VALENÇA

Victoria(es)

Victoria falls in love with a girl with whom they cross paths. Judith finds something unique in her and they decide to create a relationship, although Victoria fears the conflict that will arise at home and its consequences.

Growing Fangs(en)

Val Garcia, a Mexican-American teen who is half human/half vampire, has had to keep her identity a secret from both worlds. But when her human best friend shows up at her monster-infested school, she has to confront her truth, her identity, and herself.

Metanoia(es)

Sofia encounters with an old friend from her childhood, Mar. Both girls become inseparable, until that bond becomes so strong that Mar starts to develop a dependency for Sofia.

The New Flesh(pt)

Hope Ways(pt)

Amid the 2019 drought in Brazil’s Northeast, Madalena loses her mother in a tragic event that changes her life. Alone, she joins a rebellion at the Grajaú farm in Canudos, where a community rises against government neglect. A violent State response turns their hope into sorrow. Later, journalist Júlia returns to uncover the truth, hearing from people like Lúcia, a grieving mother. As Júlia investigates, hidden stories emerge: Madalena's forbidden love with rebel João and Pedro's thirst for revenge after losing his father to political violence. Their paths cross in a tale of justice, pain, and redemption. Inspired by Ariano Suassuna, famed for "A Dog’s Will", this short film is a prelude to "A Pena e a Lei", created by 9th-grade students from Escola SESI Cambona, in Maceió, Brazil. It was screened at the SESI Festival of Art and Culture in July 2023, touching audiences with its emotional and socially conscious narrative.

Boca Dura(pt)

In an evangelical house on the outskirts of a Brazilian megalopolis, a young trans man revisits his family after years. Gradually, what could be just a Sunday lunch turns into a suffocating plot of abuse and violence.

Lions(es)

Deep in the forest a group of five friends wander around like a lion herd. Lost in their word games, they play and seduce each other while going back and forth into adulthood territory, in a desperate search to avoid their already written story.

AMAZORIOCA(pt)

A journey through the Brazilian Amazon, guided by the eyes of Renato, a Carioca turned Amazorioca. A reflection on identity, the legacy of an ancestral territory, and the cost of progress. An ode to the forest and the fragility of what remains.

LITURGIA(pt)

Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil(pt)

The interview, held on January 4, 2001, was the last given by Professor Milton Santos, who died from cancer on June 24 of the same year. The geographer is gone, but his thoughts remains. Its political and cultural ideals inspire the debate on Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. His statement is a true testimony, a lesson that the world can be better. Based on geography, Milton Santos performs a reading of the contemporary world that reveals the different faces of the phenomenon of globalization. It is in the evidence of contradictions and paradoxes that constitute everyday life that Milton Santos sees the possibilities of building another reality. He innovates when, instead of standing against globalization, proposes and points out ways for another globalization.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip(en)

Eleven-year-old Alexander and his family embark on a dream Spring Break vacation to Mexico City only to have all their plans go terribly wrong when they discover a cursed idol.

LUNULAR(pt)

Nordeste Água e Óleo(pt)

Lágrimas Holandesas(pt)

São Paulo - Brasil(pt)

Um Olhar Inquieto: o Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky(pt)

Faça a Máfia Grande Novamente(pt)

Powerbomb(en)

An obsessive fan kidnaps his favorite up-and-coming wrestling star.

Needlestick(en)

A desperate doctor locks down South Union Cardiac Hospital to keep the greatest discovery in human history to himself, while a young intern races to save a dying young dancer, his ex-girlfriend, and his best friend, and stop his mentor.