Ricky Mastro is in Grad School at Anhembi Morumbi (São Paulo - Brazil) getting a MA studying LGBT short films. He has a BA Drama degree from the University of Washigton (Seattle – USA), and he has a BA in Film degree from the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (São Paulo – Brazil).

KOKA

Concept and execution - MAY 11
(5 minutes – Documentary – Digital)

• Marché du film – Real Ideas Studio – CANNES 11

BEING FRANCE

Director of photography and Co-producer - MAY 10
(3 minutes – Documentary – Digital)

• Best distinguished documentary award – Real Ideas Studio – CANNES 10

THE BUS

Director and Screenwriter - MAY 10
(3 minutes – Experimental – Digital)

• Top 10 – Le Flip – CANNES 10

STEVE NO RIO DE JANEIRO

Concept and execution - APR 10
(13 minutes - Fiction - Digital)

• 6th Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira - MG – BR - JUL 10
• 9th Mostra do Filme Livre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - APR 10

A MAIS FORTE (The Strongest)

Director and Screenwriter - OCT 09
(15 minutes - Fiction - 35mm)

Awards

• FINAL DRAFT International Promise Award - Latino Screenplay Competition (LSC) - Los Angeles, USA.
• Best Jury and Audience Award - Cine Mube - Vitrine, São Paulo - DEC 09



International Festivals

• Festival de La Luna - Valencia - Spain - SEPT 11
• Festival del Marca - Majorca/Ibiza - Spain - JUN 11
• 21st Annual Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival - Canada - MAY 11
• 3rd Thessaloniki Internation LGBT Short Film - Greece - MAY11
• KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2011 - India - MAY 11
• Festival del Sol - Gran Canaria/Tenerife - Spain - FEB 11
• Slovak Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – Slovak Republic – SEPT 10
• Newfest – New York, USA – JUN 10
• Brazil on Screen – New Heaven – CT – JUN 10
• Short Film Corner – Festival de Cannes – France - MAY 10
• 25th Torino LGBT Film Festival – Torino, Italy - APR 10



In Brazil

• Rio Festival Gay de Cinema - Rio de Janeiro - JUN 11
• Mostra Possíveis - Salvador - JUN 11 - Rio de Janeiro - JUN 11
• 22nd Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista – São Paulo – DEC 10
• ExibeCREED – Recife – PE - NOV 10
• 18th Mixbrasil Festival – NOV 10
• 3rd Curta Jacaré – Jacarezinho – Paraná – NOV 09
• 1st Festival Universitário da Bahia - OCT 10
• Close – Porto Alegre – Brasil – OCT 10
• 10th Goiânia Mosta Curtas – GO – OCT 10
• 4th Festival de Cinema na Floresta – Mato Grosso - SEPT 10
• 4th For Raibow – Ceará - NOV 10
• 15th Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário – RJ– AUG 10
• 4th Mostra Cariri – Ceará – JUL 10
• CINEME-SE – São Paulo – JUL 10
• 1st CineAmor – Rio de Janeiro- JUN 10
• 7th PutZ – Paraná –MAY 10
• 3rd Mostra Miau – Goiânia – May 10
• 9th Mostra do Filme Livre - Rio de Janeiro - APR 10
• 3rd For Raibow – Cearál - NOV 09
• 33rd São Paulo International Film Festival - NOV 09

FELIZES PARA SEMPRE (Happily Ever After)

Director and Screenwriter - SEP 09
(7 minutes - Documentary - Digital)

Episode of Fucking Different São Paulo by Kristian Petersen

• Mixbrasil Tour – Joinville, Rio Branco, Franca – Brazil
• Festival Ourense – Spain – OCT 10
• LHamale H. Montevideo – Uruguay – SEPT 10
• Q Film Festival – Jakarta – Indonésia – AGO 10
• São Paulo International Film Festival – Brazil – AGO 10
• 1st CineAmor - Nova Friburgo - RJ - JUN 10
• Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival – Israel - JUN 10
• Boston LGBT Film Festival – USA - MAY 10
• Outview Gay and lesbian festival - Greece – APRIL 10
• 60th Festival Internacional de Berlim - Germany – FEB 10
• 17th Festival Mixbrasil – São Paulo – Brazil - NOV 09

