Portrait of the Father at 71

Diego Semerene

DIRECTOR

Diego Semerene

YEAR

2026

COUNTRY

Brazil | The Netherlands

RUNTIME

81

 minutes

LANGUAGE

Portuguese | French

PRODUCER

Diego Semerene

ADVISORY

Nudity

CAST

Ericsom Semerene, Diego Semerene

Oscillating between the past and the present—and the paternal and the romantic—Portrait of the Father at 71 explores a volatile bond between a father and adult child. Twenty years ago, Diego Semerene cast their father to play the role of some of their former lovers in a film. With a camera trained on the father’s reactions as he watches the resulting work for the first time, Semerene boldly confronts the unresolved feelings and unspoken barriers that have long stood between them.

Mix Alum

US Premiere

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Director Profile

Diego Semerene is a Brazilian filmmaker and scholar based in the Netherlands, where they teach queer and transgender studies at the University of Amsterdam.