Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve

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Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve.

Dance and prostitution play the same role for Jonathan´s body; virtuosity, desire, technique, and sex intertwine, granting coherence to a way of life that offers many answers to few questions; a leitmotiv that reconciles opposites and contradictions; answers that are sometimes painful, like all truths.

Director.

Julián Hernández is born in Mexico City in 1972 and he graduated in film from the state University UNAM. Among his previous works are the feature films Broken Sky (2006), A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End  (2003), winner of the Teddy Award at Berlin Film Festival and Raging Sun, Raging Sky, winner of the same Award but in 2009.
Hernández has also directed, among others, the short films Por encima del abismo de la desesperación (1996), Hubo un tiempo en que los sueños dieron paso a largas noches de insomnio (1997), Bramadero (2007), Vago rumor de mares en zozobra (2008), Atmósfera (2009).

Details.

  • Title
    Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
  • Rights
    Festivals,
    Sales
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Year
    2015
  • Length
    20′, col.

  • Director
    Julián Hernández
  • Screenplay
    Emiliano Arenales Osorio
  • Editing
    Adriana Martínez
  • Photography
    Jerónimo Rodríguez-García

  • Music
    Arturo Villela Vega
  • Sound
    Omar Juárez Espino,
    Armando Narváez del Valle
  • Cast
    Cristhian Rodríguez, Akram,
    Saúl Sánchez, Javier Oliván,
    Rubén Santiago, Albertone,
    Omar Francisco Armella,
    Luis Fernando Loyola,
    Carlos Eduardo Sánchez,
    Jyasú Torruco, Compañía de danza México de colores,
    Álvaro Varo Hernández

  • Producer
    Ernesto Martínez Arévalo
  • Production
    IMCINE, Mil Nubes Cine,
    DOCS DF, Ruta 66


  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2015 – Latinamerican Short Film Competition
  • Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2015
  • Outfest Los Angeles 2015
  • Mix Mexico 2015
  • Sicilia Queer Festival 2015
  • Indie Bogotà 2015
  • Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2015
  • Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2015
  • Barcelona LGBT Film Festival 2015
  • Hong Kong LGBT Film Festival 2015
  • MicGenero Mexico City 2015 – Short Documentary Competition
  • Filmar Geneve 2015
  • Curta Cinema Rio de Janiero 2015
  • La Habana Latinamerican International Film festival 2015
  • Cortocircuito New York 2015
  • Mix Brasil 2015
  • Shorts Mexico 2015 – Short Documentary Competition
  • Mix New York 2015
  • Outfest Santo Domingo 2015
  • San Diego Latin Film Festival 2016
  • Clermont Ferrando International Short Film Festival 2016
  • Pink Apple Zurich 2016
  • FICMY 2016 – Mexican Short Documentary Competition
  • In & Out Nice 2016
  • MIDOC Guatemala City 2016
  • Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival Calgary 2016
  • Shorts Mexico 2016 – Ariel Short Nominees presentation 2016
  • Mix Mexico 2016
  • Rio Gay Fest 2016 – International Short Film Panorama
  • Guayaquil International Film Festival 2016
  • Cologne Filmforum NRW 2017
  • Shorts Mexico Mexico City 2018
  • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2018
  • Cine Bella Epoca Shorts Mexico Mexico City 2019
  • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2021 – Retrospective Julián Hernández


  • MicGenero Mexico City 2015 – Best Short Documentary Film
  • Shorts Mexico 2015 – Best Short Documentary Film
  • Ariel Awards – Nominated as Best Short Documentary


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