When My Life

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In a Brazil, where violence and harshness have a free pass, a rural family accepts the proposal of an international organization led by an Argentine woman to “host” a foreign guest. However, none of the family members, and to a lesser extent the guest himself, see their expectations fulfilled. When My Life is a deadpan portrait of how the naturalization of the absurd is the new normal.

Photo credit: © Pepe Mendes

Carolina Markowicz

Carolina Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo – Brazil. She has written and directed 6 short films selected to 400 festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, SXSW, AFI and awarded more than 60 times. Carolina short The Orphan premiered in The Director’s Fortnight and was the winner of the Queer Palm in Cannes, 2018. At Indiewire she was showcased “Some of the World’s Most Exciting New Filmmakers”. In 2021, Carolina was invited to be member of the Academy of Oscars.

Photo credit: © Renata Terepins

Filmography

2019 – Spit – short film
2018 – El Huérfano – short film
2014 – Tatuapé Mahal Tower

Production notes

Superfilmes is an independent production company from São Paulo, Brazil. Among the feature films produced (half of them Operas Primas), we highlight La Casa de Alicia, by Chico Teixeira (Berlinale/Panorama). We have been working on When My Life since 2017, building valuable co-productions (Biônica Filmes and Ajimolido Films). Carolina is an original voice for all screens. The film’s moral elasticity is a metaphorical extension of human relationships, a topic of great interest, for us.

Support

“Doctoring Spcine” – Funds for audiovisual filmmaking 2017, Mercosur Audiovisual coproduction Meeting – Florianopolis – Brazil 2017, Ibermedia for the Development 2018, CineMart – IFFRotterdam 2018, 3 Puertos Cine (Chile and Mexico), AUSTRALAB’s development workshop with the support of IFFRotterdam 2018, FSA (Funds for the Audiovisual Sector) – Brazil 2019, INCAA’s automatic investments help for feature-film production – Argentina 2019, Ibermedia coproduction 2019, SPCINE/FSA – Regional accords – Investment program dedicated to help complete the production of feature films, Volta oas Sets – Fund Show me the fund – Proyecto Paradiso – Brazil 2021, First cut Lab Paradiso – Brazil 2022, Films in Progress – Toulouse 2022

Original title

Quando minha vida

Direction

Carolina Markowicz (Premier film)

Country

Brésil, Argentine

Scenario

Carolina Markowicz

Picture

Pepe Mendes

Cutting

Lautaro Colace

Actors

Maeve Jinkings (Irene), Cesar Bordón (Miguel), Jean Costa (Jean)

Awards

PRIX DES DISTRIBUTEUR·TRICES ET EXPLOITANT·ES EUROPÉEN·NES Cinélatino 2022

PRIX WIP PARADISO Cinélatino 2022

Production

Cinematográfica Superfilmes

Coproduction

Biônica Filmes, Ajimolido Films