PROJECTS
SOBRE A LUTA About the Fight
Awarded by William Graves R&D Found 2025 ,
About the Fight follows Jucielen Romeu — professional boxer, anti-racist activist, and rising symbol of resistance from the outskirts of São Paulo. Trained in a grassroots gym that supports youth from underserved communities, Jucielen has earned her place on Brazil’s national boxing team, competing in two Olympic Games and now preparing for her third.
The film examines her personal and political battles both inside and outside the ring, portraying the realities of high-performance athletes who carry the weight of structural inequality while fighting for recognition, dignity, and transformation.
RUÍNAS DA MEMÓRIA In Shambles
In the northern outskirts of Recife, a Black photographer with a hidden past confronts a film crew that manipulates
ancestral memories and threatens her community. To protect a 98-year-old elder and preserve the truth, she must reveal a secret that spans centuries—and a forbidden love.
TESOURO DA MEMÓRIA Memory's Treasure
After losing everything, a burnt-out social media manager finds a hand-stitched treasure map. Crossing Brazil’s Pernambuco backlands, she must outwit the heirs of a sugarcane empire and reclaim a legacy rooted deep in the land.
SAPIKUNA Roots
“SAPIKUNA” is a short documentary that portrays the multicultural daily life in São Paulo through the eyes of three Brazilian children, daughters of Andean immigrants. Blending interviews, animation, and oral storytelling, it explores ancestry, identity, and belonging in migrant childhood.
MAMA AURORA AJAYUMPI Mama Aurora's Soul
"Mama Aurora Ajayumpi" follows three Bolivian sisters—rappers and seamstresses—who reconnect with their late mother during the Andean ritual of All Saints’ Days. The film weaves memory, spirituality, and female resistance in the immigrant periphery of São Paulo.
CAIXA DE FOTOGRAFIA Washed Memories
"Washed Memories" is a
documentary that follows the symbolic recovery of the memory of a working-class family from the periphery, after the discovery of a box of photographs during the 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Through the restoration of damaged images and intimate testimonies, the film reflects on loss and the preservation of working-class memory.
