Ecos da Saudade

Saudade

saudade

"Saudade" is a much stronger feeling than simply missing someone. It's a deep nostalgia, with a giant affection. It's the feeling of wanting someone to be close, it's a look at the past with love. "Saudade", such a unique and particular feeling, in this documentary, people talk about their biggest longings in their lives.

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O Que Fica de Quem Vai

The Blame Silence

After his father's death, Mauro, a farmer from the countryside, finds himself facing an unexpected freedom. Torn between guilt and desire, he confronts his fears to love another man for the first time.

Tejo Mar

João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the ocean and he rediscovers the city he’s been living in for the previous 10 months.

Pinga Fogo

Vertigem

Back Four

Four friends meet after a long time to watch the Brazilian World Cup final between Argentina and Germany. After some discussion, they decide to make a bet that will end up revealing secrets they have been keeping for a long time.

Bargain

Caetano doesn't know how to finish cycles, he keeps everything and everyone good that has happened in his life in his chest and negotiates even with gods to never forget what has already occupied his mind completely. He lives an eternal Bargain.

Marina

Between Us

Two friends meet and the news is given that the grandmother of one of them has died. What was supposed to be a moment of consolation ends up becoming a change of perspective on death.

MUM

The Third Clef

In a family marked by grief, Clarice is the "Third Clef": the granddaughter trying to follow in the musical footsteps of her late grandmother, Lola. But her dream collides with the resistance of her mother, Verônica, who, consumed by deep depression, sees music as the root of the family's ruin. On the eve of a decisive contest, the tension between the daughter's desire for a future and the mother's pain from the past reaches a breaking point, forcing them to decide whether to live in silence or find a new harmony.

Tempo Rubato

What would you do if only after the death of your husband, or your father, or your best friend, you found out that he had loved another man? “Tempo Rubato” is a story about two grieving processes—Ravi’s, who lost his first love to police violence, and Dora and Edu’s, who lost their husband and father, respectively. Tiago, Ravi’s childhood friend, visits his family after the funeral and brings with him two boxes full of videos that Ravi recorded throughout his youth, including a farewell video-letter to his family, in which he confesses the secret he kept his entire life.

Sob a Pele

Busuru

Lins came from the interior of Bahia and now faces difficulties reconnecting with his origins.

El tiempo que nos quiebra

Versions of Myself

Memories, mistakes and regrets of what could have been?

My mind wilted into perfection

Aby, a 17 year old girl, can't move on from her father's death. Trapped in guilt and sorrow, she refuses to let him go. But when vivid nightmares begin to haunt her, she realizes they aren't just dreams; they're visions, triggered by a presence that forces her to confront what she fears the most. In a journey through dreams and memory, Aby must face her grief and learn how to live with it.