If The World Spinned Backwards

A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the government cuts the colors of Rio de Janeiro, turning the city black and white.

Presidential elections. Fake news. Pleasures and pains through the neighborhoods of the city. Brazil, 21st century.

During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.

A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.

A woman places a chair on the sidewalk in Rio and watches as the neighbourhood "unfolds" before her eyes – like a movie scene. Workers, tourists, dogs and street life combine to form a Copacabana portrait, through clever editing and montage.

A bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, but the city can be a hostile place.

The daily life of a young woman from Rio de Janeiro witnessed through her cell phone screen.

A blind man witnesses a homicide and is followed to his house by the murderer

In the near future, the climate crisis reaches an irreversible point. A nun and a priest meet to talk about the disappearance of insects.