EL CANTO DEL JAGUAR (The Sound Of The Jaguar)
Irma, a young woman from La Chinantla, an indigenous region in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, migrates to Mexico City to continue her studies. Upon arriving in the capital, Irma feels alien to this new environment; the change of language, the pollution, and the constant traffic seem very different from her home. As Irma […]
DYR I BY′R (City critters – Daddy Longlegs Spider)
Vimse, Herman, and Liva discover the long-legged and slightly mysterious cellar spider. It lives in ceiling corners and basements, weaving delicate, thin webs. But why does it shake its web? And could it be dangerous?
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
BAJO EL POLVO, NUESTRA TIERRA (Beneath The Dust, Our Land)
Across the cracked fields of Goiás, in the geographic heart of Brazil, Sister María Inés de Oliveira drives slowly in her old car, raising a cloud of dust behind her. She goes from house to house, listening to farming families who have lost what were once fertile lands, devoured by the expansion of a major […]
JARDIM ANCESTRAL (Ancestral Garden)
Among roots, trunks, and branches, a father and son journey in search of a tree that speaks of time and memory. Ancestral Garden is a poetic short film about ancestry, resistance, and reconnection. Set in Recife — home to the largest concentration of Baobab trees outside Africa — the story intertwines different generations of the […]