INCENDIOS (2021)

Still from Incendios. A wide shot of the two boys on some grass on a small hill. The sky is bright blue.

Still from Incendios. A medium close up of the two boys. They share a drag of a joint by interlocking their hands and sucking from either side.

Still from Incendios. One of the two boys, played by Dmitri, is standing in a tunnel with graffiti on the wall. The shot is very blurry, as if it's in motion.

Still from Incendios. A wide shot of the two boys in a lake, facing each other with some distance in between them. The sun is setting.

Still from Incendios. An upside-down close up of one of the boys, played by Osei, on his back in the water. His fingers are plugging his ears.

Incendios is a short film made by Mateo Vega as a passion project. It was screened at a couple of festivals, including Netherlands Film Festival, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg and Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival.

After finishing secondary school, two teenage friends hang out in the industrial margins of their rapidly changing hometown. It’s the middle of the summer, the last summer the boys have to explore their relationship before one of them is forced to move away.

7″00 – Dutch

Writer & Director // Mateo Vega

Creative Producer // Yannesh Meijman

Editor // Eva Plompen

EVA PLOMPEN | FILM EDITOR

INCENDIOS (2021)