OBSCURO
BARROCO

A film by Evangelia Kranioti

France, Greece / 60 min / color / 5.1
Production Tropical Underground

Image, sound Evangelia Kranioti
Editing Yorgos Lamprinos 

Sound design, foley, re-recording mix Jérôme Gonthier 

Production secretary Christina Lekkaki 
PR, press Annie Maurette

With the support of Région Île-de-France and Greek Film Center

News

Obscuro Barroco wins Best Audience Documentary Award and Special Documentary Jury Award at the LA Greek Film Festival

Obscuro Barroco wins two Iris Awards by the Hellenic Film Academy : Best Documentary feature and Best Editing

Obscuro Barroco is nominated for Best Documentary feature and Best Editing at the Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy.

Obscuro Barroco wins Best film KRAK Award at ZineGoak, Spain

Obscuro Barroco will screen at the Cinema DS x IDFA sessions in Amesterdam

Obscuro Barroco will screen at the Bucharest Fashion Film festival

Obscuro Barroco special screening at cinéma Le Meliès in Grenoble

Obscuro Barroco special screening at cinéma Le Grand Action in Paris

Obscuro Barroco back in Mexico ! From February to May, across different cities with the AMBULANTE Film Festival

Obscuro Barroco closing film at the Athens Fashion Festival

Great article in Séquences, La revue de cinéma by Elie Castel

Great article in Sounds and Colors by Jo-Brandim Howson

Obscuro Barroco at Hellas Filmbox Berlin

Obscuro Barroco to have its Swedish premiere next week, at the Göteborg International Film Festival

Obscuro Barroco screening at the Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος / Greek Film Archive, as part of the GreeK Queer Cinema tribute

Obscuro Barroco wins the PREMIO FELIX for Best Documentary Feature at the Rio International Film festival ! An honour for everyone involved in the project and a great tribute to our film's protagonist, the beloved late Luana Muniz, genuine Carioca "da gema".

Obscuro Barroco wins the LILY Award for Best documentary at the MIX Copenhagen LGBTQ Film festival

Obscuro Barroco wins Special Mention at the FrontDoc International Documentary Festival in Aosta Italy

Article in Uzak by Mariangela Sansone

Obscuro Barroco to screen at Les Ecrans Documentaires / Q&A with Evangelia Kranioti
November 8 / 13:00 / Espace Jean Vilar

Obscuro Barroco will have its Brazilian premiere at the Festival do Rio and is a nominee for the Felix prize

Obscuro Barroco is an Heterodox Award nominee at the Cinema Eye Honors

Obscuro Barroco in IDFA Amsterdam

Obscuro Barroco in Fringe! Queer Film Fest
November 15 / 21:00 / Genesis Cinema, London

Obscuro Barroco in 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival / Greek Queer Cinema Tribute
November 10

Obscuro Barroco in Festival She Makes Noise 2018
October 20 / 19:00 / La Casa Encendida , Madrid

Obscuro Barroco in Margaret Mead Film Festival / US Premiere
October 19 / 21:30 / American Museum of Natural History, New York

Obscuro Barroco in Antenna Documentary Film Festival / Australian Premiere
October 13 / 20:30 / Verona Cinema, Sydney

Obscuro Barroco Review by Yorgos Paschos for Exile Room

Obscuro Barroco Review by Giuseppe Di Salvatore for Filmexplorer, september 2018

Obscuro Barroco wins Best international documentary feature at Guanajuato IFF Mexico

Obscuro Barroco in DokuFest International Documentary and short film festival, Albania
August 5/ 12:00/ Shtëpia e Kulturës, Prizren
August 10/ 20:00/ Kino Kalaja, Prizren

Obscuro Barroco at the Festival L'Heure d'été Rio de Janeiro in Brussels
July 11/ 21:00/ Cinéma Galeries
August 12/ 19:00/ Cinéma Galeries

Obscuro Barroco in MostraFire! Barcelona
June 15/ 18:30/ French Institute

The BFI British Film Institute includes Obscuro Barroco in its Top 10 films to look out for at the Sheffield Doc/Fest

Ala CHAMP includes Obscuro Barroco among the 10 films not to miss at the upcoming Sheffield Doc/Fest

Obscuro Barroco French Premiere at the 29th FID Marseille, nomination for the GNCR Award

Obscuro Barroco in Lima Independiente, Peru
June 4/21:00/ Centro Cultural de España en Lima
June 8/16:00/ Centro Cultural de España en Lima

Obscuro Barroco in Kyiv Molodist
May 28/17:30/ Kiev Cinema/ Red Hall
May 30/14:15/ Kiev Cinema/ Red Hall

