Alan is a middle-class man who is used to always being served. One day, Solange, who works as an employee in his home, mysteriously disappears. He then begins to descend into the chaos that gradually takes on catastrophic proportions. The short film has had a history of development since its inception. It went through script consulting at Panlab, a screenwriting laboratory, in 2018, and editing at Panorama Coisa de Cinema in 2022, and was selected for the Bahia State Sectoral Public Funding Program in 2019.

“CLAUDIO” is a musical giallo by singer Nana Lacrima, produced by Olho de Vidro Produções. The film was independently shot over two days in the Historic Center of the capital of Bahia and was selected for major festivals such as the Tiradentes Film Festival and Fantaspoa. It also received the Best Screenplay Award at Curta na Serra.

Out there, the end of the world. In here, Rafaela is a mother. The screenplay for “Mamãe!” was based on the experiences of screenwriter and mother Hilda Lopes Pontes, as well as accounts shared by friends and colleagues. The film argues against the romanticization of motherhood, while not forgetting that, in the end, mothers really do everything for their children. The film was selected for major festivals such as Fantaspoa and the Triunfo Film Festival, winning four awards, including Best Actress at Curta Canedo for Penélope Lopes Pontes, the daughter of the film’s two directors.

Everyone has a reason to be sad, except her. The short film was screened at Brazilian and international film festivals and won two awards, including Best Actor for Leandro Villa at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.

These were supposed to be the images from our quarantine documentary. Until I shot the following take. The found-footage mockumentary was made during the pandemic and actually featured footage sent by the director’s friends and colleagues. The film was screened in Brazil and around the world and won two awards.

Bisexual people exist. The documentary was screened at nearly 30 festivals, including For Rainbow, and won two awards. The film emerged from the director’s desire to see herself represented on screen, and its screening at festivals across Brazil revealed that bisexual invisibility was also present in cinema. For this reason, the short film arose from the need to occupy these spaces.

One week before the election, two filmmakers go undercover among Bolsonaro supporters, seeking to understand the reasons that led them to choose Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil. Selected for 20 festivals, including Cine PE, and winner of four awards, “Taoquei de Fato” was truly an immersion into the world of the far right, a challenge for the directors, who initially only wanted to complete a college assignment.

Raquel has been dripping for six months, but it seems that today everything is going to melt. The short film was screened at major festivals such as the Brasília Film Festival, Curta Cinema, and Festival Ecrã, and won five awards, including Best Film by the Popular Jury at Curta Taquary in 2020.

Deeply depressed, Amélia tries to find approval from her followers on social media, but her lack of common sense will shatter all her expectations of becoming a digital influencer. Selected for more than 50 festivals, the short film won five awards. Seeking a greater visual impact, the direction chose to use practical effects for scenes that required some kind of trick. These effects were performed by actor and magician Fernando Lopes. In addition, “Em Cima do Muro” has another distinctive feature: it is a musical with original songs composed by Yanna Vaz alongside Piratas F&M.

At a coworker’s birthday party, Felícia, the newest intern at an advertising agency, discovers her colleagues’ strange customs in the worst possible way, turning her first office party into a true nightmare. Selected for more than twenty festivals in Brazil and around the world, the film received the Best Original Score and Best Production Design Awards at the Transforma 2019 Film Festival, as well as an Honorable Mention for Best Genre Film at the 4th FECEA. Screenwriter Klaus Hastenreiter’s initial inspiration came from a city in the United States during the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, where people were encouraged to wear smile masks to cheer each other up.

Maria is the daughter of an evangelical pastor with many secrets. One night, father and daughter begin to be followed by a strange hooded figure. Selected for more than 30 festivals in Brazil and around the world, the film won seven awards, including Best Actor at the 5th FICC for Carlos Betão and Best Original Score at the 4th FECEA. One of the film’s locations was a movie theater transformed into an evangelical church, giving the worship scenes a theatrical look.

In Brazil, a woman is assaulted every 11 minutes. Elisa needs to get to the airport. It is night, and along the way, she faces obstacles experienced by women. Selected for more than 80 festivals in Brazil and around the world, the film was part of the Foco Showcase at the Tiradentes Film Festival in 2019 and won 13 awards at festivals such as the Triunfo Film Festival, Cine Creed, and Petit Pavé. The screenplay received consulting from Francine Barbosa as part of the Mostra Elas screenwriting laboratory in 2017.

Gabriel is a pathologically romantic guy. He prefers to live, within himself, the adventures he knows he would never experience. A dentist’s waiting room becomes his natural habitat. Selected for more than 30 festivals in Brazil and around the world, the film won 11 awards, including Best Director at CINE PE 2018, Best Short Film from Bahia by the Youth Jury at Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema 2018, and Best Screenplay and Best Film at the Filmes da Faina Film Festival. The film has also been broadcast on Canal Brasil since 2020.

A girl was found dead at the university today. Nobody cares. The film, written and directed by Calebe Lopes, was entirely shot on one of the campuses of UFBA (Federal University of Bahia). The short film was selected for more than twenty festivals in Brazil and around the world and was part of the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.

Estela is nearing the end of her first pregnancy and needs to finish organizing her baby shower. To finalize the party preparations, she asks her husband for help, but she is never listened to. Written by Hilda Lopes Pontes, the film was selected for more than 40 festivals in Brazil and around the world and received the Best Actress Award at the 13th Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema and the Best Casting Direction Award at Mostra Sesc 2018.