THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE
(O Prazer é Todo Meu)
Director/ Writer / Producer
Drama, 18 min, 2023, Brazil
When 76-year-old Amélia realizes she has never had an orgasm in her life, she becomes determined to have one at any cost.
Filmed in Brazil, 'The Pleasure is All Mine' has been selected for over 50 festivals worldwide and has won 30 awards.
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Festivals
2025 NFMLA - New Filmmakers LA (US)
2025 Porto Femme International Film Festival (Portugal)
2025 Houston Latino Film Festival (US)
2025 Curta Canoa (Brazil)
2024 Baixada Film Festival (Brazil)
2024 3ª Festival de Cinema de Arapiraca (Brazil)
2024 2º Festival de Cinema de Rondônia - Cine RO (Brazil)
2024 28th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival of Miami (EUA)
2024 9th Newark International Film Festival (EUA)
2024 22nd Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada)
2024 14ª Mostra Curta Audiovisual (Brazil)
2024 2° Levante - Festival de Curta-Metragens de Pelotas (Brazil)
2024 6ª Mostra de Cinema Uruguaio - MuySC (Brazil)
2024 VI Festcimm - Festival de Cinema no Meio do Mundo (Brazil)
2024 6º Micheaux Film Festival (Los Angeles, EUA)
2024 CineUrge (Cornélio Procópio, Brazil)
2024 Festival de Cinema de Marília (Brazil)
2024 35th St. John's International Women's Film Festival (Canada)
2024 Breakthroughs Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2024 FENACIN (Brazil)
2024 New York Brazilian Film Festival (NYBRFF) (USA)
2024 CINEMAZ (Brazil)
2024 FECICO - Festival de Cinema de Colombo (Brazil)
2024 Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema (Brazil)
2024 Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival of Miami (USA)
2024 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada)
2024 Festival de Cinema de Rondônia - Cine RO (Brazil)
2024 Afronte: Festival da Diversidade Sexual, Racial e de Gênero (Brazil)
2024 Mostra Quelly (Brazil)
2024 DIGO - Festival Int’l De Cinema De Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero De Goiás (Brazil)
2024 Festival Guarnicê de Cinema (Brazil)
2024 ShorTS International Film Festival (Trieste, Italy)
2024 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2024 Vaughan International Film Festival (Vaughan, Canada)
2024 WIFT+ Toronto Showcase (Toronto, Canada)
2024 Festival De Cinema Feminino Pode Ponto Cine ( Brazil)
2024 Dawson City International Short Film Festival (Dawson City, Canada)
2024 Cine das Almas (Brazil)
2024 Medellín International Film Festival – FestMedallo (Colombia)
2023 Comunicurtas (Brazil)
2023 CityBlue Films Festival (Spain)
2023 TRANSFORMA - Festival de Cinema da Diversidade de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
2023 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Goiânia ( Brazil)
2023 Festival de Cinema de São Bernardo do Campo ( Brazil)
2023 Festival de Cinema de Lages ( Brazil)
2023 Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería (Spain)
2023 Curta Santos ( Brazil)
2023 Festival Kinoarte de Cinema (Brazil)
2023 AZSEX - Festival de Artes e Sexualidade Humana ( Brazil)
2023 Festival Mix Brasil ( Brazil)
2023 Girona Film Festival (Spain)
2023 MA Beach Festival (invited) ( Brazil)
2023 Festival de Cinema de Muriaé ( Brazil)
2023 Bread & Roses (USA)
Awards
BEST OF THE SHOWCASE
AUDIENCE AWARD
WIFT+ Toronto Showcase (Canada)
BEST FILM
22nd Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (Canada)
BEST ACTRESS
7º Festival de Cinema de Muriaé (Brazil)
BEST IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT
BEST ACTRESS
XXII Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería FICAL - (Spain)
BEST SHORT - mostra brasilis
21ª Curta Santos (Brazil)
BEST ACTRESS
2º Festival de Cinema de Lages (Brazil)
BEST SHORT (audience award)
HONORABLE MENTION
V Transforma (Brazil)
BEST SHORT
BEST DIRECTOR
1º Festival de Cinema de São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil)
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST ACTING
18º Comunicurtas (Brazil)
BEST FICTIONAL SHORT
FestMedallo ( Colombia)
BEST SHORT FILM - MOSTRA DESEJOS E SENTIDOS
9º DIGO (Brazil)
BEST ACTRESS - MARGARIDA BAIRD
Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema (Brazil)
BEST PERFORMANCE - MARGARIDA BAIRD
3ª Festival de Cinema de Arapiraca (Brazil)
BEST ACTRESS - MARGARID BAIRD
FESTCIMM (Brazil)
BEST SCREENPLAY
REVELATION AWARD - MARGARIDA BAIRD
3º CINEMAZ (Brazil)
BEST ACTRESS - MARGARIDA BAIRD
Festival de Cinema de Marília (Brazil)
BEST FICTIONAL FILM
CineUrge (Brazil)
BEST ACCESSIBILITY SHORT
BEST ACTRESS - MARGARIDA BAIRD
BEST DIRECTOR
FENACIN (Brazil)
BREAKTHROUGHS AWARD
Breakthroughs Film Festival ( Canada)
BEST DIRECTING
BEST ACTRESS - Margarida Baird
Curta Canoa (Brazil)
Director's Statement
Why is female sexuality such a taboo subject? Why is so rare to see women’s sexual journey portrait on screen?
The idea for this film was born during my studies of feminist film theory and my desire to present a female perspective as a counterpoint to the “male gaze” so dominant in the film industry. I was highly influenced by European feminist theorists such as Laura Mulvey and female directors like Agnès Varda and Chantal Akerman, who brought a new light to telling women’s stories.
That is how “THE PLEASURE IS ALL MINE” was born, as a statement of female agency through an elderly woman's journey to discover pleasure and explore her sexuality. We witness Amélia and her bittersweet experimentation towards freedom and pleasure. Still, instead of the typical shame or embarrassment associated with these topics, there is humor, joy, and relief in her self-discovery.