Stefano Lopes

A small-scale farmer, the only daughter caring for her aging mother and the family land, has her quiet life upended when a mysterious crop circle appears in her field. The phenomenon brings her estranged sister and brother back into her world, forcing them to confront the emotional distance that has grown between them.

Nilson, a guide at the Municipal Aquarium of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is one of those affected by the constant flooding caused by torrential rains and floods in the Arrudas River basins in the city, which is now facing the greatest flood in its history.

Hatred, intolerance, polarization. In the past few years, Brazil transformed into a battlefield, where dialogue became impossible. The Baptism depicts this phenomenon and its consequences through the relationship between two brothers which lives are completely different from each other.

Maycon is a boxer who trains to return to the ring while sharing his time with two underemployees. Malu's father, the result of a casual relationship he had with Michele, he has his life overturned when he finds himself in the situation of having to take care of his daughter alone. Between the exhausting routine of training and training to survive Maycon's biggest fight has yet to be won: becoming a father.

Solange wants her stuff back. She moved out of town five years ago and now returns to retrieve her belongings, which she left in boxes at friends' homes.

A man enters a church and tells God of a robbery gone wrong.

Rosa imagines an image: a black woman in a waterfall. Is she from the past, the future, or another world? Everything feels strikingly real… While Paulo, her boyfriend, guides tourists through the black history of Curitiba, Rosa sets out in search of this image, unaware of the dangers the city holds for her.

The plight of a young filmmaker witnessing his potential future slipping away amid a suspended scenario.

5 stories of youth in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. 5 perspectives on the landscapes and characters of a city undergoing strange growth. For those who leave, those who return, and those who stay, the future is uncertain and the present is precious.

Javi shows up for the last time at a queer club where he works as a dancer, but he must deal with Castillo, a regular customer who resists the fact that he will never see him again.

Miguel, a 7-year-old boy, lives with three generations of estranged women in an old house. Among them is his mother who, after a traumatic divorce, distances herself from the boy. Miguel takes comfort in Carmen, an enigmatic Venezuelan immigrant who works as a maid for this Brazilian family. Carmen becomes an ambiguous mother figure for the boy, who develops an intimate and unusual bond with her, introducing him to a universe in which the real and the imaginary intertwine.

The needs of a black body are defined by whom? Have you ever tried to look into my eyes?

At a Cuban high school, a group of girls who call themselves “Las Perdularias” find ways to deal with the absences on an island that is becoming increasingly empty.