A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here

Director, writer Érica Sarmet is a Brazilian queer writer, director and researcher based in São Paulo. They wrote and directed the short films Latifúndio (2017) and A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (2021) and was researcher and script assistant to Medusa (Anita Rocha da Silveira, Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight 2021). Their company Excesso Filmes prepares to shoot in 2022 Sarmet’s next short, the essayistic documentary Vollúpya, the trans witches thriller If I’m Here Is By Mystery written by Sarmet and directed by Clarissa Ribeiro, as well as the development of their first feature, the ecohorror Heaven Beneath Entrails. They're also PhD Candidate in Film Studies at University of São Paulo and curator of feminist film club Quase Catálogo. Filmography: Uma paciência selvagem me trouxe até aqui (2021) Short film - director, writer Latifúndio (2017) Short film - director, writer

Olhar de Cinema. Festival Internacional de Cinema de Curitiba 2021 – National Premiere / Premio de Melhor curta-metragem brasileiro das mostras Competitiva e Outras Olhares (Brazil)
– Bogoshorts. Bogotá Short Film Festival 2021 – Competencia Colecciones (Colombia)
– Festival do Río 2021 (Brazil)
– Sundance Film Festival 2022 – International Premiere / Short Film Special Jury Award: Ensemble Cast (USA)
– Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. Minas Gerais 2022 – Melhor curta-metragem pelo Júri Oficial, Mostra Foco, Premio Canal Brasil de Curtas (Brazil)
– BFI Flare – London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2022 (UK)
– Mostra Tiradentes São Paulo 2022 (Brazil)
– Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln 2022 (Germany)
– Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival 2022 (USA)
– Festival de Cinema Transamazónico LGBTI+ 2022 (Brazil)
– FdS – La Fête du Slip. Gender & Sexuality Festival 2022 (Switzerland)