2026 Iris Prize

Seahorse

On the eve of the Feast of St. John, Francisca, who is a widow about to turn 75, is on the verge of exploding like fireworks.

DIRECTOR:

Leo Tabosa

PRODUCER:

Jorge Sardo Junior

WRITER:

Leo Tabosa

RELEASE YEAR:

2024

Brazil, 22 mins, Language: Portuguese

Director’s bio

Leo Tabosa (He/Him/His) – Film Director, Scriptwriter and Cultural Producer. He is the Creator and the Artistic Director of Cine Jardim – Festival Latino-Americano de Cinema de Belo Jardim (Belo Jardim – Pernambuco – Brazil) and of Mostra Curta Vazantes: Cinema em Comunidade (Aracoiaba – Ceará – Brazil).  As a Director and Scriptwriter, the following documentaries are highlighted: Retratos (2010), Tubarão (2013) and Baunilha (2017), as well as an animated film named The Adventures of the Dotted Boy (2016). Presently, he is developing his first feature film, entitled Gravidade.

Ar drothwy Gŵyl Sant Ioan, mae Francisca, sy’n weddw sydd ar fin troi’n 75 oed, ar fin ffrwydro fel tân gwyllt.

Bywgraffiad y cyfarwyddwr

Leo Tabosa (Ef/Ef/Ei) – Cyfarwyddwr Ffilm, Sgriptiwr a Chynhyrchydd Diwylliannol. Ef yw Crëwr a Chyfarwyddwr Artistig Cine Jardim – Festival Latino-Americano de Cinema de Belo Jardim (Belo Jardim – Pernambuco – Brasil) a Mostra Curta Vazantes: Cinema em Comunidade (Aracoiaba – Ceará – Brasil). Fel Cyfarwyddwr ac Sgriptiwr, mae’r rhaglenni dogfen canlynol yn cael eu hamlygu: Retratos (2010), Tubarão (2013) a Baunilha (2017), yn ogystal â ffilm animeiddiedig o’r enw The Adventures of the Dotted Boy (2016). Ar hyn o bryd, mae’n datblygu ei ffilm nodwedd gyntaf, o’r enw Gravidade.

2026 Iris Prize Shortlist