As an episode:

• For Rainbow Tour - Ceará - Brazil – JUNE 11
• Rio Festival Gay de Cinema – Rio de Janeiro – JUNE 11
• Festival de cine Gay Lésbico Trans de Lima – OUTFESTPERU – JUNE 11
• 21st Annual Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival – Canada – MAY 11
• 3rd Thessaloniki International LGBT Short Film – Greece – MAY 11
• International queer film festival Merlinka – Serbia – DEC 10
• Some prefer cake – Italy – DEC 10
• 22nd Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista – São Paulo – DEC 10
• 4th CINE MUBE – SP – Brazil – DEC 10
• II IESB - Brasília – Brazil – DEC 10 – BEST DOCUMENTARY
• 4th For Raibow – Ceará - NOV 10
• 3rd Curta Jacaré – Jacarezinho – Paraná – NOV 09
• Close – Porto Alegre – Brasil – NOV 10
• Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival – Denmark – OCT 10
• Perlen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Hannover – Germany – OCT10
• 15th Edición del Festival Internacional de cine Gay & Lésbico – Madrid – SPAIN– OCT 10
• 3rd Mostra Taquary - PE - Brazil - SEPT 10
• 3rd Mostra Miau – Goiânia – BR – MAY 10 – BEST DOC AWARD

CINCO MINUTOS (Five Minutes)

Director and Screenwriter - OCT 08
(10 minutes - Fiction - 35 mm)

International Festivals:

• Brazilian Finalist Kodak Film School Competition
• Part of the House of Peace and Human Rights – Spain
• Festival de La Luna - Valencia - Spain - SEPT 11
• Festival del Marca - Majorca/Ibiza - Spain - JUN 11
• KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2011 - India - MAY 11
• 3rd Thessaloniki International LGBT Short Film - Greece - MAY 11
• Festival Roze Filmdagen, the Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film - Amsterdam - MAR 11
• Festival del Sol - Gran Canaria/Tenerife - Spain - FEB 11
• Some prefer cake – Italy – DEC 10
• 26thFestival of Lesbian and Gay Film in Ljubljana - Slovenia - DEC 10
• 8th El lugar sin limites – ECUADOR – NOV 10
• Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival – Indianopolis – USA – NOV 10
• 23rd Image Out Film Festival – Montreal – CANADA – OCT 10
• 15th Edición del Festival Internacional de cine Gay & Lésbico – Madrid – SPAIN – OCT 10
• Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival – Denmark – OCT 10
• Slovak Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – Slovak Republic – SEPT 10
• We speak, We here – Film Festival – JUN 10
• 4th Edición del Festival de Cortometrajes de Hayah – Panama –JUN 10
• 23rd Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – USA – MAY 10
• Boston LGBT Film Festival – USA – MAY 10
• 3rd Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival – MAY 10
• Cine Arte Alameda – Santiago, Chile – APR 10
• 20th Melbourne Queer Film Festival ­Driven by Volkswagen – Australia – MAR 10
• 24th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - UK – MAR 10
• Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano – Habana, Cuba– NOV 09
• Corby's First International Short Film Festival – UK – NOV 09
• 14th LBGT Seattle Film Festival – Seattle, USA - OCT 09
• 20th Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – Hamburg, Germany - OCT 09
• U.Frame International Academic Video Festival - Porto, Portugal - OCT 09
• WILDsound´s Film Festival – Toronto, Canada –JULY 09 – BEST AUDIENCE AWARD audience award
• Newfest – New York, USA – JUN 09
• Brazil on Screen – Boston, USA – MAY 09
• Short Film Corner – Festival de Cannes – France - MAY 09
• 6th Festival Internacional de Cinema GLBT de Bilbao – Spain - JAN 09
• 2nd Festival du Film Brésilien de Montreal – Canada – DEC 08
• 12th Festival de Santa Maria da Feira - Portugal - NOV 08

