a teenage Sherlock Holmes must step outside of his comfort zone in order to uncover the identity of his secret admirer.
Stranger, Brother.
When Adam, a self absorbed and lonely millennial, wakes to find his estranged half-brother on his doorstep one morning, he must face the family he’s been running away from.
Lesbian Ditch Day
Lesbian Ditch Day starts as a rom-com-y, coming-of-age tale of two high school lesbians playing hooky, but through a fourth wall break, the film reveals itself to be just another queerbaiting tragedy.
Mishaps in Spacetime
Doubt creeps in as Cosmo, a space traveller, addresses his gender identity. In need of clarity and change, he wants to risk crossing the Butterfly Nebula. His spaceship, on the other hand, has a personality of her own. Cosmo will need to negotiate change with a certain loss of control.
Whale 52 - Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale
An elderly man, silently grieving the loss of his male partner, volunteers at a school where he's assigned to mentor a young boy who hasn't spoken all year. Together, they discover that some of the deepest conversations only require a single word...and the courage to say it.
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A new kind of mystery to solve, siblings reconnecting, examining lesbian media, a journey of self, and taking the time to make a connection. This collection of films explores growing up and the uncertain path towards adulthood.


Math newydd o ddirgelwch i'w ddatrys, brodyr a chwiorydd yn ailgysylltu, archwilio cyfryngau lesbiaidd, taith o'r hunan, a chymryd yr amser i wneud cysylltiad. Mae'r casgliad hwn o ffilmiau'n archwilio tyfu i fyny a'r llwybr ansicr tuag at fod yn oedolyn.

Doubt creeps in as Cosmo, a space traveller, addresses his gender identity. In need of clarity and change, he wants to risk crossing the Butterfly Nebula. His spaceship, on the other hand, has a personality of her own. Cosmo will need to negotiate change with a certain loss of control.


Director’s bio

Caio Amado Soares (They/Their/Their) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. Caio finished Art and Media degrees in the art universities of Lisbon (BA) and Berlin (MA), received scholarships from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in 2015, and from the Berlin Senate in 2022-23 (Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium) and 2024 (Recherchestipendium). He has been part of the collectively run project space Raumerweiterungshalle between 2013-2023, in Berlin Ostkreuz. In 2016, he was nominated with the artist group Moles/Mules for the Bundespreis für Kunststudierende (German federal prize for art students).



Mae amheuaeth yn dod i’r amlwg wrth i Cosmo, teithiwr gofod, fynd i’r afael â’i hunaniaeth rhywedd. Gan fod angen eglurder a newid arno, mae am fentro croesi’r Butterfly Nebula. Mae gan ei long ofod, ar y llaw arall, bersonoliaeth ei hun. Bydd angen i Cosmo drafod newid gyda rhywfaint o golli rheolaeth.


Bywgraffiad y cyfarwyddwr

Mae Caio Amado Soares (Nhw/Eu/Eu) yn artist gweledol a gwneuthurwr ffilmiau sy’n byw yn Berlin. Cwblhaodd Caio raddau Celf a Chyfryngau ym mhrifysgolion celf Lisbon (BA) a Berlin (MA), derbyniodd ysgoloriaethau gan y Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung yn 2015, a chan Senedd Berlin yn 2022-23 (Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium) a 2024 (Recherchestipendium). Maen nhw wedi bod yn rhan o’r prosiect gofod Raumerweiterungshalle a redir ar y cyd rhwng 2013-2023, yn Berlin Ostkreuz. Yn 2016, cawson nhw eu henwebu gyda'r grŵp artistiaid Moles/Mules ar gyfer y Bundespreis für Kunststudierende (gwobr ffederal yr Almaen i fyfyrwyr celf).

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Germany, Portugal
  • Director
    Caio Amado Soares, Caio Amado Soares
  • Screenwriter
    Caio Amado Soares, Caio Amado Soares
  • Producer
    Caio Amado Soares, Caio Amado Soares
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