Curtas Brasileiros

A wandering voice is able to invade any matter, solid, liquid, or gaseous, and it decides for the first time to invade a woman's body. From this experience it narrates what it feels as a subject, what "it" pretends to feel, what is unfathomable in itself, what its image is to the others, and probes what a body means as a social construction.

Erika had one of his sons, the 16 year-old Theylor, recently murdered on a police approach and is concerned about her other son, Nicolas, 17, that lives in the same neighborhood. Erika is pregnant. Fear, pain and happiness mix too much at São Paulo's outskirts.

Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, "Republic" is a short film written, directed and produced by Grace Passô from the invitation of the Moreira Salles Institute (IMS).

After years abroad due to his brother's murder, a renowned journalist returns to his family's home to take care of his mother, who suffers from an unknown illness. Late at night, he is visited by two strangers. As new events unfold leading him to suspect that something ominous and deeply disturbing has struck his mother, a new tragedy rises.

Metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through the internal transformation of being, in a game of images of concretist inspiration.

Reinterpretation of the myth of Anastasia, the slave deified by African-Brazilian culture. The young Anastasia, one of the women responsible for making clay pots in Goiabeiras, is seen by the Orisha Ajalá. They fall in love. Their love will cause joy in some gods and anger in others. This perfect love will result in a divine communion between men and gods, showing that every man and every woman is a divinity through their work in the everyday life.

Silvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street. Silvia tries to ignore the apparition, but this strange event begins to permeate her daily life and transform her personality.

In the dense night, when the moon lifts the tide, beings trapped in the daily life of water scarcity, they are hypnotized by the powers of Yemaya, the goddess of the sea.

Joao is a Black Brazilian teenager who loves playing soccer with his best friend. But things suddenly change when he reveals his true feelings towards his friend.

A young black girl discovers racism in her school during an audition for a cover performance of her favorite television show - a successful children's show featuring only blond girls.

Zu is a twelve year old black kid. He goes to the grocery store to buy flour for his mom and, on his way back home, discovers he can fly.

Andre and Elida are dating for a short time. In real life and in fiction.

A celebration of the beauty of the black women in Brazil, and how they groom themselves and attend to their hairstyles.

Bixiga, heart of São Paulo. Jerusa, a resident of a house aged by time, on a special day, receives Silvia, an opinion pollster who circulates the neighborhood convincing people to answer questionnaires for a washing powder survey. The moment she meets Silvia, Jerusa provides her with an unusual afternoon full of memories, inviting her to share moments of happiness with an "unknown person".

Julia, a waitress without much going on in her life, accepts a job offer from Milo, a writer in crisis who needs an assistant to talk to. From these conversations on, she begins to perceive that love is where we least expect for.

On a Friday night, two actresses share their fears.

A young Brazilian, who has just started working in a huge forest in Berlin, is dragged into a nightmare involving the German colonial past when he tries to find a girl lost in the woods.

During carnival Flaviana lives a pretty difficult dilemma; how to disguise from her last night lover who refuses to get out of her shower?

Laura would rather stay in the city partying with her friends, but instead she is to accompany her dad on a childhood home visit. Strong-minded as they both are, pleasant together time is not really on the agenda. Sharp observations of a father-daughter relationship in this witty fiction debut.

Upon receiving the news that her daughter is coming to spend a few days in her company, Bianca decides to resume the unfinished work on the slab of her small house. The plans, however, do not go as expected.

Nelson, a young Brazilian student in Berlin, often meets Maria, an illegal immigrant from Senegal. Although he ignores her he begins to have visions of stereotyped characters, that refers him to a past that he would rather forget.

An elderly couple has their patience and comfort broken when they receive an eviction note.