Un Retrato De Familia

Un retrato de familia was Boo Junfeng's first short film made in 2003-2004 during a student exchange programme in Barcelona when he was 19 years of age.

It won several prestigious awards, launching the director to fame in local and international film circles, as well as making him a well known figure in Singapore's LGBT community.

=Production details=


 * English Title: A Family Portrait
 * Chinese Title: 全家福
 * Countries of Production: Singapore and Spain
 * Year: 2004
 * Duration: 8 min
 * Language: Spanish
 * Subtitles: English
 * Format: 35mm film

=Synopsis=

Sergio is a 17 year-old photographer who is aroused by black-and white encyclopedia diagrams of female genitalia. When his little sister asks him about sex one day, he revisits a memory years ago, in which he discovers a sexual secret amongst his family members.

The film's surprise ending makes the viewer ponder about issues of covert LGBT sexuality.

=Awards=


 * Best Short Film – 18th Singapore International Film Festival
 * Special Achievement Award – 18th Singapore International Film Festival
 * Bronze Award – 47th Brno Sixteen (Czech Republic)

=Nomination= Best Screenplay – 26th Munich International Festival of Film Schools (Germany)

=Festival Participation=


 * 2005 – 18th Singapore International Film Festival
 * 2005 – 24th Asolo Art Film Festival
 * 2005 – 13th Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Poland)
 * 2006 – Sehsuchte International Student Film Festival (Germany)

=Credits=

Director and writer
Boo Junfeng

Cast
Gina Berenguer Pilar Prats Miquel Saura Montserrat Miquel Segovia

Producer
Cleo Clara

Assistant producer
Joan Coll

Original Music
Timothy Tan

Cinematography
Sharon Loh

Sound designer
Lim Ting Li

Transport
Oscar Carri

Sergi Marí

=Film Stills=

=Sales=

International Sales & Distribution,

School of Film & Media Studies,

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

sch-fms@np.edu.sg

+65 64608430

=Screenings=

The short film was screened as part of the programme line-up for the inaugural Short Circuit, Singapore's first LGBT film festival held in 2006. The latter was an initiative of People Like Us headed by Alex Au and jointly curated by Boo and writer Alfian Sa'aat.

In 2008, Golden Village (Cinema Europa, GV VivoCity) screened it as part of a movie event entitled, "Against The Tide: A Screening of Boo Junfeng's Short Films *BlogAloud*:.

=See also=


 * Singapore gay films
 * Boo Junfeng

=References=


 * The "Un retrato de familia" page on boojunfeng.com:.

=External links=


 * Un retrato de familia trailer on YouTube: and on Vimeo:.


 * Un retrato de familia on IMDb:.