Les Dieux du supermarché (Gods of the Supermarket)
Directed by Alberto Gonzalez Morales
2022, experimental, 8’, Switzerland
In times of body positive movements this film pays tribute to the mainstream representation of the male body which the director has a love-hate relationship with. Through a series of gleaned images from the internet and elsewhere (“net found footage”), our cultural obsession with unrealistic beauty standards is put into question.
Festivals and exhibitions
Locarno Film Festival (03-13.08.2022), Locarno, Switzerland — Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal (05-16.10.2022), Montreal, Canada — Geneva International Film Festival (04-13.11.2022), Geneva, Switzerland — Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-22.11.2022), Kyiv, Ukraine — Festival du film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris Chéries-Chéris (19-29.11.2022), Paris, France — Solothurn Film Festival (18-25.01.2023), Solothurn, Switzerland — Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (31.03-09.04.2023), Boston, United States — LGBT+ Film Festival Poland (14-21.04.2023), Warsaw, Poland — exÓrbita. Liminal cinema, bodies and spaces (19-22.04.2023), Tabakalera International Centre For Contemporary Culture, San Sebastián, Spain — Hacker Porn Film Festival (26-30.04.2023), Rome, Italy — IndieLisboa International Film Festival (27.04-07.05.2023), Lisbon, Portugal — Brussels Porn Film Festival (04-07.05.2023), Brussels, Belgium — Concordia Film Festival (05-07.05.2023), Montreal, Canada — Festival artistique des affects, des genres et des sexualités (18-21.05.2023), Lausanne, Switzerland — Espacio Queer: Festival de Cine sobre Diversidad Sexual y Género (06-11.06.2023), La Plata, Argentina — Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw (13-18.06.2023), Warsaw, Poland — CinéPride Nantes (13-18.06.2023), Nantes, France — Festival Mix: Cine y Diversidad Sexual (07-30.06.2023), Mexico City, Mexico — Melbourne International Film Festival (03-20.08.2023), Melbourne, Australia — Festival Silhouette (25.08-02.09.2023), Paris, France — Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (08-23.09.2023), Hong Kong, China — Kreivės Vilnius Queer Festival (14-18.09.2023), Vilnius, Lithuania — Le Fesses-tival (21-24.09.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (26.09-01.10.2023), Bucharest, Romania — Luststreifen Film Festival Basel (05-08.10.2023), Basel, Switzerland — Everybody’s Perfect (06-15.10.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Uppsala Short Film Festival (23-29.10.2023), Uppsala, Sweden — Porn Film Festival Berlin (24-29.10.2023), Berlin, Germany — Pink Screens Film Festival (09-18.11.2023), Brussels, Belgium — FILMAR en América Latina (17-26.11.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Porny Days (29.11-03.12.2023), Zurich, Switzerland — Merlinka Festival (07-10.12.2023), Belgrade, Serbia — Courts Mais Trash Brussels Underground Film Festival (29.01-03.02.2024), Brussels, Belgium — Locarno Shorts Weeks (01-29.02.2024), online VOD — Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia (23.02-02.03.2024), Murcia, Spain — Go Short: International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (03-07.04.2024), Nijmegen, The Netherlands — Porn Film Festival Vienna (10-15.04.2024), Vienna, Austria — Brussels Porn Film Festival (02-05.05.2024), Brussels, Belgium — Les Mains Gauches (11-15.09.2024), Marseille, France — Porn Film Festival Berlin (22-27.10.2024), Berlin, Germany — Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (05-10.11.2024), Winterthur, Switzerland — Festival Des Images Aux Mots (24.01-02.02.2025), Toulouse, France — Fire!! LGTBIQ+ Cinema Festival of Barcelona (05-15.06.2025), Barcelona, Spain — Labocine: Body Atlas (01-31.05.2026), online VOD — Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-23.09.2026), Kyiv, Ukraine — KO(O)RTS Short Film Festival (24-26.09.2026), Enschede, The Netherlands
Awards
Special Mention from the Pardi di domani Junior Jury
Locarno Film Festival (03-13.08.2022)
Grand Prix of the International Competition
Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-22.11.2022)
Best International Short Film
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (26.09-01.10.2023)
2022, experimental, 8’, Switzerland
In times of body positive movements this film pays tribute to the mainstream representation of the male body which the director has a love-hate relationship with. Through a series of gleaned images from the internet and elsewhere (“net found footage”), our cultural obsession with unrealistic beauty standards is put into question.
