Threshold is an autobiographical documentary created by a mother that documents the gender transition of her adolescent son, accompanying him and his conflicts, certainties and uncertainties that pervade him in a deep search for his identity.
Coraci Ruiz
Coraci Ruiz has a degree in Dance, a Masters in Audiovisual Culture and Media and a PhD in Multimedia, all from Unicamp. She has been a documentary filmmaker since 2003, when she participated in the foundation of the production company Cisco Lab. Her first feature film, Letters to Angola (2012), took part in several festivals and won awards in Brazil, Angola, Portugal and Belgium; the second, Threshold (2020), has been circulating through dozens of festivals in various countries and received 22 awards in Brazil and abroad; Blooming on the asphalt (2022) premiered at the 25th Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes, is being screened in festivals at several countries.