• OFFICIAL SELECTION •
The 24th FestCurtasBH – Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival – will be held from October 14th to 23rd, 2022. In this year's edition 2,690 national and international films was submitted - 946 Brazilian films from 27 different states; and 1,744 international films from 110 another countries, wich were submitted between March 18th to May 15th. The Festival will screen 148 films, including Competitive Sections (International, Brazilian and Minas), Parallel Sections (Thoughtful Kitties, Collapsing Worlds, Decolonial Films?, Midnight, Animation, Youths and Childrens) and Special Sections (Soft Dreams, Expanded Natures and With Eyes Open, There's Someone Who Dreams), distributed over 46 programs.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
A Man Trembles
by Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen | SINGAPORE, 2021, 23'
Black Spring
by Tracie Morris | UNITED STATES, 2021, 13'
Will You Look at Me (Dang Wo Wang Xiang Shi Hou)
by Shuli Huang | CHINA, 2022, 20'
domy + ailucha: KETS STUFF!
by Ico Costa | FRANCE/PORTUGAL/MOZAMBIQUE, 2022, 30'
Song of the Flies III - Night (El Canto de las Moscas III - Noche)
by Ana Maria Vallejo | GERMANY/COLOMBIA/CZECHIA, 2021, 15'
The Sower of Stars (El Sembrador de Estrellas)
by Lois Patiño | SPAIN, 2022, 25'
Bloodroot (Hierba la Sangre)
by Natalia Favre, Greta Mattei | CUBA, 2021, 24'
Intermede (Horiko)
by Maria Kourkouta | GREECE/FRANCE, 2022, 24'
In Flow of Words
by Eliane Esther Bots | NETHERLANDS, 2021, 22'
My Mother's Tongue (La Langue de Ma Mère)
by Jean-Baptiste Phou | CAMBODIA, 2022, 34'
The Seine's Tears (Les Larmes de las Seine)
by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur | FRANCE, 2021, 9'
Breakpoint (Le Point de Reprise)
by Nicolas Panay | FRANCE, 2022, 18'
Mangrove School
by Filipa César, Sónia Vaz Borges | FRANCE/PORTUGAL/SPAIN/GERMANY, 2022, 34'
Laboratory Nº2 (تاقیگەی ژمارە 2)
by Edris Abdi, Aware Omer| KURDISTAN, 2021, 16'
Seven Symphonies of Zagros (حەوت سێمفۆنی زاگرۆس)
by Perwîz Rostemî | IRAN/KURDISTAN, 2021, 23'
Love & Revenge (وانتقام)
by Anhar Salem | FRANCE/SAUDI ARABIA, 2021, 31'
Baghthan (बाघथान)
by Sunil Pandey | NEPAL, 2022, 20'
To Vancouver
by Artemis Anastasiadou | GREECE, 2021, 24'
Three Circles With(in) the Wale (세 개의 고래-인간 동그라미)
by Go-Eun Im | SOUTH KOREA/NETHERLANDS, 2022, 20'
BRAZILIAN COMPETITION
Ajeum Pèlú Aiyê - We eat with the Earth (Ajeum Pèlú Aiyê - Comemos junto com a Terra)
by Ekedji Jacqueline Martins | BRAZIL - PE, 2022, 7’
The washer women of the Acaraú river transform the caravel into a starship (As lavadeiras do rio Acaraú transformam a embarcação em nave de condução)
by Kulumym-Açu | BRAZIL - CE, 2021, 12’
Lunch break (Chão de fábrica)
by Nina Kopko | BRAZIL - SP, 2021, 24’
CURIÓ
by Priscila Smiths, P.H. Diaz | BRAZIL - CE, 2022, 19’
Dusk till dawn (Da boca da noite à barra do dia)
by Tiago Delácio | BRAZIL - PE, 2021, 18’
Elusion (Elusão)
by Taís Augusto | BRAZIL - CE, 2022, 22’
I love you where the sunny days are (Eu te amo é no sol)
by Yasmin Guimarães | BRAZIL - MG, 2022, 19’
Infantary (Infantaria)
by Laís Santos Araújo | BRAZIL - AL, 2022, 24’
L A V A
by Natália Reis, Francisco Cesar, Luiz Pretti | BRAZIL - MG, 2022, 20’
Remember that pain is not the only way to exist (Lembrar que a dor não é o único jeito de existir)
by Waleff Dias | BRAZIL - AP, 2022, 16’
Fight for the land (Luta pela terra)
