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Four women in traditional patterned clothing walk through a village courtyard, pensive, as a gathered crowd watches.

September 17, 2026

Elephants in the Fog

Pirati is the matriarch of her village’s Kinnar community, a spiritual group of third-gender people whose blessings are historically considered sacred. Though the Kinnar must adhere to a strict vow of chastity and a commitment to protecting their own, Pirati secretly dreams of running away to Del...

A jovial woman with brown curly hair and a floral blouse holds up a half-full bottle of wine, celebrating in front of a blue garage style door.

September 17, 2026

Isabel

Isabel, a 50-something São Paulo sommelière, is stuck. Feeling stymied by the cutthroat world of fine-dining, she dreams of escaping her demanding boss and owning her own bar dedicated to her beloved off-the-beaten-path natural wines. When an opportunity finally presents itself, she takes a bold ...

In a warm home with colorful framed pictures a young boy in faint blue eyeshadow and blush smiles wide, he wears a bright muticolored collared shirt and beaded necklace. Around him are other children with facepaint and an older woman with red hair, they all share happy smiles.

September 17, 2026

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building

It’s the early 1990s in Mexico City, and Bruno is turning 11. Amid the exuberant celebrations, the sudden revelation that Bruno’s father has HIV throws the family into limbo. The boy's blossoming feelings for his best friend Vladimir and the confusion around his father’s diagnosis collide with th...

Two men stand in a dark jungle at night, one standing in front of the other. A shirtless man stands in front looking ahead while the man behind him in red watches over his shoulder.

September 17, 2026

The Riverbank

Izaquiel works as a disillusioned cleaner by day, and by night he explores Recife’s mangrove forests in search of secret encounters in the receding tides. There he meets the mysterious Jeremias, a handsome and magnetic fisherman, whose mysticism clashes against the fervent Evangelism that surroun...

Illustration of a woman in a colorful headwrap using a vintage poloroid camera to take a picture in an outdoor city scape.

September 17, 2026

Ana, en passant

Ana, a third-generation Afro-Brazilian in Paris, must navigate the aftermath of her grandmother’s death. Guided by fragmented clues, Ana journeys to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where she unexpectedly encounters Alice—a woman who appears to be her exact double, living in her late grandmother’s apartme...

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