Beto Teixeira

Diana, a pregnant architect, is hired to work in the renovation of the old Cinema Khouri, abandoned after the tragic death of a child. However, when she gets trapped inside there, Diana discovers the old cinema is not only alive, but hides an entity that wishes to keep her in there forever.

During a cold night, 9-year-old Ana has her room invaded by the Tailorman, an evil spirit who seeks an innocent soul. She is only safe when within her blanket, which the creature cannot trespass. But to protect herself, and her kitten Duchess, Ana must seek how to destroy this creature, and the answer may lie on an old book of folktales: The Midnight Threshold.

Davi, a ten-year-old boy, shares a deeply affectionate relationship with his mother, Rosa. When Rosa experiences a schizophrenic episode, the dynamic between them is reversed: Davi assumes a caregiving role that no child should have to occupy. Set against the backdrop of a house move in Nilópolis, in Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense, the film follows the small gestures of survival, tenderness, and exhaustion that shape their bond after his mother’s episode. My Mother’s Father is an intimate drama about love, premature maturity, and everyday resilience, approaching mental health not through the lens of diagnosis, but through the territory of affection. A quiet portrait of a childhood marked by pain, but also by the possibility of carrying on.