Three stories revolving around 3 elements: the painting, the sofa and the comet. The 3 chapters that compose it are also linked together by these elements that give the entire film a circular structure, just like the sad fate of Sisyphus who was condemned to push a huge stone to the top of a hill.
This observational film, marked by subtle shifts in color, shows ever-present children watching on as standard food preparation activities and the not-so-organized production of meat products are carried out in the village.
At night, in an old kitchen somewhere in the countryside, four young women work on and recite a text for a casting to each other. The roles seem to mix. After a while, some of them disappear to make room for older men who talk, act and leave. Then, the deafening ring of a meat tenderizer against flesh. And it all starts again.
Faced with a breast cancer diagnosis, [the protagonist] is determined to approach her journey with positivity. Through intimate flashbacks, we see moments that shaped her journey and images that show it’s possible to find beauty and light even in the darkest moments.
Ha, who is 40 and pregnant, decides to confront her husband’s secret lover but the showdown leads to a sticky situation that leaves her with a bittersweet realisation.
A coming-of-age short film about two people who are seeking refuge from their individual situations of domestic abuse on a rooftop terrace. Up there are an unlikely friendship is forming.
The murder of Army soldier Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood military base hit too close to home for Karina Lopez. Two years after surviving sexual assault on the same base, she created a viral Facebook post with the hashtag #IamVanessaGuillen. Facing retaliation, she and other Latina soldiers have pushed forward as they fight for justice.
On October 23, 1992, there was an improvised performance in the small auditorium of Washington in St. Louis, USA, without a separate stage and fancy equipment or effects. With the front floor of the small auditorium as the stage, there are only small lights, props, and various lines that illuminate the stage in front with a chair and an amplifier.
Einstein proposed that time might not flow linearly, suggesting that spacetime bends and warps under powerful matter, seen as gravity's fluctuations. During the pandemic, people experienced this concept firsthand: shrinking horizons made time seem to both stand still and race forward. Daniel Cockburn’s video Ahead of the Curve reflects this surreal period when norms vanished, and internet rabbit holes drew people in—either as black holes for doomscrolling or wormholes to discovery. Through a darkly comic narrative, Cockburn spins a tale full of unexpected twists, linking past and present with disorienting shifts in tone, setting, and tempo, offering hints of what might lie ahead.
Jéssica, Suyanne, Bruna and Nathália are detained in the Prison Unit, located in Aquiraz, Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. A space, several stories, the same hope shared by all: resist and fight for the end of prejudice.