An intimate essay about memory and belonging in the city of Porto Alegre, RS.
Social & External
The people behind it
Victor Souza
Zuriyê Medeiros
Narrator
It's the big day of Mathias' confirmation, where he will confirm being a Christian and enter adulthood. Mathias is transgender and just wants to be a normal teenage boy. His mother does everything to protect him, but who is this day really about?
A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.
While wating for a friend, Aline receives a call that changes the course of her day.
Based on a true story, this film immerses us in the life of Zoe, a young transsexual prostitute who, while living on the margins of society, she maintains an unbreaking hope for love and building a better future. Her journey, marked by violence, discrimination, and loneliness, finds a guiding light in Gina Rodríguez, a trans woman who takes for her the mantle of a maternal role, protecting her and teaching her how to endure in a hostile world. The fragile stability that Zoe had won breaks abruptly when Gina is brutally stabbed. This tragedy not only makes her face the pain of losing a loved one, but also makes Zoe rethink the meaning of her own life, trapped between fear, fury, and the need for justice.
After getting harassed in the public toilets, two trans friends fight back. Or: a short film about pissing on transphobes.
Inspired by Michael Bay's "Transformers". Grim Luke is a man now. He likes to transform wearing ladies clothes. He left Hollywood and lives with chickens, pigs, and goats in the suburbs.
Part comedy special, part oral history, part love letter to becoming your true self, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps chronicles two decades of Emmy-nominated creator/performer Scott Turner Schofield’s life as an out transgender man. With a knowing nod to the often-overlooked comedy of transitioning, the film reflects on the many layers of becoming oneself, exploring nuanced truths and breaking important new ground in trans representation. Twice censored (so far) and arriving amid a cultural and legislative reckoning, the film resists simplification in what it explores, how it tells the story, and the form it takes. Instead, Schofield brings vulnerability, wit, and presence to the details of his own life, connecting the personal to the universal and reminding audiences of all we share. Funny, profound, and fiercely honest, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps celebrates complexity and invites viewers to consider, more deeply and compassionately, what becoming—and being—a man can mean.
Charlotte, a trans girl, gets in a feud with her grandmother Mamie over her hormone injection.
Bárbara and Milena experience the intensity of a magnetic, unspoken connection. Amid moments of contemplation and a latent tension that borders on obsession, the two young women explore the awakening of new feelings while facing the prospect of a departure that could change everything.
After losing a career-defining fashion opportunity, aspiring queer Latinx designer Carlos begins questioning both his talent and his future. Encouraged by his outspoken best friend and inspired by unexpected moments of connection, he discovers the power of ‘glimmers’—small, magical moments of hope that illuminate life’s path. Set against the vibrant backdrop of queer nightlife, fashion, and chosen family, Glimmer is a heartfelt story about resilience, self-worth, and believing in yourself when everything feels uncertain.
The Zanctuary is a decadent bar in Lower Manhattan owned by a former prostitute, Dora Ramona del Pilar. An undercover police detective follows an investigation on human trafficking discovering what's hidden under the bar: rooms filled with Dora's terrible sins and her attempts at redemption.
A mysterious environmental borne illness is turning teenage girls trans across New England. At least, that's what their mothers are reading online. Katherine, concerned by her preteen's increasing symptoms, seeks a cure.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Zezé is an 8 year old boy who, although a naughty boy, has a good heart. He leads a very modest life, due to the fact that his father has been unemployed for a long time, and has the habit of having long conversations with a sweet orange tree which is in his backyard. Until one day he meets Portuga, a man who begins to help him and soon becomes his best friend.
An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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.
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
When Nick, who has Asperger's syndrome, struggles to carry on after the death of his brother Chaz, Chaz's best friend Randy takes Nick under his wing.