''Tchindas'' is a 2015 Spanish-Cape Verdean

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directed by Pablo García Pérez de Lara and Marc Serena. The film premiered at the Outfest Los Angeles 2015 where it received a Grand Jury Award.

Plot

In the Atlantic Ocean, the tiny island of São Vicente works together to make something beautiful out of nothing: a Carnival. During the month leading up to the festivities the viewer discovers the struggles needed to achieve it through a person that coined a word: Tchinda. It is shot in the most gay-friendly African country, Cape Verde, according to Afrobarometer's 2016 report.

Cast

* Tchinda Andrade as herself * Elvis Tolentino as himself * Edinha Pitanga as herself

Recognition

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'' praised the film, writing it was "a beautifully shot vérité chronicle of the all-consuming Carnival preparations on São Vicente". ''Tchindas'' picked up six awards in the five festivals which until now has been presented in competition: the Outfest, the Chicago Reeling LGBT Film Festival, MiradasDoc, and LesGaiCineMad. It has also been screened at Seminci and is in competition at the In-Edit and View

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. The African Artists' Association praised the film for its story, background, and depth, writing that it showed "a vivid sense of place, community and personalities

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comes through in the keenly observed film by Pablo Garcia Perez de Lara and Marc Serena, which reveals a seamless fusion of tradition and open-hearted acceptance." ''

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'' praised the project and wrote of the film and its subject.

Reception

Of the film's screening at the REELING:Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, the '' Windy City Times'' stated it was a "Documentary Centerpiece" and referred to it as "a glittery, oh-so-fabulous examination of a little-seen culture reminiscent of '' Paris Is Burning''".

Awards and nomination

* 2015, won Outfest's Grand Jury Award for 'Excellence in Filmmaking'

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchindas 2015 films Spanish independent films 2015 LGBTQ-related films Regal Entertainment films 2010s Catalan-language films 2010s Spanish-language films Spanish LGBTQ-related documentary films Cape Verdean LGBTQ-related films Transgender-related documentary films Cape Verdean documentary films