In Brazil:

• Rio Festival Gay de Cinema – Rio de Janeiro – JUN 11
• 22nd Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista – São Paulo – DEC 10
• 4th For Raibow – CE – Brazil - NOV 10
• ExibeCREED – Recife – PE - NOV 10
• 15th Edición del Festival Internacional de cine Gay & Lésbico – Madrid – Espanha – Out 10
• 2nd Cine Grandes Curtas – Rio Grande do Sul – SEPT 10
• Quarta-Curta – SENAC – Rio de Janeiro – JULY 10
• 3rd Cine Mube - São Paulo, SP - MAY 10
• 35th Curta nas Telas - Porto Alegre, RS - MAR 10
• 2nd Curta Jacaré - Jacarezinho, Paraná - DEC 09
• 4th Percepções - Festival Nacional de Cinema and Video Muriaé, MG - DEC 09
• 4th Mostra de Vídeo de Miracema, Tocantins - DEC 09
• 17th Mostra de Vídeo de Teresina – DEC 09
• 2nd Mostra Diagonal de Vídeo - PI - NOV 09
• 5th Curta Ourinhos – Minas Gerais – NOV O9
• 1st Festival Latino Americano de Curtas de Paranapiacaba - NOV 09
• 5th Internacional Short film festival - Unioeste, PR - NOV 09
• 20th  Internacional Short film Festival - Kinoforum, SP – AUG 09
• 2nd Festival Nacional Curta Taquary  - Taquaritinga do Norte, PE – AUG 09
• 14th Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário, Rio de Janeiro – AUG 09
• 1st Cine Grandes Curtas, Rio Grande do Sul – JUN 09
• 3rd Mostra Cariri, Ceará - MAY 09
• 2nd Mostra Miau, Goiânia - MAY 09
• 14th Short Film Festival FAAP, São Paulo – APR 09
• 8th Mostra do filme Livre, Rio de Janeiro – APR 09
• 7th Mostra de Vídeo Universitário, Coxiponés – Mato Grosso - DEC 08
• 16th Festival Mix Brasil, São Paulo - NOV 08
• 1st Festival Montes Claros, Minas Gerais – NOV 08

O ELEVADO

Co-director and screenwriter - SEPT 08
(3 minutes - Experimental - Digital)

• 19th Curta Kinoforum - Festival Internacional de São Paulo - SEPT 08

NOEMIA

Director and screenwriter - SEPT 07
(3 minutes - Fiction - Super 16 mm/Digital)

• Festival de Filmes Curtíssimos - Brasília, Brazil - MAY 10
• Broadcasted at Canal Brasil (TV) - Programa Retalhão - 2009
• 13th Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitário - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - AUG 08
• 1st Festival de Vídeo de São Caetano - São Paulo - Brazil - AUG 08
• 4th Festival Nacional de Vídeos Universitários - Espírito Santo - Brazil - AUG 08

UM DIA NA VIDA DE UMA ESTRELA

Director and screenwriter - SEPT 06
(15 minutes - Documentary - Digital)

• Cineclube LGBT - Mostra do Filme Livre - Rio de Janeiro - MAR 11
• 3rd Mostra Miau - Goiânia - Brazil - MAY 10 (BEST DOC AWARD)
• Broadcasted at Canal Brasil (TV) - Programa Mixbrasil - 09
• 1st Mostra Miau – Goiânia - Brazil - MAY 08
• 15th Mostra de vídeo - FAAP/São Paulo - Brazil - DEC 07 - BEST DOC
• 15th Festival Mix Brasil - São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - NOV 07

CALENDAR 2011

Ricky Mastro made in 2011 a campaign against Homophobia.