by Camilla Shinoda, Tiago de Aragão | BRAZIL - AM/DF/RR, 2022, 29’
Sunday Morning (Manhã De Domingo)
by Bruno Ribeiro | BRAZIL - RJ, 2022, 25’
Video Model (Modelo Vídeo)
by Leonardo Lacca | BRAZIL - PE, 2021, 8’
On the endless road there are glimpses of splendor (Na estrada sem fim há lampejos de esplendor)
by Liv Costa, Sunny Maia | BRAZIL - CE, 2021, 11’
Close to you (Perto de você)
by Cássio Kelm | BRAZIL - PR, 2021, 32’
Wanted black queers (Procura-se bixas pretas)
by Vinicius Eliziário | BRAZIL - BA, 2022, 25’
The rightful (Quem de direito)
by Ana Galizia | BRAZIL - RJ, 2022, 21’
A wild patience has taken me here (Uma paciência selvagem me trouxe até aqui)
by Érica Sarmet | BRAZIL - SP, 2021, 26’
MINAS COMPETITION
The besieged memory of the night (A memória sitiada da noite)
by Ewerton Belico | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2021, 16’
Armarinho Aracy
by Camila Matos | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2021, 10’
Against-monument scene #1 (Contra-monumento cena #1)
by Arthur Medrado | BRAZIL - MG - Ouro Preto, 2021, 10’
This time you don't come back (Dessa vez você não volta)
by Breno Henrique | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2022, 14’
Doom
by Randolpho Lamonier, Victor Galvão | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2021, 5’
Fever (Febre)
by Marcio Abreu | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2022, 24’
Interior
by Elisa Mendes, Maria Lutterbach | BRAZIL - RJ/MG - Ibitipoca, 2022, 20’
What I don't see when I look to the sky (O que não vejo quando olho para o céu)
by Iolanda Depizzol | BRAZIL - MG - Ipatinga, 2022, 10’
Indianara wanted (Procura-se Indianara)
by Mayra Santos Costa | BRAZIL - MG - Viçosa, 2021, 10’
Rachocracy (Rachocracia)
by Artur Ranne | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2022, 5’
Reserved (Reservado)
by Ana Amélia Arantes | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2022, 7’
Largest Slum (Serrão)
by Marcelo Lin | BRAZIL - MG - Belo Horizonte, 2021, 18’
THOUGHTFUL KITTIES PARALLEL SECTION
Amor by night
by Henrique Arruda | BRAZIL - PE, 2022, 20’
Heart alone (Coração sozinho)
by Leon Reis | BRAZIL - CE, 2022, 17’
Twilight of the goddesses (Crepúsculo das deusas)
by Fábio Rogério | BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 14’
Deep blue (Fond bleu)
by Franie-Éléonore Bernier | CANADA, 2021, 10’
The skin of Mars (La piel de Marte)
by Maite Redondo Gaztelu | SPAIN, 2022, 22’
Nothing done (Nada haver)
by Juliano Gomes | BRAZIL - ES/MG/RJ, 2022, 11’
The orgasm is in the brain (O cérebro é uma zona erógena)
by Analu Bambirra | BRAZIL - MG, 2022, 3’
Shooting Leticia
by Violena Ampudia | PORTUGAL/CUBA, 2022, 15’
Morning has broken (Todas as rotas noturnas conduzem ao alvorecer)
by Felipe André Silva | BRAZIL - PE, 2022, 23’
Virtual voice
by Suzannah Mirghani | QATAR/SUDAN, 2021, 7’
COLLAPSING WORLDS PARALLEL SECTION
Spark (Centelha)
by Renato Vallone | BRAZIL - AC/RJ, 2021, 26’
Digital ashes
by Bruno Christofoletti Barrenha | GERMANY/BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 12’
Fragments of Gondwana (Fragmentos de Gondwana)
by Adalberto Oliveira | BRAZIL - PE, 2021,17’
Places we'll breathe (Mjesta koja cemo disati)
by Davor Sanvincenti | CROATIA, 2022, 22’
Dragon tooth (O dente do dragão)
by Rafael Castanheira Parrode | BRAZIL - GO, 28’
Solastalgia
by Violeta Mora | CUBA/HONDURAS, 2022, 15’
