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Bernard Lessa

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Akin's Desert
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Akin is a dedicated Cuban doctor working in Brazil for the Mais Medicos/More Doctors programme in 2018. From his daily routine in an indigenous community to his intimate moments with Érica and Sérgio, his relationship with Brazil gets deeper and stronger. With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, the cooperation between the two countries ends abruptly. He must make a decision: return to Cuba and abandon the relationships he has been cultivating or stay and reinvent himself without being able to practice medicine.

Akin's Desert

2025
The Night's Substance
5.5

Jaiane now lives in Brazil, while Aissa, a Mozambican sailor who has just arrived in the city, tries to have a real experience on dry land. A story of unconventional passion follows.

The Night's Substance

2021
The woman and the river
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There is a house by the river. In this house, a woman. Her eyes carry a sadness. In her solitude, the river becomes her main companion, her confidant, and finally her lover.

The woman and the river

2019
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Message

2017
Blow, Howl and Whistle
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Juan (Arthus Focchi) and Djari (Welket Bungué) are foreigners who met in Rio de Janeiro and became best friends. Juan has a bad feeling, something is wrong, the wind whispers. In a conversation with Djari, Juan warns him that he will leave. Something sudden happens before he travels. Djari will have to deal with this.

Blow, Howl and Whistle

2015
Tejo Mar
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João, a Portuguese performing arts student, is finishing his schooling season in Rio de Janeiro. It’s his last week this side of the ocean and he rediscovers the city he’s been living in for the previous 10 months.

Tejo Mar

2014
My Uncle with the Camera
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"My Uncle with the Camera" follows 30 years of home movies shot by Paulo Henrique of his family in Vitória—an upper-middle-class family from Espírito Santo growing up in Brazil during the 1990s and 2000s. Through the intimate gaze of his camera, a political panorama of Brazil emerges, shaped by masculine family affectivity.

My Uncle with the Camera

2026