Vento

A Velhice Ilumina o Vento tells the story of Valda, a black woman, elderly, from the periphery, a domestic worker in the city of Cuiabá. A strong woman, from Cuiaba with the “cracked foot”, Valda subverts the paradigm of stigmatized old age in her daily life.

In the plains a strong wind blows hard and things go flying, except for a little man.

Zeca Baleiro guides us on this musical journey to his home state. With testimonies and performances by local artists from different musical genres, we discover a pulsating and little explored sound panel.

On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a war is being waged around the expansion of agribusiness. On one side sits lawyer Luana Ruiz, the heiress to contested lands and one of the strongest supporters of president Jair Bolsonaro. Ruiz, like other ruralistas—rural wealthy elites and agribusiness producers who advocate for Indigenous cultural annihilation—has become empowered and her ideas of hate have flourished under Bolsonaro's anti-Indigenous agenda. On the other side sits teacher, Guarani-Kaiowá leader and activist Alenir Ximendes, embodying powerful Indigenous resistance and communal ideals. Having personally suffered losses at the hands of the ruralistas, Ximendes emerges as a powerful force against Ruiz, fighting for the protection of her community, their lands and Indigenous constitutional rights. This film contains sensitive images and dialogue in its portrayal of this urgent struggle for sovereignty.

I love you! Says the wind to everything he touches. I love you and you are part of me.

A mysterious man hunts, tortures and kills accused of pedophile crimes. He lives in a motel, where a preteen girl lives, who has him as the only adult figure. In the middle of a hunt, she starts to get closer to him, who needs to push her away to hide his dark secret.

The weather, the wind. The fish, the beach. Work and her.