35 KINOFORUM - SELECTION

We present below the list of selected films for the 35th edition of Kinoforum - São Paulo International Short Film Festival. From over 3,000 short films submitted, we have selected Brazilian, Latin American, and international films that in many ways convey the light that cinema represents in our lives. We are excited to experience these stories together on the cinema screens.

The Selection Committees for the International, Latin American, and Brazilian Programs were composed of Andrea Cals, Anne Fryszman, Beth Sá Freire, Bruno Dias, Clarissa Kuschnir, Duda Leite, Felipe Gayotto, Fernanda Ramos, Joana Rochadel, João Real Piovan, Karkará Tunga-Tarairiú, Leonardo Cata Preta, Lívia Leite, Luiz Fabio Torres, Marcelo Miranda, Marcio Miranda Perez, Nathalya Macchia, Sidney Santiago Kuanza, Sofia Wickerhauser, Taline Caetano, Thiago Gallego, Victoria Negreiros, Viviane Pistache, and Yasmine Evaristo.

The selection also benefited greatly from the invaluable collaboration of the students who participated in the viewing process: Adriana Gaeta Braga, Amadeu de Carvalho Júnior, Bárbara Alves de Moura Ferreira, Bernardo Piva, Enzo Ruggeri Parede Monteiro, Helena Alves Pacheco, Isabela Sacchi Kuhar, Lourenço Nunes de Brito, Lucas Meger Cappellazzo, Luiza Paioli Matta, Nina Varela, Otávio Osaki Cruz, Thamires Uchoa, and Wandryu Figuerêdo do Nascimento.

The full Festival program will be announced soon, including invited films that will complete the many Special Programs of the Festival.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

20H/8H - Hannah Levin Seiderman (France - 2023)

A PROMISE TO THE SEA - Hend Sohail (Egypt / Sweden - 2024)

A SUMMER'S END POEM - Can-zhao Lam (China / Switzerland / Malaysia - 2024)

BASRI & SALMA IN A NEVER-ENDING COMEDY | BASRI & SALMA DALAM KOMEDI YANG TERUS BERPUTAR - Khozy Rizal (Indonesia - 2023)

BEEN THERE - Corina Schwingruber Ilić (Switzerland - 2023)

IN THE MOUNTAIN'S SHADE | BETZILO SHEL HAHAR - Maya Kessel (Israel - 2023)

BOLERO | BOLÉRO - Nans Laborde-Jourdàa (France - 2023)

BRAIN - Yama Kowa (Greece / Germany - 2024)

CALF - Jamie O’rourke (Ireland - 2023)

THE SKYLARK WILL SING | CANTARÀ L'ALOSA - Xavier Montoriol (Spain - 2024)

CATFOOD - Ayelet Chen Fridman, Zoe Kahana (Israel - 2023)

CHICKENSHIT  - Ellie Rogers (United Kingdom - 2023)

CIRCLE - Yumi Joung (South Korea - 2024)

CLAUDIA (WOKING TITLE) - Adrian Sitaru (Romania - 2024)

COLEOPTERE | COLÉOPTÈRE - Martin Gouzou (France - 2023)

CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE - Sam Manacsa (Philippines - 2023)

SORRY I'M LATE (BUT I BROUGHT A CHOIR) | DETTE ER IKKE EN FEST (DET ER EN VINKVELD) - Håkon Anton Olavsen (Norway - 2023)

DORIS & BETTAN - MARBELLA MAYHEM - Ellen Ekman (Sweden - 2023)

ELDORADO - Mathieu Volpe (Belgium / Italy - 2023)

A STUDY OF EMPATHY | EN UNDERSØGELSE AF EMPATI - Hilke Rönnfeldt (Denmark / Germany - 2023)

EXIT THROUGH THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Nikola Ilic (Switzerland - 2024)

FACES OF DEATH - Jan Soldat (Austria - 2023)

FALLING FOR GRETA  - Gustavo Arteaga (United Kingdom - 2023)

