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Inspired by the various languages of photography, the shy and discreet photographer Beto Pêgo, who has always used his camera to hide in the crowd, looks deep into the mirror and gives life to the extravagant and narcissistic drag queen, Betina Polaroid.

"Pajubá" is a language created by black LGBTs as a mode of resistance. Given this, the present short film seeks to rescue the reality of people who experience in their own skin the strength of intersectionality between race, gender and sexuality in the São Francisco Valley region.

In the vibrant space of images, the gods come towards us by a cry or by a face.

In a corporeal ballet, the images play with the movements of counterattack, resistance and rebellion, trying to answer to current global and local crisis.

Recognized in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) for his career in theatre, Flávio Dornelles built and consolidated his artistic career in Pelotas since the early 1980s, a period in which he began his work as an actor on the local stages, later going on to perform as actor in several cities of RS and in many states of Brazil.

In a dystopian Brasília, the totalitarian government creates a system that restricts access to basic rights to a good part of the population. Kata is a professor at the Democratic Summit, the only institution allowed to teach, until her ideals and her origins lead her to oppose the system.

This documentary features “Poetas Vivos”, a Porto Alegre-based Poetry Slam Collective and its members. Slam poetry performed by Cristal, Agnes and Felipe Deds. It also addresses Black resistance in poetry and the lives of these poets.

At a time of rising Islamophobia, Muslim women in New York have found a safe haven in a beauty salon. Le’Jemalik is the city’s first female-only parlor, where clients can remove their headscarves and indulge in halal beauty services brought to them by a resilient American Muslim businesswoman.

Is the woman invisible in samba? Invisible, but essential. What keeps a foot structure almost always invisible. It is necessary to give birth to the samba that in the parades of carnival was deferred to the detriment of the plastic, of the esthetics of a product offered to the world that does not necessarily reflect the reality. Here, at the origin, the woman appears in the segments sustaining the institutions maintainers of the "roots", although the environment remains dry of machismo, they lead wings of composers, they play firm in the battery, they succeed like carnavalescas; are at the forefront of projects to preserve the intangible heritage of their associations. Many are inserted in samba wheels, currently the niche where the most samba root is exposed.

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Francisca known historically as Xica da Silva, tired of hearing so many misconceptions about her life, returns in the 21st century to tell her own story. The character comes to life through the bodies of several black women who identify with their trajectory and struggle. And that, out of respect for the memory and ancestry of the African diaspora, they question the stigmas imposed by scholars on Francisca.

From her mother’s pregnancy until she’s 13 years old, the life of Vitória is the common thread of a narrative about land reform, Worker’s Party government, Landless Workers Movement and about Brazil.

Three people hide in a living room, until the telephone rings

A documentary about bourgeois ideology and its means of domination. The film shows a historical view on the rise of the right-wing from the 1930s onwards, and follows it up to modern-day Brazil.

Wesley, 18, plays football. Raymundo, 40, likes feet. The two meet in a bar.

After a mental breakdown, Heitor wakes up at a eerie alley and starts to gather the pieces to discover who he is.

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Director Marina Pontes places the viewer as a listener of the first conversation with her mother about her sexuality. Silence is not an option.

Short film about the evening of the day.

Ana Josefa, 71, from Bahia, is the mother of seven children. With a bowl of coriander on her head, she traveled miles through the municipality of Tucano (BA) to sell a plant door to door and generate livelihood for her own family. And so it went through trials and missions.

Based on a field research to interact the group with the residents, Anchieta gathers life stories of the occupants of the building where a psychiatric hospital of the same name operated in Santos.

Short film about a cinema lover trying to make a film.

Documentary about Diana Island in Santos.

Since 2015, UERJ has been experiencing a situation of increasing degradation. The academic community resists. Among the protagonists of this fight is art student Matheusa Passareli, an LGBTQ activist, who disappeared in April 2018.

The poem "I do not know how many souls I have" of Fernando Pessoa, as a filter for the emotions. What I saw, lived, heard and felt for life. A work without script. The short film was made entirely from the emotions that the poem brought. A dip in the soul and in the art.

Tidal movement. Three generations of women descendants of African slaves divided between the need to leave and the will to stay, between the uncertainty concerning the future and the strength of ancestry.

Trapped in phosphene, raw documentary footage reveals its digital self, receding into its abstract infancy, a memory-image unspooled from its dependency on referents, affected by its own internal life. A computer sees without eyes, an algorithm imagines.

Documentary about the role-playing game, and what benefits it can do for a person's life.

“Área 013” is a documentary aimed at investigating stories and legends related to ufology that is very present in the municipality of Peruíbe. The documentary presents a sampling from various points of view, and does not seek to prove or deny the veracity of any information, with the main objective of treating the theme in an experimental way.

It is a short that addresses some of the difficulties encountered by the worker and small entrepreneur, in the present day! It tells the story of an elderly couple, who work for their own sustenance. And as small entrepreneurs, they find in their way, a barrier well known by Brazilians who seek to undertake!

What is it like to be a woman in DEGASE? Invisible Girls brings a look at the experiences, experiences and visions of the girls that comply with the socio-educational system of Rio de Janeiro.