Verb To Be
Short Film
Non Union
Los Angeles
Guilherme, a young Brazilian immigrant working as a barback in a small American bar, quietly studies English through old cassette tapes while writing phrases in a worn notebook. Night after night he practices sentences he rarely gets to use. Everything changes when Rebecca, a singer returning to perform at the bar’s open mic nights, captivates the room, and Guilherme. But while music connects them emotionally, Guilherme’s inability to express himself becomes a wall between them. As he navigates loneliness, immigration pressures, and the fear of being invisible in a foreign country, Guilherme must decide whether he will continue observing life silently or finally find the courage to speak.
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Submissions Due:
05/20/2026
Must speak fluent Brazilian Portuguese! Guilherme is the kind of young man people overlook. Newly arrived in America, he understands almost no English and often feels locked out of the world around him. Yet he watches everything: the way people laugh, gesture, flirt, sing. He learns by listening. H... [See More]
