20,000 Species of Bees An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the wom...
The Soul of Things The storyline of the samba group Acadêmicos do Cubango, Igbá – The Soul of Things and the Art of Miracles, suggests a metaphor for creation through the Babalotim, a boy-idol who has lived through...
The Rise of Wagner This is the story of a clandestine military organization, known as the Wagner Group, the armed arm of a world power, and its iron-fisted leader, hoping to extend his influence around the world. Offici...
The Battle 21 sequence shots depict moments in a defining night of the Battle of Rua Maria Antônia, in October 1968, from the point of view of the students and professors of the Left-wing Student Movement, in t...
Upon Open Sky Two teenage brothers take a road trip to the border between Mexico and the United States to track down the man responsible for the car accident that caused their father’s death. Joined by their newl...
The Editing of the Brazilian Northeast To invent a region you must create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play "The Invention of the Northeast", this is a re-editing of the essential Brazilian film...
Leo’s Party In Vidigal favela, Rita is preparing a party for her son Léo, who is going to be twelve. On the day of the celebration, she discovers that the boy's father, Dudu, has stolen the money for the party a...
No Love Lost Étienne is barely twenty when he falls in love with Valérie. Not long afterwards their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one day, Valérie leaves and never returns. He chooses not to make a drama of ...
The Buriti Flower In 1940 two children of the indigenous Krahô people find a bullock in the depths of the forest, dangerously close to their village. This is the forewarning of a violent massacre, carried out by the r...
The Breaking Ice In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China’s northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who in...
Dead Mother's Mud Vida, a black trans woman, insists on disposing of her mother's ashes without anyone's help, not even her girlfriend's. In the solitude of her ritual, she is surprised....
The Mother of All Lies Asmae el Moudir wants to know why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture isn’t even her. She decides to explore the past and its mysteries by creating a hand...