Acalante Filmes

A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.

The Ok Club - the oldest gay social club in Latin America - celebrates its 53rd birthday.

A solitude of 800 square meters, in which the mirror is no longer enough. Plastic artist Darel Valença Lins discovers in video art an inseparable companion. Darel, however, does not like to make movies.

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a boy idol who has lived through many carnivals.

Workers on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing moments of transformation in their routines. An instant of dreams, fantasy and escape from reality as a counterpoint to the sameness of everyday life.

During another work day, Sara pieces together fragment of her prejudices.

Brendo wants to be president of Brazil. Until that day, he studies law, makes videos for the networks, dreams of new achievements and imagines himself in a reality show during the pandemic.

A young man and his grandmother, both descendants of Armenian refugees in Brazil from the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government, live together in an apartment on Copacabana beach decorated by the increasingly distant memories of their ancestors. They then decide that one of them must embark to Europe to retrace their family's history.