Bruna Assis Ribeiro

APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING. Latin American political reality and its influence on our societies. *Guayakill* is a teaser that portrays the reality of Ecuadorian politicians and their lives away from the public eye.

Avar, a physics professor, discovers evidence that reality itself may be a prison. When he tries to reveal the truth to Leila, the director of his university, he triggers a chain of events involving a mysterious government organization and forces beyond human logic. As reality begins to collapse, Avar, Leila, and a student named Marcos must question what is real, what is imagined, and who they truly are.

NINHO is a love letter to the director’s homeland, a coastal place where different worlds quietly coexist, where a British surfer shares the same horizon as an elderly woman who still bakes bread by hand. Shaped by salt, wind, routine, and memory, it is a story about leaving, and about what never truly leaves us. Blending fiction with real testimonies from the people of Mafra, the film is guided by the fictional character Mariana, a young woman who moves abroad to start over. Through her intimate perspective, we explore migration, belonging, and the challenge of building a new life without losing one’s roots.

After his friends confront him about his emotions, a young man tells the story of the girl he once loved and lost — one last time.

Teen in a Week is a music video that revisits the iconic world of 90s and 2000s chick flicks, capturing the nostalgia of that era. Beginning in the awkward setting of a high school gym class, the story follows Alex, an outsider longing to belong, as she reinvents herself in pursuit of acceptance. Glossy makeovers, shifting friendships, and teenage illusions unfold through the narration of Arthur, a classmate quietly observing it all. Beneath the transformation lies a softer truth: sometimes the version of ourselves we try to leave behind is the one that was already enough.