A Better Day

Through a shared camera, a mother and her young son map the emotional terrain of migration.

A young filmmaker tries to get a better understanding of her unconventional mother.

An intimate insight into the lives of deaf people, navigating a society built for the 'fully abled'.

Enquanto Pinto, Me Vejo

A young man crosses the desert seeking a better life, but isolation, fading memories, and silence force him to confront his past, his pain-and the truth about himself.

Storms manufactured with linocut and monotype.

In this captivating animation, a koro leads a desperate chase after the mirumiru (bubbles) of memories that escape his deteriorating wife before they’re gone forever.

The Sun Died First

Cachinhos Laranjas

When two friends (Ted and Paul) accidentally overdose their buddy during a reckless day of partying, they scramble to cover their tracks and hide the body. In a desperate bid for help, they turn to their dangerous drug supplier (Vincent), only to find themselves ensnared in a web of chaos that forces them to confront the true cost of their choices.

At the heart of Brazilian wrestling, RJPW (Rio de Janeiro Pro Wrestling) stands out as a team pushing the boundaries of the sport in the country. Follow the journey of Axel, Nogueira, and Domina, three wrestlers who bring passion, dedication, and perseverance to the ring as they fight to keep pro wrestling alive in Brazil. Through intense training, fierce rivalries, and moments of triumph, this documentary takes you behind the scenes of RJPW to reveal the strength, sacrifice, and dreams of those who turn wrestling into a spectacle.

A vulnerable teenager unknowingly finds himself in a cult after getting kicked out of his house.

Follows childhood friends Luca and Felix on a summer’s day in the countryside and the tension that ignites between them when they address Felix’s ex-girlfriend, Kiera.

Ismael, who dreams of becoming a filmmaker, returns back home to Trujillo, a peripheral city in Peru, after studying film in Switzerland. He’s faced with changes in his city and his family, and with the difficulties of making a living in his field. This voyage in between continents will become an interior journey of self discovery. Could this immense sea be the border between Ismael and his dreams?

In Rio de Janeiro, two friends who are almost codependent wander around alienated and afraid of boredom. This mechanism protects them from addressing emotional issues. Meanwhile, a filmmaker investigates these two young people. It becomes an observation on the anxieties of the Brazilian youth and their denial during early adulthood.

Clara asks her girlfriend Aurora how she discovered she was gay, and Aurora tells her the story using dance as a visual metaphor. She discusses how she felt confused for many of her younger years because she didn’t feel attraction and talks about past relationships to demonstrate various aspects of her frustrations. Growing up without any exposure to queer love, she never knew that her feelings were valid, and she felt broken. Clara comforts Aurora by telling her that she experienced similar things and that a lot of lesbians go through similar thought processes in a heteronormative society. Aurora ends her story by explaining how she found herself after moving cities and seeing queer people exist around her. She then met Clara and fell in love, finally feeling safe, found and understood.

by the river people are standing