
MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, THROUGH THE SECRETARIAT OF CULTURE, ECONOMY AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
PRESENT:



SIKAT SUBAR
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
A HIDDEN COLORFUL FEATHER
A social portrait through the role and symbolism of the rooster in Timorese culture, confronting tradition with ethics and basic human needs. A journey into an ancient and controversial practice in Timor-Leste and its impact on society, from the struggle for independence and conflict resolution to ceremonial practices, economy, employment, public health and gender dynamics. An in-depth look at the complexities of a post-conflict society in one of the youngest countries in the world.
Director: DIOGO PESSOA DE ANDRADE
PORTUGAL


eulalia
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
Eulália is a simple woman who lives in a toxic marriage. With few friends and no prospects for the future, she looks for a job to gain her independence. After discovering that her husband is a drug dealer, she finds the courage to leave home, but discovers that her mother's life is in danger and she needs to find a quick solution to save her.
Director: Igor Moreira
Brazil


the front of
the invisibles
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
documentary that shows the Ukrainian conflict from the perspective of the Russian front. Filmed between August and September 2022, the documentary presents the point of view of the population living in territories currently under Russian control. This point of view has been little demonstrated in the West. From the bombed-out neighborhoods of Donetsk to the beaches of Mariupol, from celebrations in Lisichansk to everyday life in the destroyed buildings of Severodonetsk, from the Azovmash factory shelters to the former Stanitsa Luganskaja detention center.
Director: Sara Reginella
Italy


chronicles of a
young family
black
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
Hellena and Lucas form a black couple and little Dom is the result of this union. Hellena is a dancer and trancista; Lucas works as a bartender and Dom is about to turn two. Same
With little money, Hellena and Lucas decide to throw a big party to celebrate their son's birthday.
Director: Davidson D. Candanda
Brazil


the house
that stood
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
San Pietro Avellana, southern Italy, 1943. Camillo, a teenager, sees his life turned upside down when, one day, some retreating German soldiers begin to use his family's inn as a base of operations. In the midst of a war that seems to have no end, Camillo has much more on his mind; and most importantly first, invite Bianca, his longtime crush, on a first date. The world seems a little less ugly, if only for a moment, until something changes their lives forever.
Director: Antonella Spirito
Italy


DEIXA
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITIVE
Zezé Motta is Carmen, a woman who experiences her last night of freedom before her husband leaves prison.
Director: MARIANA JASPE
BRAZIL


CIDA TEM DUAS
SÍLABAS
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITIVE
Seamstress Cida, 60, needs to sign a document at work, but she can't read what it says. With the help of her granddaughter's teacher, she becomes interested in literacy and, at the same time, begins to question things that happen at work.
Director: GIOVANNA CASTELLARI PEIXOTO
BRAZIL


ENGOLE O CHORO
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITIVE
In a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of São Paulo, Anderson, a black teenager, steals his father's motorcycle. He wants to become a man, ending years of exclusion and rejection, but he will have to face what he was never taught to deal with: his feelings. In a racist society, how can black men overcome this reality?
Director: FABIO RODRIGO
BRAZIL


MESOCOSMS
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITIVE
A human body moves through nature. Bodily kinetics mixed with creative contemplation supported by the narrative syncopation of an ecology of relationships, existentialism and philosophical thought converted into cinematographic language. How to find in the image the codes that essentially aggregate the relationship between the human-animal-ontological and nature-essence.
Director: WELKET BUNGUÉ
BRAZIL


THE SONG OF
FLYING LEAVES
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITIVE
A journey into dreams through the encounter between Suna, a 12-year-old girl who uses leaves as a blanket, and an old man who has secret knowledge. A reflection on the friendship between father and daughter, teacher and student, adult and child, and the path that can transform the impossible into possible... The letters invented in the film are inspired by ancient Armenian symbols.
Director: ARMINE ANDA
ARMENIA