GILLYFISH - Sarah Sellman (United States / United Kingdom / Ireland - 2024)

HYMN OF THE PLAGUE | GIMN CHUME - Philipp Ivanov, Alexander Epikhov, Dimitri Gorbaty (Russia - 2024)

ENRICO'S BIRTHDAY | IL COMPLEANNO DI ENRICO - Francesco Sossai (Germany / France / Italy - 2023)

IT'S A DATE - Nadia Parfan (Ukraine / United Kingdom - 2023)

THE ENVOY OF GOD | L'ENVOYÉE DE DIEU - Mamani Amina Abdoulaye (Niger / Rwanda / Burkina Faso - 2023)

THE LOST MEMORIES OF TREES | LAS MEMORIAS PERDIDAS DE LOS ÁRBOLES - Antonio La Camera (Italy / Spain - 2023)

LEMON TREE - Rachel Walden (United States - 2023)

BUTTERFLY | LEPTIR - Suncana Brkulj (Croatia / Denmark - 2024)

LOVING IN BETWEEN - Jyoti Mistry (Austria / South Africa / Sweden - 2023)

LUMI TAKES HER TIME | LUMI SE TOMA UN RATO - Nicolas Rincon Gille (Belgium - 2024)

MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS - SaraKlara Hellstreöm (Sweden - 2024)

MAURICE'S BAR - Tzor Edery, Tom Prezman (France / Israel - 2023)

MISERABLE MIRACLE | MISÉRABLE MIRACLE - Ryo Orikasa (Canada / Japan / France - 2023)

I CAN'T SEE YOU | NON TE VEXO - Xacio Baño (Spain - 2023)

BUTTERFLY | PAPILLON - Florence Miailhe (France - 2024)

PERCEBES - Laura Gonçalves, Alexandra Ramires (Portugal / France - 2024)

PISTOLERAS - Natalia del Mar Kasik (Austria - 2023)

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US | QU'IMPORTE LA DISTANCE - Léo Fontaine (France - 2024)

RECONSTRUCTION | REKONSTRUKT - Gábor Ulrich ( Hungary - 2023)

SAY SOMETHING - Jiin OH (United States / South Korea - 2023)

SIMPLE FORMS - Natalia Ryss (Israel - 2023)

SOUVENIR - Heidi Hassan (Spain / Cuba - 2024)

SPRING 23 - Zhiyi Wang (China - 2024)

THE HEAD ON HIM  - Sean Gallen (Ireland - 2024)

THE LOVERS - Carolina Sandvik (Sweden - 2023)

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT - Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia/ Bulgaria/France/Slovenia - 2024)

THE STEAK - Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi (Iran - 2023)

THRONEBOSIS - Marco Espirito Santo (Portugal - 2023)

A MOTHER GOES TO THE BEACH | UMA MÃE VAI À PRAIA - Pedro Hasrouny (Portugal / Estonia / United Kingdom - 2023)

VIA DOLOROSA - Rachel Gutgarts (France - 2023)

WANDER TO WONDER - Nina Gantz (Netherlands / France / Belgium - 2023)

WIN-WIN - Benjamin Clavel (France - 2024)

BALLERINA | بالرین - Farima Khalili, Soheil Babaie (Iran - 2023)

SHADOW | سایه - Elahe Esmaili (United Kingdom - 2023)

SHEEP | گوسفند - Mehrdad Kabiri (Iran - 2023)

RIPPLES | 水妖 - Hao Tang, An Chu, Ming Li, Lo Lam (Taiwan - 2023)

LATIN AMERICAN SHOWCASE 

ALIEN0089 - Valeria Hofmann (Chile / Argentina - 2023)

BIRD | AVE - Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador / Spain - 2023)

BLUE PANDORA | AZUL PANDORA - Alán González (Cuba - 2023)

HOW TO BE PEHUEN PEDRE | CÓMO SER PEHUÉN PEDRE - Federico Tachella (Argentina / Germany - 2024)

