21/07 – Program 1

After the screenings, open conversation with artists and directors mediated by journalist Jock Dean.

Men’s Pink

Renato Turnes (SC/SP) — 2020

Plot: Nine gay men share their memories. The first wishes, the fierce youth in a country under the military dictatorship, the devastation of AIDS, the feast as a territory of resistance. The aging of the gay man is celebrated in the voices of proud survivors. The short film was screened at the 28th edition of the Mix in Brazil Festival, won the Jury Prize at the Digo Festival — Sexual Diversity Festival; and had its debut at FAM — Florianópolis Audiovisual do Mercosur.

The love songs of a low old woman

André Sandino Costa (RJ) — 2020

Plot: The aging of the gay black man portrayed by Márcio Januário from his namesake show. The film was screened in the first half of 2021 at the first edition of Pajubá — Rio LGBTI+ Film Festival.

22/07 – Program 2

After the screenings, an open conversation with artists and directors mediated by the executive producer of the association of cultural producers Explana Mermã, Maitê Sousa.

Team of Two

André Santos (RN) – 2021

Plot: Flávio and Wendel are from the same soccer school and share the dream of being professional players. Flávio has doubts whether to keep trying and with the possibility of his quit, Wendel realizes that what they feel for each other may be more than friendship. The film was selected at the Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival which has been taking place since July 8 and will run until July 18.

Where do the feet go

Debora Zanatta (PR) – 2020

Synopsis: The short film shows the character who walks the paths of adolescence with courage to live their desires. And in the encounter with the unexpected he puts himself running, confident on his own feet. The film in the same year was selected at the 9th Look of Cinema — Curitiba International Film Festival; and at the 28th Brazil Mix Festival of Culture of Diversity.

The Last Street Movie Theater

Marçal Vianna (RJ) – 2021

Plot: Four young artists who rescue the memory of their city, the golden years of Nova Iguaçu, the summit and fall of street theaters.

23/07 – Program 3

After the screenings, open conversation with artists and directors mediated by Doctor in Public Policy Carlos Wellington.

Every once in a while I burn

Carlos Segundo (MG) – 2020

Synopsis: The short story tells of a photographer who seeks the symbiosis of bodies. Her meeting with Tereza, a model that participates in a photography session, ends up creating a big shake than they can imagine. The film circulated in several national and international festivals, such as the 14th For Rainbow – Cinema and Diversity – Brazil, where it won critics award.

The Bite

Pedro Neves Marques (Portugal/Brazil) — 2019

Plot: A house in the Atlantic Forest and a genetically modified mosquito factory in São Paulo. A polyamorous and non-binary relationship seeks to survive an epidemic that crosses Brazil, while within the factory thousands of mosquitoes are born daily – an army of insects about to be distributed throughout the country.

The short film had its debut at the Toronto Festival in 2019 and won the award for Best Brazilian Short Film at Mix in Brazil 2020.

Enter

Ana Carolina Marinho and Luz Bárbara (SP) — 2019

Plot: Two women separated by a polluted came from the Tietê River, Jaci and Maria relate between their windows. Each bank, a city. Jaci suspects that Maria is under domestic prison and decides to cross the river. Short film selected at the Rio Festival in 2019 and in 2021 won at DIGO — International Sexual Diversity Festival the award for Best Short at the LGBTI+ Women Show and AIC Award.

24/07 – Program 4

After the screenings, open conversation with artists and directors mediated by black transvestite, marginal poet and writer Pietra de Ofá.

Santa terror

Bruna Provazi (SP) – 2019

Plot: As Brazil is preparing to host the World Cup and Pope Francis, a wave of pornoterrorist performances shock the country. In this documentary we see how life and work blend in the trajectory of this visceral artist. The film was selected in the 2020 edition of the Mix in Brazil Festival.

Women of Faith

Bruna Santos and Dalila Ramos (SP) — 2019

Synopsis: A documentary that tells the trajectory of two women of different religions who are in the feminist struggle based on their faith. The film was selected at the 28th Mix Festival in Brazil.

Aunt Iracy Football Club

Layla Sah (CE) – 2020

Synopsis: Maria Iracy, better known popular and affectionately as Aunt Iracy, especially by the players of her soccer team, is a strong woman at the same time delicate who made her life a soccer match who, despite having had everything to lose her life’s championships, she got much more victories that defeats. A film that talks about youth at best age, about affection, and above all her love for a phenomenon so imposed on being masculine, in the view of a woman who is so maternal, becomes daily the greatest reference of delicacy and femininity in the life of her transsexual daughter.

The film was selected at the Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival which has been taking place since July 8 and will run until July 18.