The Orphan (2018 film)

The Orphan
The Orphan
Portuguese	O Órfão
Directed by	Carolina Markowicz
Written by	Carolina Markowicz
Produced by	Mario Peixoto; Mayra Faour Awad
Starring	Kauan Alavrenga
Cinematography	Pepe Mendes
Edited by	Lautaro Colace
Production; company	MyMama Entertainment
Release date	17 May 2018 (Cannes);
Running time	16 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

The Orphan (Portuguese: O Órfão) is a 2018 Brazilian short drama film, written and directed by Carolina Markowicz.^[1] The film stars Kauan Alavrenga as Jonathas, a young orphan who was adopted by a family, but then was abandoned and returned to the orphanage when they discovered that he was gay.^[2]

The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Queer Palm for best LGBTQ-themed short film.^[3]

References[edit]

^ James Prestridge, "Interview: Director Carolina Markowicz On Her Poignant Short Film ‘The Orphan’". Close-Up Culture, 15 January 2019.
^ "Curta de Carolina Markowicz traz a Cannes problemática da adoção". RFI, 18 May 2018.
^ Rhonda Richford, "Cannes: Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’ Awarded Queer Palm Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2018.

External links[edit]

The Orphan at IMDb

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[1] James Prestridge, "Interview: Director Carolina Markowicz On Her Poignant Short Film ‘The Orphan’". Close-Up Culture, 15 January 2019.

[2] "Curta de Carolina Markowicz traz a Cannes problemática da adoção". RFI, 18 May 2018.

[3] Rhonda Richford, "Cannes: Lukas Dhont’s ‘Girl’ Awarded Queer Palm Prize". The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2018.

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v t e Winners of the Queer Palm
Feature films	Kaboom (2010) Beauty (2011) Laurence Anyways (2012) Stranger by the Lake (2013) Pride (2014) Carol (2015) The Lives of Thérèse (2016) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017) Girl (2018) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) The Divide (2021) Joyland (2022) Monster (2023) Three Kilometres to the End of the World (2024)
Short films	It's Not a Cowboy Movie (2012) Lost Queens (2015) Gabber Lover (2016) Islands (2017) The Orphan (2018) The Distance Between Us and the Sky (2019) The Fall of the Swift / Frida (2021) Will You Look at Me (2022) Bolero (2023) Southern Brides (2024)