Brief Story from the Green Planet | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Santiago Loza |
Producer: | Paulo Carvalho Ángeles Hernández David Matamoros Luana Melgaço Constanza Sanz Palacios |
Starring: | Romina Escobar Paula Grinszpan Luis Sodá |
Cinematography: | Eduardo Crespo |
Editing: | Iair Michel Attias Lorena Moriconi |
Studio: | Anavilhana Filmes Autentika Films Constanza Sanz Palacios Films Zentropa |
Runtime: | 75 minutes |
Country: | Argentina Germany Brazil Spain |
Language: | Spanish |
Brief Story from the Green Planet (Spanish; Castilian: Breve historia del planeta verde) is a 2019 internationally co-produced science fiction adventure film directed by Argentine filmmaker Santiago Loza. The film centres on Tania (Romina Escobar), a young transgender woman mourning the recent death of her grandmother, who discovers that her grandmother was taking care of an extraterrestrial alien and embarks on a quest with her longtime friends Daniela (Paula Grinszpan) and Pedro (Luis Sodá) to return the creature to where it was originally found.[1]
The film is an international co-production between Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Spain.
The film premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival,[2] where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-themed feature film.[3]