Thiago Carvalhaes

Recent studies suggest that the average adult will spend at least half of their life in front of a screen. This documentary explores how Brazilian digital influencers are using that reality to fuel activism on social issues such as racial representation, LGBTQ+ rights, feminism, and politics. Stuck at home with social media as their only tool to make their voices heard, nine influencers create content across multiple platforms, raising awareness about taboo subjects in an accessible and deconstructed way while sharing their daily lives. Through the communities they build online, they question whether our screens have become true mirrors of the souls of today’s societies.

Gisberta was a Brazilian trans woman that lived as immigrant in Portugal. She was brutally murdered 10 years ago and since then became an icon for the transsexual rights cause. Piece by piece, this documentary offers a delicate portrait of a woman torn apart by an indifferent world.

A Japanese man called Sushi sets off travelling in a camper that is the same age as him, in southern Portugal. He is looking for a legendary spring that could cure his broken heart. On the road, the door of his vehicle opens onto many encounters. Stumbling along, the people he meets and the drinks he shares will help him find his way and question what love is.

Heleno walks through the morgue corridor, in search for the missing hustler. Text by Brazilian writer Marcelino Freire.