Vapor (film) explained

Vapor
Director:Kaveh Nabatian
Producer:Marie-Luc Beaudin
Cédric Bourdeau
Stéphane Tanguay
Starring:Marco Ledezma
Evergon
Music:Bell Orchestre
Cinematography:Christophe Collette
Editing:Elric Robichon
Studio:Productions Kinesis
Distributor:Locomotion Distributions
Runtime:10 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:Spanish

Vapor is a Canadian comedy-drama short film, directed by Kaveh Nabatian and released in 2010. The film depicts the emotional journey of Enrique Salgado (Marco Ledezma), a middle-aged gay Mexican man, through shame, fear and internalized homophobia toward self-acceptance, after being invited to pose in the nude for a photographer (Evergon).[1]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[2] It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 31st Genie Awards,[3] and a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Short Film at the 13th Jutra Awards.[4]

Notes and References

  1. "Top 10 short films to be shown at Hagen theatre". Courtenay Comox Valley Record, July 14, 2011.
  2. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-top-ten-for-2010/ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010"
  3. https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/barney-s-version-incendies-top-genie-noms-1118031407/ "‘Barney’s Version,’ ‘Incendies’ top Genie noms"
  4. Marc Cassivi, "Soirée des Jutra: Incendies, favori d'un cru relevé". La Presse, February 9, 2011.