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An optic on the history of Brazilians who were in World War II.

Vilnei Collares, a shattered filmmaker, tried to survive by producing films without a budget in his hometown, with little support from local merchants. As he struggles to save his marriage, stay out of jail and win an award at the Tupanciretã film festival, Vilnei prepares to produce his controversial dramatic feature “Filhotinho de Bukowski”, in the hope of not having to get involved in local politics .

In Pernambuco's Zona da Mata, dream and reality are mixed. Among the cane fields, the colors, dances, theater and music reveal a not-so-distant past that calls into question the present and sheds light on the future challenges of a game that starts at night and ends at daylight.

A forgotten house is re-inhabited while a strange presence approaches.

My biggest dream, my ultimate, absolute dream, was basically to wreck a family.

The exaltation of the black queer person's body is one of the most striking elements of Full Of Affection, which is not afraid to confront conservatism and patriarchal structures surrounding the theme of the body, especially when it comes to the body of an LGBTQIAP+ person. The film is an invitation to celebrate diversity and freedom, showing that all bodies deserve to be loved and respected, regardless of their shape, size, or color. Full Of Affection is a film that challenges the conventions of traditional documentary and offers an intense and emotional cinematic experience that will certainly be memorable for the viewer.

Going through an unprecedented crisis in the cultural milieu, four young artists rescue the memory of their city, the golden years of Nova Iguaçu: the peak and fall of the street cinemas.

In the cold of the United States, Emile and Kid are two Afro-Caribbean kids who are part of the world of success and live by codes they don't control. In a terrifying ring, champions fight their own ghosts, creating self-defense devices that imprison them even more. And in a bloody fight, they will use their fists to conquer the dream of freedom, but one's victory depends on the other's failure.

Twenty shots of skies

A self-portrait short film by veteran Brazilian filmmaker Sylvio Lanna.

Flávio and Wendel are from the same soccer school and they share the dream of being a professional soccer player. Flávio is having doubts whether he should keep trying and when he thinks about quitting, Wendel realizes that what they feel for each other might be more than just friendship.

There have been many pretentious artists, but none matched Gascon, who dedicated all his existence to make a masterpiece of horror.

A cross-dressing trip like you've never seen.

Short film by Daniel Gautto, originally planned to be a pilot for a series that never came to be. It was latter dubbed in english and french by Davi Gautto

Silence and solitude, an emptiness calmed only by the music of the canaries, which today only exist in memories slowly erased by what they call progress.

The story of those affected by the 1990 Brazilian confiscation, the largest ever carried out by a democratic government against its citizens.

"Be Silent at Night", Caia reads on a wall in the apartment she has just moved in. Among the insistent innuendos by the new neighbor and the presence of her insurgent body in a new location, Caia begins to live inside a horror movie. In Gabriela Alcântara's film, the protagonist resorts to the protection of the Orixás to confront her fears and hauntings, experiencing magic through the strength of the herbs and the women around her.

Our bodies are semi-permeable. All over the world, stories are being told about heroes who magically “close” their bodies, so as to become invincible. This film follows one such story, as it is told in Santo Amaro, Bahia (Brazil). Besouro Mangangà was a capoeira player, a black hero, who had closed his body. No bullets, no knives or daggers could pierce his skin. Bahian men explain how “closing the body” makes sense in their precarious and violent world, and why, in the end, this closure can never be accomplished. Soon the filmmaker realizes that his film is not only about the people in Bahia. He too is struggling with the porosity of his body, endlessly trying to strike a balance between shutting the world out and letting the world in. Competing for the RAI Film Prize and Basil Wright Film Prize.

A woman keeps killing the same man while on her sleep.

A young aspiring songwriter gets a great opportunity to write a song and can't let her inner conflicts get in the way of her creative process.

An experimental short that shows a relationship between two women… from the bottom of their shower.

Younger brother of Henfil and Betinho, Chico Mário became a great guitarist and discovered in music his way of expressing himself and looking at the world.

People and mannequins are confused in the reflections of the showcases of a shopping mall.

A deaf couple chats at a party while everyone else observes the beginning of a beautiful love story. But is the conversation as innocent as it seems?

A daughter tries to find the lost connection with her father through the only photo she has.

Due to the world's hibernation system, every 300 years, Lorna awakens to live for 24 hours awake. Boris, the maintenance cyborg, learns to have affection for her, but when Lorna discovers that the hibernation will be renewed for thousands of years, she loses the strength to keep awakening.

"Land in Sight (Terra à Vista) is an experimental short film shot on Super 8mm film in Brazil, in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The film begins with an image of Monte Pascoal, the first spotted land by the Portuguese, moment when the colonization process was initiated and consequently, the extermination of the indigenous people. The film documents everyday moments that juxtapose with scenes of resistance from different indigenous communities during a protest in São Paulo."