Renato Turnes

Movies

My Uncle's Friend
Director
The story of a LGBTQIA+ child told through old images from VHS tapes. The videos were recorded by Vicente's father between 1987 and 1993.
Pink Men
Screenplay
The meetings between Renato Turnes and nine gay gentlemen who share their memories with him. The first desires, the awakening of sexuality, the boiling of gay youth in a country under the military dictatorship, the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, the confrontation of losses and stigma, the party as a territory of resistance. Reflections on the passage of time and the aging of gay men in Brazil
Pink Men
Director
The meetings between Renato Turnes and nine gay gentlemen who share their memories with him. The first desires, the awakening of sexuality, the boiling of gay youth in a country under the military dictatorship, the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, the confrontation of losses and stigma, the party as a territory of resistance. Reflections on the passage of time and the aging of gay men in Brazil
Copi
Renê, 35, a receptionist at a hotel during the night and supplements his income by making nozzles to pay a pension for his 6-year-old son. Copi, 41, is an amateur, Argentinian, transvestite artist who makes her living on the night of Balneário Camboriú. The path of the must crosses and an unlikely friendship is born as quickly as it is interrupted.
Queer Projection
How can bodies and lives of LGBTQIA+ people be shown so that everyone in the city will see?
Selma After the Rain
Writer
A film that deals with two latent issues: transgender and old age. In the relationship of the two characters, tolerance and acceptance are the main themes.
The Feather Pillow
Jordão
Shortly after her honeymoon Alicia contracts an inexplicable illness, while her husband Jordan bear witness seemingly indifferent. Something hidden is driving her insane. The disease makes the young woman mix reality with gruesome hallucinations.
Rendas no ar
Doce de coco
Cabo Messias
The Shoes of Aristeu
The body of a dead transgender woman is being prepared by others trans people for the burial. Later it is delivered to the original family, that decides to bury her as a man. A trans person cortege moves toward the wake to reclaim the deceased’s built identity.
Veludo & Cacos de Vidro