Academy Award acting nominee   and the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time, Elliot Page is one of the creative forces behind AN AVOCADO PIT that has been shortlisted for a 2024 Academy® Award.  The filmmaker Ary Zara is the first trans person to be considered for the Oscars’ Live Action Short category.

This short film follows the meeting of Larissa, a trans woman, and Cláudio, a cis man played by rs Portuguese actor Ivo Canelas and trans actress Gaya de Medeiros. With wit and sensitivity, it follows these two worlds colliding in a heartwarming story free from violence but rather filled with light and hope.  

An Avocado Pit has already won OSCAR® qualifying awards at both Outfest and Guadalajara International Film Festival (2023), the Grand Jury Special Mention for Best Lead Acting at the AFI Festival (2022), the Best Queer Short Award and the International Student Prize at Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand France (2023), as well as multiple other nominations and awards globally

The Avocado Pit can be screened on VIMEO