OS BRAVOS (The Brave)
A woman and a man on vacation in Pico Island, in the Azores. The adversities of this journey, set in constantly changing nature, trigger arguments that conceal deeper issues within the characters and their difficulty in connecting.
SURURU BRANCO (White Sururu)
Sururu is a shellfish and culinary delicacy from Maceió, a tourist paradise in Northeastern Brazil. But in the last few years it started to disappear, losing ground to a strange new kind of mussel local fisherman began calling ‘white sururu’. This exotic species first appeared in 2023 at the same time a rock-salt mine collapsed […]
ONDE NASCEM OS PIRILAMPOS (Where Fireflies Sparkle)
A group of teenagers gathers for camping. While two of them try to define their romantic relationship, they are surprised by a swarm of fireflies that guides them into the heart of the forest.
MINHOCUÇU
Rhinodrilus alatus – literally “earthworm with a nose and wings,” popularly known as Minhocuçu, a term that combines the Portuguese word “minhoca” (earthworm) with the Tupi suffix “usu,” meaning “giant,” or “giant earthworm.” Found primarily in the central region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, this species is threatened by environmental changes caused by human activities. For […]
MAR ALBERTO (Alberto’s Sea)
Alberto Pescador was born amidst the sound of the waves and the strenuous effort of hauling fishing nets across the sand. Throughout his life, the sea has been his livelihood, his school, and his home. Today, however, he witnesses the slow disappearance of arte xávega, a centuries-old fishing tradition that has shaped the identity of […]
NÃO VAI EMBORA
Paradança is a village tucked away in the hills of Trás-os-Montes, Portugal. On July 4th, 1987, a family gathered in the old house. In 2025, the house stands silent, overtaken by time. In forty years, the village has lost sixty percent of its people. This film is a portrait of a family and a way […]
GUERREIROS PLANTADOS (Warriors Planted)
After their lands were flooded by the Itaparica Dam, the Pankará people saw part of their history disappear beneath the waters. Years later, moved by the memory and strength of their ancestors, the Pankará return to the caatinga of the Pernambuco hinterland to reclaim the land that has always belonged to them. Through stories, rituals, […]
FLORESTA DO FIM DO MUNDO
Blending speculative fiction with the cosmogeny of the Amazonian Baniwa people, the film tells the story of Suely, an Indigenous woman who divides her days between a small apartment in a large Brazilian city and dreams in which she communicates with a forest. Between romantic dances in a suburban bar, the heavy sounds of machines […]
DOCE AMANHÃ (Sweet Tomorrow)
On an island untouched by humankind, an orangutan is born and grows, witnessing the rise, transformation, and fall of its home. Now the leader of its family, it fights for survival and its legacy, defying the elements to secure a prosperous future for its own.
DIÁRIO DE LÁ (Diary From There)
In Melgaço, a transmission tower may be built, or it may not. On the horizon, the wind farms of Alto Minho. A vast landscape where everything and nothing changes, according to the eyes and the memories of its inhabitants. Recording these stories in a film diary woven from ephemeral encounters, three Brazilians follow literal and […]