MURMURATIONS
From his hometown in Spain, Xavier films the mesmerizing flights of starlings while speaking with his lover in Brazil. Thousands of wings cut across space and time, echoing his life with HIV, the resilience of early AIDS activism in New York and the ancestral resistance of Candomblé, rooted in Afro-Brazilian spirituality. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Murmurations reflects on memory, trauma and collective strength. 21:40 min
CUCLI
Ramon lives with his parents, although he is away most of the week working as a truck driver. These are long and lonely trips until he meets a very special companion that changes everything. Cucli tells a story about love and companionship after death and its transformative effect. How through memories, the supernatural can find its way into our mundane lives. 16 min
MISERICÓRDIA
Misericórdia is the portrait of a community through the dreams of its people.
Filmed over three months on the island of Itaparica, in Bahia, Brazil, the film weaves together dreams and daily life until both merge into what could be called a third reality — a dream of dreams that listens to the echoes and ancestral rhythms of Bahia, the African heart of Brazil. 18 min