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Women writers intertwine their work in the form of an anthology in this feature film. The scripts are adapted from tales written by Brazilian women at the end of the 20th Century to create four shorts filmed by directors of groups under-represented in the cinematographic industry of Brazil of 2024. Themes such as death, healing, the body, marriage and desire are tantamount in stories in which women revisit their past in search of liberty.

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Stage mother Dolly Murdock uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.

What starts as an innocent flirtation between teenagers on the edge of an old bombing range turns askew when a trip home reveals a chaotic adult world that seeks to subvert their friendship.

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.

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A fateful chain of events begin to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped in a stranger's basement.

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Rita does makeup and prepares Consuelo, who carefully reviews the details of that last act of flirtation. In the privacy of her room, she says goodbye like all the elders of this town, where death is just another moment in life, an event announced and expected.

Miquel moves to a town in the Spanish countryside. He is there to work in an industrial mill, ran by siblings María and Ángel. María, who dislikes her work and the neighbours she has to do business with, finds in Miquel a person similar to her.

In a rural village colonized by Germans, little Ana watches a play about the history of the Thiltapes. It is a dangerous animal that lives in the forest, and no one knows its real form. Two hundred years earlier, a botanist who writes about the region hears about this same animal. The stories intertwine, both in an obsessive search for the imaginary Thiltapes, while at the same time facing their own demons: the weakened botanist eager for a discovery that will justify his trip and Ana intrigued by her father, suspected of having committed a brutal crime against a neighbor’s cow.

Summer in Cheung Chau is a hidden wonderland. Three local Cheung Chau kids and a dog break into homes of islanders who are on vacation, and of the emigrants who left for good. Marked with whimsical adventures, their journey imparts unexpected lessons about the secrets of the adult world. As the end of summer approaches, the trio is destined to part at the cruel crossroads of youth.

Returning wounded from the war Maksym was overcome by self-doubt, in his physiological state. He is undergoing rehabilitation. He loses contact with his wife. He is tormented by dreams. In one of his dreams Maksym goes to the island to catch a lot of fish, as the paramedic advised him. Maksym takes a boat, net, dynamite from the best man and sails to the island.

Once Maria refused her childhood friend's marriage proposal, she sees herself forced to marry him due to her father's wishes. Therefore, she faces multiple versions of her future, to decide her next step.

A 13-year-old girl has the opportunity to skateboard with her crush - at the cost of neglecting her familial duties.

Saúl, a young bricklayer from Chilpancingo, Mexico, dreams of dancing in Los Tlacololeros dance, but lack of money and family problems prevent him from doing so. The brother of the girl he likes invites him to belong to his criminal group.

Au coeur de nos terres

The obstacle-strewn journey of Romain and Antoine, a homosexual couple, involved in a long and difficult adoption process. After five years of waiting, they see their adoption application stalled for largely societal reasons: the system's reluctance to place children with a male couple, particularly in so-called “late” adoptions. Despite their sincere love and deep desire to become parents, they encounter prejudice, such as being required to prove the presence of female role models in their social circle.

A stage adaptation of the 1869 novel ‘The Idiot’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky, performed at the Russian Theatre of Estonia.