I Never Thought It Would Be Like This

Yeda, the green-faced woman, sells homemade bread to support the house where she lives with her sick husband. Through the context of green-faced people, we know the reality of those who live on the fringes of a purple-faced society.

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.

Deep within an old data processing center, through jumbled wires, ancient codes and fading recollections, three processors work on human memories. Suddenly, amidst the chaos, something begins to take shape.

Within his less-them-tolerant Brazilian community, young Edinho faces near constant bullying for being both Black and gay. Everything changes when he, his friends and his mother organize the city's first 'Gaymada' tournament - a rollicking dodgeball competition where the players are out and proud.

In a city exploited by mining, Josué can’t sleep. Surrounded by mountains, fears, and frustrations, he reflects incessantly on the challenges of early adulthood.

Two enemy tribes had waited for centuries for the great revelation of the sacred secret. But the one chosen by the Supreme God to receive the secret was Princess Sikán. When she was wronged by the men of both tribes, day turned into eternal night.

The night of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is a time capsule that relativizes the passage, blurs the senses, and recasts the definitions of future in the life of young Junior - who cannot wait to be emancipated from absolutely everything.