YELLOW CAKE
In the town of Picuí, in the backlands of Paraíba, a team of scientists attempts to eradicate the deadly Aedes aegypti mosquito — the carrier of dengue fever — through a secret experiment known as Yellow Cake. Using uranium extracted from the region, the project aims to sterilise the mosquitoes and halt the spread of […]
RUA DO PESCADOR Nº6 (Fisherman Street Nº6)
In May 2024, a devastating flood struck Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaving irreparable marks on the lives of millions. The catastrophe laid bare the full scale of the climate crisis and global warming. More than 600,000 people were displaced, thousands lost their homes, and entire neighborhoods remained submerged for weeks. The flood turned Porto […]
O AVESSO DO MUNDO (The Lining Of The World)
There is a house in Minas da Panasqueira left behind at the end of childhood. There is a collection of pictures and objects from that place and time. THE LINING OF THE WORLD is a search for a lost time or the story of a film that was never made.
NIMUENDAJÚ
The film tells the story of Curt Unckel, a social scientist who lived with indigenous peoples for 40 years. Curt was baptized in 1906 by the Guarani as Nimuendajú, and dedicated his life to studying and understanding different cultures. He witnessed the persecution and expulsion of indigenous peoples from their lands.
BAÍA DOS TIGRES (Tiger Bay)
The person of the future will know how to shed the skin of guilt and rewrite itself.
ÁGUA MÃE
Mértola, the Guadiana River, a place of ancient watermills, where bread flour was milled. A place where birds live and people relax. Fishing boats pass by and the fish leap. The tide rises and falls, with the atmosphere changing every day. The color of the water and landscape vary throughout the year. At the same […]
This is Not a Garden
Garden and nature are different things. Definitions are risky and all seem incomplete. A garden is created, built. It’s a relationship made up of common stories, often ephemeral or almost invisible. THIS IS NOT A GARDEN is a wander and a collection of notes.
Tesouro Natterer
Documentary feature about the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer, a member of the Austrian Expedition that accompanied the Archduchess Leopoldina on her journey to Brazil in 1817. Among the members of the Austrian Expedition, he was the one who stayed the longest in Brazil: 18 years, which resulted in an impressive collection of over 50,000 objects, […]
Water Line
VICTOR GAMA is a global artist. Of African origin, it is from Europe, where he lives part of the time, that he expands his multimedia project around the world. Concerned about the environmental issues of the modern world, Victor Gama conducts his research with remote populations and places, bringing concerns about environmental degradation to international […]
No More History Without Us
Submerged in the sea of greenwashing that drowns them daily, two Amazonian filmmakers have decided to denounce, in this film manifesto, the entrails of the historical process of inventing and exploiting the forest as an inexhaustible Garden of Eden. Between Munich and Belém, they reveal how racism and prejudice, in Brazil and throughout the world, […]