Focus Brazil : Navigating the Future
Ihjãc’s dreams after his father’s death reveal to him he’ll soon be a shaman. Denying his fate, he leaves his Krahô tribe for a village in the Brazilian hinterland.
THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS
- João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
- 2018
- Brazil, Portugal
- s.t. English
- 114 min
International Feature Competition
In Brazil, an all-female gang selling oil on the black market sets out to represent the political interests of a population abandoned by the government.
DRY GROUND BURNING
- Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
- 2022
- Brazil, Portugal
- s.t. French or English
- 164 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
A powerful political poem about anti-colonial resistance and struggle that revisits the militant education program set up in Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s.
MANGROVE SCHOOL
- Filipa César, Sónia Vaz Borges
- 2022
- Portugal, Germany, France
- s.t. French or English
- 35 min
Short and Medium-Length International Competition
The filmmaker light-heartedly explores the relationship between humans and their urban environment. Meaning springs from a glance—even if there is nothing to see.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE
- Nicolas Bouchez
- 2022
- Belgium, Portugal, Hungary
- s.t. English
- 17 min