SHORT TAKES: BRAZIL

Discover contemporary Brazil through queer short films exploring identity, desire, relationships, and belonging. From intimate portraits to bold cinematic visions, these filmmakers offer fresh perspectives on a country whose complexities, contradictions, and vibrant queer lives unfold on screen, revealing unexpected connections and new ways of seeing.

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14519 minutesNOV 22 / 17:00This programme includes 5 filmsSHORT TAKES: BRAZIL82 minutes

Haunted by violence and prejudice, Nereu dials 145 and slips anonymously into the charged intimacy of Brazil's notorious hotline. Between desire and dread, pleasure and pain, his experience gradually dissolves the fragile boundaries separating reality, fantasy and dream.

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BLOW (SOPRO)14 minutesNOV 22 / 17:00This programme includes 5 filmsSHORT TAKES: BRAZIL82 minutes

On their seventh birthday, a child living with their "perfect family" in a "dollhouse" feels suffocated by traditional expectations and conventional gender norms. Their only escape is to make a magical birthday wish before blowing out the candle on the cake.

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CAPTAIN LIMA (CAPITÃO LIMA)20 minutesNOV 22 / 17:00This programme includes 5 filmsSHORT TAKES: BRAZIL82 minutes

In a future where no one can be free, a man travels back in time to relive the party where he first kissed another boy. Arriving in the wrong year, he discovers that freedom may not be found in his memories after all.

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MORPHEUS & CHARON (MORFEU E CARONTE)14 minutesNOV 22 / 17:00This programme includes 5 filmsSHORT TAKES: BRAZIL82 minutes

A throuple of elderly queer men confronts mortality as Zito develops dementia. While dream and reality blur into a Brazilian samba musical extravaganza, his two lovers, Morpheus and Charon, care for him through the progression of his illness and their final farewell.

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TRICK15 minutesNOV 22 / 17:00This programme includes 5 filmsSHORT TAKES: BRAZIL82 minutes

Elisa, a worker from São Paulo, decides to skip work to go to the beach.