Diogo Hayashi
Art
Biography
Diogo Hayashi is a director, screenwriter and production designer. As a director, his films were shown at festivals in Cartagena, MixBrasil, Kinoforum, Tiradentes, among others. As an PD, he received a Candango at the 51st Brasília Film Festival for the design in the feature-length Temporada, and his films were screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto Film Fest, NY Film Fest, London Film Fest, Brasília, and also in art museums such as Gasworks in London and Pérez Art Museum in Miami. Diogo is a Berlinale Talents Alumni and partner at Sancho & Punta.
Known For

Gilberto and Jacira promised to grow old together – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Till death them do part.
If I Were Alive

In this genre-hopping road movie from Daughters of Fire director Albertina Carri, Violeta, the director of an amateur lesbian porn hit, is invited to make a mainstream crossover. With a budget and cast, but no firm idea where to go, the crew head off on a road trip in search of their perfect film.
White Roses, Fall!

A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives from Taiwan for holidays with a broken heart. A broken air conditioner sends her into Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season doesn't arrive and his shop disappears. While looking for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s tale.
Sleep with Your Eyes Open

Gabriela is a young black pianist who will perform at her first major recital. However, a dream about her late mother destabilizes Gabriela's mind and heart, jeopardizing her performance. From a series of encounters over the course of a day, Gabriela will embark on a journey of reconciliation with her memories and her mother.
Sunday Morning

Music about becoming women in the contemporary world, their emancipation and struggles
Elza Soares: A Mulher do Fim do Mundo

In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting people and discovering new horizons, trying to overcome her past.
Long Way Home

A film like a monument: Luz nos Trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating the indigenous peoples of continental America and flowing as a film as freely as a winding river.
Light in the Tropics

A story of a polyamorous, non-binary relationship struggling to survive an epidemic of genetically modified killer mosquitos.
The Bite

In the city of Cajamar, in the middle of ruined nature, lonely characters deal with the police, rodeos and mysterious fires.
Savage Fire

In the depths of forgotten memories, a tormented spirit waits patiently.
Oni

In a world on fire, a seven-month-old pregnant nurse deals with growing anxiety while gradually finding herself attracted to a member of the Pentecostal church and her community.
August Sky

From the heart of the Amazon comes this exclusive LGBTQ+ compilation from emerging Latin American directors from Brazil and Peru. These 5 thought-provoking shorts prove that universal social themes have no borders. They are: The Last Romantics [Os Últimos Românticos] (2019); Savage Fire [Fogo Selvagem] (2017); My Only Earth Is in the Moon [Minha Única Terra É Na Lua] (2017); Sandra Calling [Sandra Chamando] (2017); Carlito Leaves Forever [Carlito se va para siempre] (2018).
Coming Clean

A meeting with music, composer, poet and sociologist Negro Léo. He gives his thoughts on the development of music, Brazilian and international politics, the rise of neo-pentecostal evangelical churches and obsession over social media, in parallel with his own life story.
Riverock

A man's journey through time or infinite space.
The Path is Made by Walking

A documentary about the creative process of Arrigo Barnabé
Ostinato

A trans woman, Anjélica, waits in her apartment while Lúcia changes the lock on her front door. While the lock is being changed, the two women converse and we learn more about their situation.
Disaster Film

The ghosts of a 19th-century slaughterhouse haunt the Cinemateca Brasileira: where cows once died, films now end up. Montevideo's former Central Market houses the Cinemateca Uruguaya. A power plant now houses the Museo de Cine de Buenos Aires. This triptych portrays and connects three film archives through architecture and the buildings' interaction with urban life.
Tres Cinematecas

Gray feelings of a woman in trouble.