Private Photos

Rafa and Matheus are a settled, affectionate couple in Brazil who have decided to invite a third man into their apartment for the night. The evening arrives with a charge of excitement and a fair amount of awkwardness, as the visitor's frank, uninhibited energy unsettles the rhythms the two of them have built together. Over the course of one night, the film watches the couple negotiate curiosity, jealousy, and the small discoveries people make about each other when a stranger is in the room. Director Marcelo Grabowsky handles the material with candor and restraint, keeping the focus on feeling rather than spectacle. Lucas Galvino, Vinicius Neri, and Antonio Miano lead this twenty-minute Portuguese-language short, which premiered at the MixBrasil Festival of Diversity in São Paulo. Presented as part of The Gay Agenda 32.