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An anxious brother delays telling his sister the truth about his upcoming wedding, an uncle takes drastic measures to "make a man" out of his closeted nephew, and a young man reflects on his turbulent teen years and the experiences that pushed him to leave his hometown behind. A powerful collection of shorts about the quiet ways in which we learn to stand up to prejudice and doubt.

Marina gave birth to her son at the age of seventeen in a maternity hospital, where she endured sexual, obstetric, and psychological violence at the hands of medical professionals. Eleven years later, she turns to performance as a gestural act to birth the swords of Ogum and other vegetal kingdom species-royalties, transforming childbirth into a spell. Surrounded by the swords, she finds ways to defend herself and challenge modern science, which is deeply rooted in coloniality, racism, and the exploitation of human and non-human bodies. Modernity, after all, seizes the planet and its kingdoms to destroy them under colonial capitalist disregard.

A writer tries to write a romantic comedy with a happy ending, but the bad guy Mama radically changes his plans.

Within the revelry of Rio's Carnival, Ilma writes to her son. How does she sense his presence in the crowd?

A collage-style video essay that explores the idea of love through touch. Guided by fragments of films, paintings, photographs, and other visual images, a sensorial and poetic narrative is constructed around the protagonists of Alan Stephens Foster's painting "The Fall." Like a moving moodboard, the work connects different artistic and cultural expressions to portray gestures of affection, desire, care, and presence between diverse bodies. All of this through the hands.

In the heart of Goiás, young quilombolas reinvent traditions and transform their cultural heritage into strength for the future. "Voices and Gaps" is a sensitive portrait of the resilience and hope of these young people.

During the filming of a university short film, a fictional marriage proposal gets out of hand and triggers a series of disasters behind the scenes. While the eccentric director enters an existential crisis and threatens to quit cinema, it is up to the assistant director to try to save the project and remind everyone that, without respect and professionalism, no film can be completed.

A lysergic nightmare where forgotten characters star in stories that never existed.

The night promises to be unforgettable. In a small town in the countryside, Lucas and his friends eagerly await the most anticipated party of the year and come up with a plan to ensure no one is left without a partner for the slow dance – but not everything goes as planned.

ALEXANDRE OMENA DE SOUZA

When images emerge from the film material itself and exist on their own, they become one thing among many others. Manipulations of super-8 and digital.

Maria José's life story reveals not only the harsh reality she and her family faced, but also a portrait of the real Brazil. Like a butterfly that is born crawling, she finds her beauty where it is not convenient to be found and sets her flight free to the sky.

The Paraíba backlands during the civil-military dictatorship of the 1960s. The boy Teobaldo faces the struggle between desire and repression when an enigmatic American researcher arrives at the Research Center of the National Department of Works Against Drought (DNOCS).

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From within the walls of a prison, a group of inmates writes scenes about a Man. As they act out their words, their cells transform into childhood landscapes, hospital rooms, and places flooded by the outside world's light. But as the story unfolds, the lines between imagination and reality blur, and we begin to wonder who this Man is.

In the near future, the state of Pernambuco faces the brink of flooding due to extreme climate changes. This news prompts the protagonist on a solitary journey through abandoned roads, finding in the ruins a profound connection to her roots. Dance becomes her sole means of communication as nature reclaims its space. An ancient prophecy comes true: the hinterland turns into the sea. "Where the Sea Meets the Heartland" is a videodance short film that delves into themes of change and identity.

In a distant world ruled by a queer dictatorship, a non-binary couple's decision to marry challenges societal norms, blurring the lines of gender and love in a universe where inversions are the norm and limitations are mere illusions.

BRAINROT is a secret experiment by Meta Labs: a test to see how long it takes for the algorithm to turn humans into lab rats. The physical mutations caused by a life spent staring at screens are normalized with the same complacency with which unhealthy consumption habits are accepted. Don’t let your child do homework with AI. The rat inside you is the target!

After yet another series of arguments at home, a boy witnesses the end of his parents' marriage through silences that fill every space, glances that no longer meet, and doors that close without explanation. Unheard, he perceives the house gradually changing, as if everyone were still in the same place, but separated. When his parents finally announce their separation, there is no confrontation—only an emptiness that remains, now inevitable. "Empty Place" portrays this silent rupture, showing how the end can arrive without noise, yet occupy everything around it.

A recap of Sé and its cultural and historical importance in recent centuries. The spiritual sequel of Nilce Trajan's “Praça da Sé” (1974).

Four children play an online multiplayer game, collaborating on strategies to advance while each trying to stay alive.

Discover the captivating origins of an iconic little pickup from the 1960s that was transformed into a 'triozinho' and captured the hearts of countless 'foliões' during Carnaval. Through heartfelt memories, interviews, and breathtaking landscapes, this documentary, directed by Daniel Bittencourt, beautifully reveals how a group of passionate music lovers gave birth to one of Linhares’ most cherished cultural symbols, straight from Vila de Regência.