🗓 Tuesday 28th October, 7pm (doors 6.30pm)
📍 LARC (62 Fieldgate St, London E1 1ES)
Rating: Suitable for ages 16+
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Includes a Q&A session with the Festival Curator from Brazil
All films are in Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles.
Paçoca
Fiction, 19′ min, All ages, 2024. Directed by Marçal Vianna.
Pedrinho is elected class representative in a school election, but his victory bothers some parents, who claim that the boy bought votes in exchange for paçocas (a traditional Brazilian peanut sweet).
A Vida de Jerônimo Dentro e Fora da Casca - Jerônimo's Flow
Fiction, 21′ min, 10+, 2025. Directed by Andrews Nascimento.
Descriptive subtitles.
Jerônimo is a young man from the outskirts of Santo André. He dreams of becoming a funk MC, but his commitment to helping his father with the carro do ovo (a small truck that sells eggs with a loudspeaker) takes up his time, making his dream seem more and more distant. Until one day, during a slow sales period, the boy takes the microphone from the egg truck and starts improvising rhymes to boost sales
Caluim
Fiction, 11′ min, All ages, 2023. Directed by Marcos Alexandre.
A Black actress receives a very peculiar kind of treatment on a film set staffed entirely by a white crew.
Esta Noite Minha Alma Partirá -This Night, My Soul Shall Depart
Horror, 21′ min, 12+, 2025. Directed by Igor Vasco.
On her last day of work as a housemaid, young Kumani witnesses strange events in her employers’ home. Little does she know that her fate may be at risk.
Cordão de Prata - Silver String
Fiction, 23′ min, 16+, 2025. Directed by Getulio Ribeiro.
Brilhante, a contemporary capitão do mato (historical slave catcher in Brazil), entertains himself with his victim before delivering the coup de grâce.