BODY OF A SHADOW | CUERPO DE ESTA SOMBRA - Andrea Muñoz (Colombia - 2023)

DREAMS LIKE PAPER BOATS | DES RÊVES EN BATEAUX PAPIERS - Samuel Suffren (Haiti - 2024)

DOLORES - Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo (Mexico - 2024)

MY INDEPENDENCE DAY | EL DIA DE MI INDEPENDENCIA - Constanza Majluf (Chile - 2024)

RAGE | FIERAS - Andrés Felipe Ángel Machete (Colombia - 2023)

THE ASSISTANT | LA ASISTENTE - Pierre Llanos (Peru - 2023)

THE CASCADE | LA CASCADA - Pablo Delgado (Mexico - 2024)

THE POSSIBLE LIVES | LAS VIDAS POSIBLES - Emilia Herbst (Argentina - 2024)

LOOKS BAD | MALA FACHA - Ilén Juambeltz (Uruguay / Brazil - 2023)

WE DESERVE AN EMPIRE | MERECEMOS UN IMPERIO - Mauricio Maldonado (Colombia - 2024)

STAY STILL OR I'LL LOVE YOU | QUEDATE QUIETO O TE AMO - Federico Luis (Argentina / France - 2023)

UNDER LAND | TIERRA ENCIMA - Sebastián Duque R. (Colombia - 2023)

AN ODD TURN | UN MOVIMIENTO EXTRAÑO - Francisco Lezama (Argentina / France - 2024)

A BIRD FLEW | UN PÁJARO VOLÓ - Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz (Cuba / Colombia - 2024)

ÜRSULA  - Edison Cajas (Chile - 2023)

YAYA - Leticia Akel Escarate (Chile - 2023)

BRAZILIAN PROGRAMS

@AGAROTAMASCARADA - Zara Dobura (Brazil - SP - 2023)

2 BRASIS - Helder Fruteira, Carol AÓ (Brazil - SP - 2024)

2200 - NOVO MUNDO - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

THE GIRL AND THE POT | A MENINA E O POTE - Valentina Homem (Brazil - PE - 2024)

AT NIGHT ALL THE CATS ARE BROWN | À NOITE TODOS OS GATOS SÃO PARDOS - Matheus Moura (Brazil / Cuba - MG - 2024)

A ÚLTIMA VALSA - Fábio Rogério, Jean-Claude Bernardet (Brazil - SP - 2024)

ALÉM DO IMPEDIMENTO - Heloisa Lawanda (Brazil - SP - 2024)

BATTLE OF FLOWERS | BATALHA DE FLORES - Luis Villaverde, Moira Soares (Brazil - SP - 2024)

WELCOME BACK | BEM-VINDA DE VOLTA - Nicole Gullane (Brazil - SP - 2023)

THE SHELL COVERED OX | BOI DE CONCHAS - Daniel Barosa (Brazil / EUA - SP - 2024)

WORMHOLE | BURACO DE MINHOCA - Marília Hughes Guerreiro, Cláudio Marques (Brazil - BA - 2024)

CARCINIZATION | CARCINIZAÇÃO - Denis Souza (Brazil - RS - 2023)

A HOWLING CARNIVAL | CARNE FRESCA - Giovani Barros (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

CASULO - Aline Flores (Brazil - SP - 2024)

CUCUMBER/KNIFE - Gustavo Vinagre (Brazil - SP - 2024)

DADÁ | DEPENDÊNCIAS - Luisa Arraes (Brazil - RJ - 2023)

DESCONSERTO - Haniel Lucena (Brazil - CE - 2024)

MS. BEATRIZ NSIMBA VITA | DONA BEATRIZ NSIMBA VITA - Leonardo Cata Preta (Brazil - MG - 2023)

DU BIST SO WUNDERBAR - Leandro Goddinho (Germany / Brazil - 2023)

ESTAMOS SOZINHOS - Igor Correia (Brazil - BA - 2024)

