Grace Passô
2021
Dazed Flesh
Ricardo Alves Jr., Grace Passô
Grace Passô, Zora Santos
After having invaded liquid, gaseous and solid substances, a strange voice takes possession of a woman's body and for the first time experiences the taste of something truly human. Together, the voice and the body seek for belonging and an identity of their own as they question their roles within society.
Dazed Flesh
To the Moon
Tadhg O'Sullivan
Grace Passô
This is a beautiful and poetic cinematic ode to our moon. Made primarily from international cinematic archives in combination with literary fragments and original moonlit cinematography filmed across five continents, To the Moon steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from the moon to create a meditative work.
To the Moon
In the Heart of the World
Gabriel Martins, Maurílio Martins
Grace Passô, Bárbara Colen
The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier.
In the Heart of the World
Long Way Home
André Novais Oliveira
Grace Passô, Russo Apr
In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting people and discovering new horizons, trying to overcome her past.
Long Way Home
Enquanto estamos aqui
Clarissa Campolina, Luiz Pretti
Mary Ghattas, Marcelo Souza e Silva
“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.
While We Are Here
Praça Paris
Lúcia Murat
Grace Passô, Joana de Verona
Camila is a Portuguese therapist who works at Rio de Janeiro State University, where she attends Glória, the university's elevator operator. Throughout the sessions, Camila faces a very violent reality, since Glória was raped by her own father as a child and her brother Jonas is a dangerous bandit that is in prison. Increasingly frightened by the reports she hears, she feels threatened at the same time that Glória sees her as essential in her life.
Praça Paris
Desterro
Maria Clara Escobar
Carla Kinzo, Otto Jr.
The couple Laura and Israël have a five-year-old son, Lucas. They live together but seem to have lost interest in one another's thoughts and cares. Their relationship seems headed for the rocks, and the only one who seems to still be looking for something from life is Lucas.
Desterro
Elon Não Acredita na Morte
Ricardo Alves Jr.
Rômulo Braga, Clara Choveaux
As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, runs into hospitals, morgues. Alone, he wanders through a metropolis, searching for news about the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his wife.
Elon Doesn't Believe in Death
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Paulinho Sacramento
Abdias do Nascimento, Rubem Confete
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
