MQFF Midsumma Movies: Perfect Endings

MQFF brings you a sizzling weekend of the newest and most fabulous queer cinema

This sultry, delightful crowd-pleaser from Daniel Ribeiro, director of the fondly remembered MQFF 2015 Opening Night film, The Way He Looks, concerns aspiring screenwriter João (Artur Volpi), who’s struggling to realise his cinematic dreams and, not unrelatedly, to keep afloat. After the break-up of a decade-long relationship that João likens to a TV series that was best to end before it jumped the shark, he’s also finding a greatly changed dating landscape a challenge to navigate – even with the help of a pair of perpetually buoyant besties.

As he draws upon his romantic misadventures to enliven his screenwriting, an unexpected side-hustle emerges: directing amateur gay erotica. But will this prove the only domain in which João will find the happy endings he’s so hankering after?

• Director: Daniel Ribeiro
• Country: Brazil (2024)
• Rating: Unclassified 18+
• Runtime: 100 minutes