ESTE CINEMA TÃO AUGUSTA - Fábio Rogério (Brazil - SP - 2024)

I AM VILA MARGARIDA | EU SOU DA VILA MARGARIDA - Ed Siqueira, Vitor Donizete,  Cesar Freire (Brazil - SP - 2023)

BETWEEN SLAPS AND KISSES | FESTA É GUERRA / FESTA É GUERRA II - Lucas Eskinazi (Brazil - SP - 2024)

FLUXO | FLUXO - O FILME - Filipe Barbosa (Brazil - SP - 2023)

GALEGA  - Anna Lu Machado, Noan Arrouche (Brazil - PE - 2024)

HELEN OF NOWHERE | HELENA DE GUARATIBA - Karen Black (Brazil - RJ - 2023)

TODAY I WILL ONLY COME HOME TOMORROW | HOJE EU SÓ VOLTO AMANHÃ - Rubens Caetano, Raul Souza, Juliette Perrey, Luan Hilton, Gio Guimarães, Marcelo Vaz, Chia Beloto, Gabriel de Moura, Yuri Shmakov, Marila Cantuária, Diego Lacerda (Brazil - PE - 2024)

GOOD MORNING | JAVYJU - Cunha Rete, Carlos Eduardo Magalhães (Brazil - SP - 2024)

JOGO DE CLASSE - Quico Meirelles (Brazil - SP - 2024)

JUPITER - Carlos Segundo (France / Brazil - 2024)

KAMINHADA - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

KINGS - Juliana Pamplona (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

KM 100 - Lucas Ribeiro (Brazil - SP - 2024)

ASHES ARE BURNING | LAS CENIZAS ESTÁN QUEMANDO - Lucas Leônidas (Brazil / Argentina - SP - 2024)

MACALÉIA - Rejane Zilles (Brazil - RJ - 2023)

MALUNGA - Gal Souza (Brazil - SP - 2023)

MAMA - AFRICANS IN SÃO PAULO | MAMA - AFRICANOS EM SÃO PAULO - Rafael Luiz de Aquino (Brazil - SP - 2023)

THE SPELL OF GORILLAS | MANDINGA DE GORILA - Luzé Luzé, Juliana Gonçalves (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

MY FRIEND PEDRO MIXTAPE | MEU AMIGO PEDRO MIXTAPE - Lincoln Péricles (LK) (Brazil - SP - 2023)

YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE | NÃO PRECISA PEDIR DESCULPA - Franco Cavezale (Brazil - SP - 2024)

NÃO TEM MAR NESSA CIDADE - Manu Zilveti (Brazil - RS - 2024)

NAVIO - Vitória Real, Alice Carvalho, Larinha R. Dantas (Brazil - RN - 2023)

MAREMOTO - Cristina Lima, Juliana Bezerra (Brazil - RN - 2023)

NOTAS DE YAKECAN - André Moura Lopes (Brazil - CE - 2023)

PEDRO HAD A HORSE | O CAVALO DE PEDRO - Daniel Nolasco (Brazil - GO/RJ - 2023)

OUTSIDE IS INHERE | O LADO DE FORA FICA AQUI DENTRO - Larissa Barbosa (Brazil - MG - 2024)

JUST LEFT | O QUE FICA DE QUEM VAI - André Zamith, Vinícius Cerqueira (Brazil - SP - 2024)

WHERE IS MYMYE MASTROIAGNNE? | ONDE ESTÁ MYMYE MASTROIAGNNE? - biarritzzz _ (Brazil - PE - 2023)

VACUUM PRAYER | ORAÇÃO A VÁCUO - Luis Calil (Brazil - GO - 2024)

WHERE DO THE ANIMALS GO? | PARA ONDE VÃO OS ANIMAIS? - Rogério Borges (Brazil - SP - 2024)

A BIRD CALLED MEMORY | PÁSSARO MEMÓRIA - Leonardo Martinelli (Brazil / UK - RJ - 2023)

POETICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS | POÉTICAS DA FOTOSSÍNTESE - Julia Faraco (Brazil - SC - 2024)

BURN MY SKIN | QUEIMA MINHA PELE - Leonardo Amorim (Brazil - AL - 2023)

STORM | RESSACA - Pedro Estrada (Brazil - MG - 2024)

RINHA | RINHA - Rita M. Pestana (Brazil / Portugal - MG - 2023)

ROSA - Pedro Murad (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

UNFAMILIAR SKIN | RUÍDO DA PELE - Gustavo Milan (Brazil - BA - 2023)

IF I'M HERE IT IS BY MYSTERY | SE EU TÔ AQUI É POR MISTÉRIO - Clari Ribeiro (Brazil - SP - 2024)

SEU GIGIO - Renato Cavalcanti (Brazil - SP - 2023)

SÍNDROME DO PÔR DO SOL - André Emidio (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

STARLIT | STARLIT - Raul Perez (Brazil / EUA - SP - 2023)

TOUCH | TATO - Pedro Carvalho (Brazil - MG - 2024)

TOC TOC, A MUDANÇA BATE A SUA PORTA - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

THREE | TRÊS - Lila Foster (Brazil - DF - 2024)

WIND OF GOLD | VENTO DOURADO - André Hayato Saito (Brazil - SP - 2023)

VOLLÚPYA - Éri Sarmet, Jocimar Dias Jr. (Brazil - RJ - 2024)

ZAGÊRO  - Marcio Picoli, Victor Di Marco (Brazil - RS - 2024)

UNLIMITED SHOWCASE

ALGODREAMS - Vladimir Todorovic (Australia / Serbia - 2023)

BIG BANG HENDA - Fernanda Polacow (Portugal / Angola - 2023)

BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT - Erik Lehtola, Henna Välkky (Finland - 2024)

BUGS - Vitória Cribb (Brazil - RJ - 2023)

CAPTURING THE GHOST | CAPTURAR O FANTASMA - Davi Mello (Brazil - SP - 2024)

CINEMA FOR THE DEAD | CINEMA PARA OS MORTOS - Bruno Moreno, Renato Sircilli (Brazil - PI - 2023)

DECADENTIA - Guillaume Anglard (France - 2024)

DÉJÀ NU  - Rolf Hellat (Switzerland / Ivory Coast / Guinea / Senegal - 2023)

AT THAT VERY MOMENT | EN EL MISMÍSIMO MOMENTO - Federico Tachella, Rita Pauls (Argentina / Germany - 2023)

FOR HERE AM I SITTING IN A TIN CAN FAR ABOVE THE WORLD - Gala Hernández López (France - 2023)

INTELLIGENCE - Jeanne Frenkel, Cosme Castro (France - 2023)

LOVEBOARD - Felipe Casanova (Belgium / Switzerland - 2023)

MEMORIES OF AN UNBORN SUN - Marcel Mrejen (Algeria / France / Netherlands - 2024)

MISSED CALLS - Wilma Smith (UK - 2023)

NO HORSES ON MARS - Bea de Visser (Netherlands - 2024)

QUEBRANTE - Janaina Wagner (Brazil - SP - 2024)

MAYBE I SHOULD SPEAK | TALVEZ EU DEVA FALAR - Denilson Amorim (Brazil - SP - 2023)

YENA - Ana Cecilia Estrabou (Argentina - 2023)

HORIZONS SHOWCASE

5 MINUTES WITH CLÉMENTINA - Pedro Hasrouny (Portugal - 2024)

DAMMI - Yann Mounir Demange (United Kingdom / France - 2023)

THE VALENTINE’S EXPRESS | EXPRESSO SÃO VALENTIM - Luiza Aguiar Torres, Guilherme Ayres (Brazil - SP - 2024)

BUT, I AM. | MAS, EU SOU. - Joel Junior (Brazil - SP - 2024)

MASCARADE ORIGIN STORY - Maïlis Roy-Lessard (Canada - 2023)

