MENSAGEM DE SERGIPE

One of many short films made by Jean-Claude Bernardet before his passing, at the age of 88. Here, no less lucid, we laugh and revel together. Bravo, Jean-Claude!

MAIRA PORONGYTA – O AVISO DO CÉU

Among the Mait, the gods of the indigenous Kaiabi people, Itaarió is known as the powerful creator of the world. He summons the other gods to gather in his house in the sky, where a disconcerting warning will be announced. This collectively-made Kaiabi film gives materiality to this spiritual encounter...

FRONTERIZA

With only a photograph in his hand, Lucca, a young trans man from São Paulo, travels to Foz do Iguaçu to find the father he never knew. On the border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, he meets Diego, a Paraguayan man who becomes his guide to navigating the region. His...

FENDA

Marta, a middle-aged Black woman, lives alone, immersed in the scientific universe of botany. A visit from the elderly Diná pulls Marta out of her safe shell, opening a rift through which traumas begin to surface. Marta confronts her ancestry, whose strength emerges as a possibility for healing, despite the...

FEIURA COMOVENTE

From the word, poetry, punk, gesture. Satire. The mother, the tragedy, the lyrical, the mask, an empty chorus. The skin, the plasticity, the stage, and the rest. (Patrícia Bizzotto)

ENTRE AS CINZAS

We follow the battle against the flames that spread rapidly through the nature reserve. The fire is fought with few resources and the deep commitment of the volunteer brigade. After the fire is put out, we see ashes overtaking the green vegetation. After the fire is extinguished, we see the...

CONFLUÊNCIAS

The voice, the body, and the poetics of the thinker Nêgo Bispo guide a visit to the Saco-Curtume quilombo, a territory located in the interior of the state of Piauí, to present the life, celebrations, and knowledge of a Black community that built its trajectory on freedom. “Since I have...

CARTAS DO ABSURDO

The voices reading four letters written by Tupinambá indigenous people in the 17th century, about the colonists' barbarism towards the native peoples, summon the opaque irresolvability of the image. One must sail to reach the pier. (Renan Eduardo)

CANTÔ MEU ALVARÁ

Lara, Nayara, and Fernanda are three friends living in the Aglomerado da Serra, favela in Belo Horizonte. Courage, creativity, and fear coexist side by side, challenging our understanding of dreams and needs. The film emphasizes the power of friendship as an engine for transformation, through a mode of creation that...

AMERICANA

A supposed case of cheating motivates a slap fight between digital influencer Americana and her until-then friend, Josefina Jacinto Pinto, a.k.a. Zezona. In the midst of the chaos are Pisciana, who's a bit dopey; Ariel, the non-binary friend who only thinks about dicks; and Cassiane, who recently accepted Jesus. They...