Look Baba I'm Happy

This short film follows ‘hard to classify’ Brazilian artist Fabio da Motta as he questions the boundaries between fantasy, submission, provocation and art.

A casual hookup takes an intimate turn when Sami, a Syrian refugee from Damascus, meets Johan. In the course of a night in Amsterdam, the two men will confront some truths, and unsettling secrets, about the very different worlds they come from.

A Dionysian bacchanal that merges the immersive pleasures of the body with the physical textures of the vegetal, fruit and floral worlds. Brazilian artist Fabio da Motta’s shibari ropework awakens the dancers to their bodies’ sensuous powers. Could it be that once we understand the way we are bound, the more we are able to enjoy the the cornucopia of the world?

Summertime. Sam and Adele are on a beach holiday in Portugal. When Sam locks eyes with Miguel, the attraction between them throws Sam, Adele, Miguel, and his friend Santiago into a new configuration. The shelter of the woods and the dynamism of the sea lead into a night of secrets and revelations.