Social & External
The people behind it
Marcos Donato
Artista 1
Davi Iury
Artista 2
Luciano Luppi
Artista 3
Aquiles, an actor passionate about art, finds himself in conflict after receiving the tragic news that his theater company will close down. Accustomed to playing the masks of Commedia dell' Arte, the actor loses himself among them, alternating between reality and his former life on stage.
A young sculptor struggles to finish his masterpiece, a sculpture of a woman, as it inexplicably cracks.
A transgender girl runs away from home and is invited to live with a strange photographer who pushes her to help him pay his debts.
Felix, a 16-year-old boy, receives a diagnosis of an incurable disease and sees his life turned into uncharted territory. Unable to accept this new reality, he goes through the stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally, a delicate beginning of acceptance. Amidst the emotional chaos, Felix finds an unexpected refuge in filmmaking. Films begin to offer not only comfort, but a new way of seeing the world and himself. It is then that his passion is born: telling stories. Driven by the need to give meaning to his life, he decides to transform his journey into art and begins to write and direct a film about his own life.
Sérgio is a creative boy, but he never had the attention he desired by no one. Years later, he became a successful graffiti artist, however, he struggles to find inspiration for his new project, yet Sérgio still tries to compensate what he did not have in his childhood with an unhealthy relationship, searching the answers to something he lacked as a young boy.
Mojica owns a movie-themed bar where he speaks about his passion for brazilian films.
While painting intuitively, Fran recounts defining moments of her journey as a trans woman. In an intimate space, the short film builds, through voice and color, a sensitive narrative about identity, body, and hope. Between brushstrokes and silences, a life is revealed—one that resists and finds recognition through art.
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Diogo (17) has a little quirk: he likes to call his mother's female therapy patients and masturbate while listening to them on the phone. One of these patients is Angela (43), a woman who was just left by her husband When Diogo calls Angela, she thinks it's her husband calling. She starts having a relationship with the silence on the other end of the line. But when she finds out it's Diogo, she's disgusted. She's furious. But, most of all, she's attracted to this person who showed so much interest in her. The only person who called her every day. Diogo helps Angela see that she can have a new beginning and she shows him his way to independence. But they have to face a number of obstacles: There's the age difference, Diogo's mother, and, especially, his own path to adulthood.