Festivals and exhibitions
Locarno Film Festival (03-13.08.2022), Locarno, Switzerland — Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal (05-16.10.2022), Montreal, Canada — Geneva International Film Festival (04-13.11.2022), Geneva, Switzerland — Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-22.11.2022), Kyiv, Ukraine — Festival du film LGBTQI & +++ de Paris Chéries-Chéris (19-29.11.2022), Paris, France — Solothurn Film Festival (18-25.01.2023), Solothurn, Switzerland — Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (31.03-09.04.2023), Boston, United States — LGBT+ Film Festival Poland (14-21.04.2023), Warsaw, Poland — exÓrbita. Liminal cinema, bodies and spaces (19-22.04.2023), Tabakalera International Centre For Contemporary Culture, San Sebastián, Spain — Hacker Porn Film Festival (26-30.04.2023), Rome, Italy — IndieLisboa International Film Festival (27.04-07.05.2023), Lisbon, Portugal — Brussels Porn Film Festival (04-07.05.2023), Brussels, Belgium — Concordia Film Festival (05-07.05.2023), Montreal, Canada — Festival artistique des affects, des genres et des sexualités (18-21.05.2023), Lausanne, Switzerland — Espacio Queer: Festival de Cine sobre Diversidad Sexual y Género (06-11.06.2023), La Plata, Argentina — Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw (13-18.06.2023), Warsaw, Poland — CinéPride Nantes (13-18.06.2023), Nantes, France — Festival Mix: Cine y Diversidad Sexual (07-30.06.2023), Mexico City, Mexico — Melbourne International Film Festival (03-20.08.2023), Melbourne, Australia — Festival Silhouette (25.08-02.09.2023), Paris, France — Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (08-23.09.2023), Hong Kong, China — Kreivės Vilnius Queer Festival (14-18.09.2023), Vilnius, Lithuania — Le Fesses-tival (21-24.09.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (26.09-01.10.2023), Bucharest, Romania — Luststreifen Film Festival Basel (05-08.10.2023), Basel, Switzerland — Everybody’s Perfect (06-15.10.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Uppsala Short Film Festival (23-29.10.2023), Uppsala, Sweden — Porn Film Festival Berlin (24-29.10.2023), Berlin, Germany — Pink Screens Film Festival (09-18.11.2023), Brussels, Belgium — FILMAR en América Latina (17-26.11.2023), Geneva, Switzerland — Porny Days (29.11-03.12.2023), Zurich, Switzerland — Merlinka Festival (07-10.12.2023), Belgrade, Serbia — Courts Mais Trash Brussels Underground Film Festival (29.01-03.02.2024), Brussels, Belgium — Locarno Shorts Weeks (01-29.02.2024), online VOD — Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia (23.02-02.03.2024), Murcia, Spain — Go Short: International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (03-07.04.2024), Nijmegen, The Netherlands — Porn Film Festival Vienna (10-15.04.2024), Vienna, Austria — Brussels Porn Film Festival (02-05.05.2024), Brussels, Belgium — Les Mains Gauches (11-15.09.2024), Marseille, France — Porn Film Festival Berlin (22-27.10.2024), Berlin, Germany — Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (05-10.11.2024), Winterthur, Switzerland — Festival Des Images Aux Mots (24.01-02.02.2025), Toulouse, France — Fire!! LGTBIQ+ Cinema Festival of Barcelona (05-15.06.2025), Barcelona, Spain — Labocine: Body Atlas (01-31.05.2026), online VOD — Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-23.09.2026), Kyiv, Ukraine — KO(O)RTS Short Film Festival (24-26.09.2026), Enschede, The Netherlands
Awards
Special Mention from the Pardi di domani Junior Jury
Locarno Film Festival (03-13.08.2022)
Grand Prix of the International Competition
Kyiv International Short Film Festival (17-22.11.2022)
Best International Short Film
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (26.09-01.10.2023)