Frágua

Our Precious Autumn

Our Precious Autumn follows Ami, a young manga artist struggling with burnout. After several sleepless nights, she collapses and awakens in a dreamscape, facing three encounters that help her rediscover her reason for drawing.

Crisálidas

After a depressive episode, a pet shop attendant can no longer work. Medicated but still struggling, she is forced to return to her normal life.

Alingawngaw

A perfectionist art student struggles to complete an important project while battling self-doubt and exhaustion. She pushes herself to the limit, walking a fine line between perseverance and self-destruction. When the hands of time seem to work against her, how can she break free?

The Mirage

Le Mirage is the perspective of a man in his thirties asking himself "what am I chasing?" Our society has become all about consumerism, if not excess. Success is determined by what and how much we have and "stuff" becomes the band-aid to a meaningless existence. Stuff fills the void of the existence we weren't meant to lead.

Entre o vão

After being sidetracked by Burnout and PTSD, Lavínia attempts to return to the relentless routine of urban life: buses, trains, the subway, and work. However, remnants of her past begin to project onto the cars of the present, blurring the line between memory and reality. While seeking refuge in the embrace of her wife Helena, the stations conceal an atmosphere of constant surveillance — intensified by Felipe, an ambiguous figure who feeds her state of alertness.

Canvas

A young artist, struggling with creative paralysis, is forced to begin a new project. She fights against perfectionism and self-doubt, balancing external expectations and internal pressure. Her frustration explodes into carelessness and color, discovering that creativity is not found in control, but in spontaneity and surrender.

Échappé

In returning to their old ballet school burnt-out dancer – Sylvie - explores their past in order to decide what to do with their future.

The Reckless Hour

Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.

Niskala

Amid the relentless pressure of looming deadlines, Nala (25), an illustrator, finds herself trapped in an art block that leaves her unable to complete her work. When she discovers a paper crane origami and her late mother's childhood sketchbook, she begins retracing the memories that first sparked her love for drawing. Through fragments of the past filled with hope, joy, and pain, Nala realizes that she has spent so much time chasing expectations that she has forgotten why she started creating in the first place. This journey leads her to embrace every experience both painful and beautiful as an essential part of who she has become. With a renewed sense of purpose, Nala picks up her pencil once again, not in pursuit of perfection, but to create honestly and reconnect with herself.

The Buenoromeros

Three sisters living together are tied to the memory of their father. They welcome their suitors into their home and then repeat a ritual that seems to come from times past.

Die Insassen

The Tragedy of Images

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.

Frontera

During the last moments of a romantic involvement with an older man, Martina finds herself deeply overwhelmed by disappointment and confusion, left alone to question who she really is.

Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.

Over the Edge

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

How Are You?

A week in the life of five high school students as they face struggles with their online classes during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Uphill

Ambitious Madleen and carefree creative spirit Hugo embark on a symbolic journey up the mountain of success, exposing the tension between societal pressure and self-fulfillment. While Madleen strives to meet society’s expectations and achieve a high-status career, Hugo chooses to move through life at his own pace, guided by creativity rather than external expectations. The film invites the audience to reflect on the choices young adults face in a success-driven society and to question the decisions we make and the values we prioritize in life.

Band of Angels

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

Implosion

A driven chemist isolates herself in a university laboratory while pursuing a nearly unattainable experiment. As exhaustion, pride, and unspoken tension accumulate, the pressure she keeps contained threatens to implode.