Obscuro Barroco in BELDOCS Belgrade
May 10/20:00/ Jugoslovenska kinoteka-Kosovska
May 13/21:00/Centar za kulturu Vlada Divljan

Obscuro Barroco UK premiere at the Sheffield Doc/Fest
June 8/20:00 /The Light Cinema 8
June 11/14:30 /The Light Cinema 3

Obscuro Barroco nominated for the Sheffield Doc/Fest Art Doc Award

Obscuro Barroco upcoming North American Premiere at TORONTO HOT DOCS

Obscuro Barroco upcoming Turkish Premiere
at Istanbul International Film Festival

A feverish vision, thanks also to a splendid cinematography, of the desire to affirm an instantaneous self., by Andreina Di Sanzo in MY MOVIES, april 2018

Hot Docs 2018 : Obscuro Barroco, by Courtney Small in CINEMA AXIS, april 2018

Obscuro Barroco review, by Daniel Glassman in POV MAGAZINE, april 2018

Obscuro Barroco review, by Filippos Hatzikos in CINEDOGS, april 2018

What's queer at Hot Docs? A guide to everything LGBTQ at North America's biggest documentary event, by Peter Knegt in CBC, april 2018

Top 8 queer films to see at Hot Docs Festival 2018, by Justin Gray in YOHOMO, april 2018

Obscuro Barroco review, by Yorgos Panagiotakis in INSIDE STORY, april 2018

Evangelia Kranioti's homage to Brazilian trans icon Luana Muniz is a dreamy acid-trip through Rio's queer nightlife, by Kevin Ritchie in NOW TORONTO

Obscuro Barroco di Evangelia Kranioti - Berlinale 68,Panorama: la recensione, by Michele Faggi in INDIE EYE

Film Review : Obscuro Barroco at Berlinale, by Alistair Ryder in GAY THEMED FILMS

Breasts in the mist, by Gerasimos Bekas in GOETHE INSTITUTE ONLINE

Baroque pleasures and Queer transformations,
by Hannah Paveck in ANOTHER GAZE, march 2018

Stepping into the light : transmissibility in Brazilian art, by Hannah Gongdon
in TEDDY AWARD TV, march 2018

A port city’s cinema dreams : the TDF turns 20, by Pamela Cohn in FILMMALER MAGAZINE, march 2018

Obscuro Barroco, awarded film by Evangelia Kranioti, by Theo Votsos in DIABLGOG, march 2018

Artistic magic of transformation, by Antonis Goumas in CINEPIVATES, march 2018

Awarded documentary Obscuro Barroco, by Giorgos Roussos in TVXS, march 2018

Obscuro Barroco’s protagonist is the most famous transgender of Brazil, by Meropi Kokkini in LIFO, march 2018

Berlin IFF offers politically charged queer narratives by Kennith Rosario in THE HINDU, february 2018

Rio de Janeiro as a transvestite, by Kennith Rosario in BERLINALE TALENT PRESS, february 2018

A Rio tra mutazioni di identità e desiderio, by Giovana Branca in IL MANIFESTO, february 2018

Obscuro Barroco is a filmic experience, by Manolis Kranakis in FLIX, february 2018

Evangelia Kranioti at the Berlinale, by Panagiotis Kouparanis in DEUTSCHE WELLE, february 2018

Evangelia Kranioti : être, ce devenir, by Jean Paul Gavard-Perret in LE LITTERAIRE, january 2018

Obscuro Barroco on the Greek national television WEBTV ERT

Another look : 68th Berlin IFF, by Georgia Korossi in 11 Polaroids

Transvestites are dream factories, by Vicky Harissopoulou in ATHENS PRESS AGENCY

Latin America Reigns at the Berlinale’s Teddy Awards, CINEMATROPICAL

The TDF focuses on brave new voices, by Vassilis Economou, in CINEUROPA

Berlinale 2018 : Evangelia Kranioti's Obscuro Barocco wins the Teddy Jury Award!, CINEMAGAZINE

Significant distinction for Kranioti in the 68th Berlinale, EFSYN.GR

Berlin Teddy Award for Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti, CINEPIVATES

Significant distinction for Kranioti in the 68th Berlinale, TA NEA

Berlin Film Festival : The sensual Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti won the Teddy Jury Award, TO PONTIKI

Obscuro Barroco won the Teddy Jury Award at the 68th Berlin Film Festival, LEFT.GR

Berlinale: The exotic queer documentary Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti won the Teddy Jury Award, LIFO

Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti among the 68th Berlinale Teddy Awards, FLIX

Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti awarded at the Berlinale, ATHENS VOICE

Obscuro Barroco nominated for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award at the 69th Berlinale Panorama

Obscuro Barroco world premiere at the 69th Berlinale Panorama