DOK.horizonte competition
At this screening, directors Matthias Willi and Olivier Joliat will be our special guests for a subsequent Q&A.
VAI CAVALO
Brazil, France 2022 – Director: Harold Grenouilleau – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Willi and O. Joliat) – Length: 66 min.
The idyllic greenery of their surroundings is deceptive: Dirlinho and his cousin’s childhood is marked by deprivation and violence. They try to escape by working as jockeys. While the punters – mostly older men – bet on them, they gamble with their lives for a better future by riding doped horses. Always on the protagonists’ eye level, the film captures their balancing act between hope and hopelessness. Sara Gómez Schüller
Biography
Harold Grenouilleau has worked as editor-in-chief and later as artistic director for France Télévisions, Canal+ and Europa Corp. VAI CAVALO is his first film as writer/director.
Vincent Rimbaux is chief cinematographer, editor and director. He is primarily active as a cinematographer.
Filmography
Harold Grenouilleau
25 NUANCES DE DOC, FR 2016/17, 13 episodes between 70 and 90 min.
Vincent Rimbaux
RESSACA, FR 2018, 86 min. (together with Patrizia Landi)
Note
This film contains explicit depictions of animal cruelty.
Nominated for the DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency
The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.
Co-Director: Vincent Rimbaux. Writer: Harold Grenouilleau. Camera: Vincent Rimbaux. Sound: Harold Grenouilleau. Editing: Fabian Remy. Music: Vitor Cozilos. Production: Babel Doc. Producer: Stéphanie Lebrun.