NA MAREI - Léa-Jade Horlier (France - 2023)

PASTRANA - Gabriel Motta, Melissa Brogni (Brazil - RS - 2023)

I CAN COUNT ON MY FINGERS | POSSO CONTAR NOS DEDOS - Victória Kaminski (Brazil - RS - 2024)

I WANT TO VIOLENTLY CRASH INTO THE WINDSHIELD OF LOVE | QUIERO ESTRELLARME EN SECO CONTRA EL PARABRISAS DEL AMOR - Fernanda Tovar (Mexico - 2024)

SLON'S LEGENDARY SUMMER HITS - Gaspard Hoël, Jonathan Poulet (Romania / France - 2023)

KIDS AND TEENS' SHOWCASE

A MENINA QUE DESENHAVA SONHOS - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

A SHORT FILM ABOUT KIDS - Ibrahim Handal (Palestine - 2023)

A SOMBRA DE UM LIVRO - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

AGUACUARIO - Jose Eduardo Castilla (Mexico - 2023)

BABAYAGAGOGO - Myriam Schott (France - 2023)

CAFUNÈ | CAFUNÈ - Lorena Ares, Carlos F. de Vigo (Spain - 2024)

GRAMOPHONE | CLAWLOLO - Alexey Alekseev (Cyprus - 2024)

COISA DE MENINA - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

FREESTYLE DELAS - Calebi Ferreira, Ana Paula (Brazil - SP - 2024)

JARDIM DA IMAGEM - Guilherme Amado (Brazil - RS - 2024)

L'ENFANT DES VAGUES - Noam Szwarc, Gaelle Bejjani, Sofian Pourquery-de-Boisserin, Martin Gross, Yuhan Wang, Valentine Hilarin (France - 2023)

LULINA AND THE MOON | LULINA E A LUA - Alois Di Leo, Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos (Brazil - SP - 2023)

MONSTER BOY | MENINO MONSTRO - Guilherme Alvernaz (Brazil - SP - 2023)

NALUA - Isabelly Cristiny (Brazil - SP - 2023)

O COMPUTADOR BUGADO DO MAL - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

PARALISIA DOS SONHOS - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

POROROCA - Francisco Franco, Fernanda Roque (Brazil - MG - 2024)

PRIMEIRO DIA DE AULA - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

RIZOO - Azadeh Navai (Iran / EUA - 2023)

SEMENTES DO AMANHÃ - Direção Coletiva (Brazil - SP - 2024)

SPARROW'S BRAINS | SPATZENHIRN - Arun Leander Boudodimos (Germany - 2023)

SUCH A PRETTY FACE | BONITA DE ROSTO - Ana Squilanti (Brazil - SP - 2023)

THREE TREES - Aaron Hong, M.R. Horhager (Canada - 2023)

GO MY WAY | YO VOY CONMIGO - Chelo Loureiro (Spain - 2024)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: NOCTURNU - FANTASTIC AND HORROR FILMS

CAUSTIC | CÁUSTICO - Wesley Gondim (Brazil - DF - 2023)

CULTS | CULTES - David Padilla (France - 2023)

THE FEAST | EL FESTÍN DE LAS BESTIAS - Claudia Saldivia, Simón Bucher, Amanda Rivera (Chile - 2023)

FLESH OUT | PRENDS CHAIR - Armin Assadipour (France - 2023)

SHÉ (SNAKE) - Renee Zhan (United Kingdom - 2023)

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: FOR A FEW MINUTES MORE

AS FAR AS THE WORLD REACHES | ATÉ ONDE O MUNDO ALCANÇA - Daniel Frota de Abreu (Brazil - Belgium / Netherlands - RJ - 2023)

MUKUNÃ SHAMAN APPRENTICE | MUKUNAN APRENDIZ DE PAJÉ - Rodrigo Sena Rodrigo Sena (Brazil - RN - 2024)

QUANDO AQUI - André Novais Oliveira (Brazil - MG - 2023)