Please tell us about the projects you worked on before making ‘Moisture’. How did you start, and how did you learn to make films?
My name is Duda Gorter and i am a brazilian filmmaker/screenwriter.
Before “Moisture”, i had already directed four short films and had worked on several films( shorts and features) in various roles: assistant director, researcher, continuity manager, casting director, art director, etc…After all these experiences, i established myself as a screenwriter/director.
I learned how to make films by observing/working on various film sets. I began my artistic career in theater and, one day, i was invited to work on a short film as an extra - i loved the experience! It was as an extra that i entered in the cinematic adventure.
Tell us about ‘Moisture’. How do you describe it?
Moisture is a dystopian drama, in my point of view. I conceived this film in a state of great tension because my country, Brazil, has been going through a period of immense political tension in the last 6 years( until the end of this government in 2022): a far-right government with a fascist bias. And, to make matters worse, the world went through a very serious pandemic and the Brazilian government was completely in denial about the virus; so, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians died, many deaths could have been avoided. Moisture is a film about a difficult/oppressive period time, in which people try to live with some affection/pleasure. Ultimately, it is also a film about hope for better days.
Please tell us about your favorite filmmakers.
Some of the film directors who inspire me:
Dario Argento, the Italian Master of Giallo suspense, with films of great tension and intense colors. Argento is a Great Master for me.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his dry and precise Cinema is another artist who has inspired me a lot throughout my career.
If you were given a good budget, what would be your ideal project?
If a were given a good budget, what would be my ideal project?
It would be a dystopian feature-film, also with a lot of rain and a lot of poetry/moments of delicateness. A film that points to a possible future with great possibilities of affection.
Describe how you would ensure that production is on schedule. What steps would you take?
Throughout my years in the audiovisual sector, i have managed to form a team of high level/ reliable professionals around me. The secret to managing an audiovisual production on time is to organize each and every phase of a film very well: pre-production, filming, editing, color grading, sound editing, sound design, distribution, etc…
What was the hardest part of making ‘Moisture’.
The hardest part of making a film in Brazil is always getting the resources/money to put together a film production. In the case of Moisture, for the film to come out with the technical precision/high quality i wanted, i had to invest a certain amount of my own money, as well as some friend’s money, too.
If possible, tell us about your next work. What plans do you have for your future work?
My next work will be a feature-film called “Dawn came to my door”: a dystopian psychological thriller with three mature female protagonists. It will be a very thought-provoking, distressing and poetic film that will be set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the near future.
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