Tomorrow is a water palace
by Juanita Onzaga | BELGIUM/MEXICO/ITALY/COLOMBIA, 2021, 15’
DECOLONIAL FILMS? PARALLEL SECTION
Brave
by Wilmarc Val | FRANCE, 2021, 27’
Blackness = Time ÷ Media = ∞
by Márcio Cruz | FRANCE, 2021, 6’
Construction of a view (Construção de uma vista)
by Fábio Andrade | BRAZIL - RJ, 2021, 13’
British Boys (Garotos Ingleses)
by Marcus Curvelo | BRAZIL - BA, 2022, 15’
Calling Cabral (Memória)
by Welket Bungué | GUINEA-BISSAU/PORTUGAL/BRAZIL - RJ, 2022, 18’
The habit of inhabiting (O hábito de habitar)
by Nicolás Pérez | BRAZIL - PR/HAITI/CHILE, 2021,16’
Sleepless far from home (Sans sommeil loin de chez soi)
by Axel Cuevas de Chaunac | SPAIN/MEXICO/FRANCE, 2022, 8’
Solmatalua
by Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade | BRAZIL - SC, 2022, 15’
XAR - Obsidian Dream (XAR - Sueño de Obsidiana)
by Fernando Pereira dos Santos, Edgar Calel | BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 13’
MIDNIGHT PARALLEL SECTION
Mojica's last curse (A última praga de Mojica)
by Cédric Fanti, Eugenio Puppo, Matheus Sundfeld, Pedro Junqueira | BRAZIL - SP, 2021, 17’
Fury
by Julia Siuda | POLAND, 2021, 5’
Wolf (Lobo)
by Giovani Beloto | BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 11’
Out there (Não vá lá fora)
by Gustavo Aguiar | BRAZIL - MG, 2021, 9’
The last warning (O último aviso)
by Éryka Vasconcelos | BRAZIL - PE, 2021, 14’
(Pout-Pourri) Sábado Satânico
by Tchesca Albernaz | BRAZIL - MG, 2022, 6’
White sateen (Satane sefid)
by Shiva Sadegh Asadi | IRAN, 2022, 2’
Black sateen (Satane siyah)
by Shiva Sadegh Asadi | IRAN, 2021, 2’
ANIMATION PARALLEL SECTION
Goodbye, dear Mandí (Adeus, querido Mandí)
by Bruno Villela | BRAZIL - AM, 2021, 15’
Erêkauã
by Paulo Accioly | BRAZIL - AL, 2021, 1’
The Umbrella (Le Parapluie)
by Claire Ledru | FRANCE, 2022, 15’
The destiny of Mrs. Adelaide (O Destino da senhora Adelaide)
by Breno Alvarenga, Luiza Garcia | BRAZIL - MG , 2022, 5’
Onça contemporânea
by Gabi Dias | BRAZIL - MS, 2021, 9’
Pyru'ã - A flor do centro da terra
by Arami Arguello, Denise Leal, Jaciara Marschner | BRAZIL - MS, 2021, 10’
Sierra
by Sander Joon | ESTONIA, 2022, 16’
Squish!
by Tulapop Saenjaroen | THAILAND/SINGAPORE, 2021, 18’
YOUTHS PARALLEL SECTION
By the lake (Am see)
by Marie Wald | GERMANY, 2021, 4’
Astel
by Ramata-Toulaye SY | FRANCE/SENEGAL, 2021, 24’
The ones we choose (Ceux que l'on choisit)
by Elora Bertrand | FRANCE, 2022, 30’
City between rivers (Cidade entre rios)
by Leonardo Mendes, Weslley Oliveira | BRAZIL - PI/MA, 2021, 20’
Slope is not a ramp (Ladeira não é rampa)
by Antônio Ribeiro, Sandro Garcia | BRAZIL - RJ, 2021, 15’
Luazul
by Letícia Batista, Vitória Liz | BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 21’
Honey (Madhu)
by Tanmay Chowdhary, Tanvi Chowdhary | INDIA, 2022, 13’
Sangoma
by Aline Fernandes, Nathalia Freitas, Talita Araujo, Terená Kanouté | BRAZIL - SP, 2021, 8’
Two girls with a movie camera (slumber party)
by Victoria Brasil, Thamyris Escardoa | BRAZIL - ES, 2021, 7’
CHILDRENS PARALLEL SECTION
There is nothing nice deep within (A Mélyben Semmi Szép Nincs)
by Fiorella Spitzer | HUNGARY, 2022, 8’
Colchique
by Héloïse Nivart, Céline Blondat, Blanche Dion | FRANCE, 2022, 3’
Ewé de Òsányìn: the secret of the leaves (Ewé de Òsányìn: o segredo das folhas)
by Pâmela Peregrino | BRAZIL - AL/BA/RJ, 2021, 22’
The river (La rivière)
by Collective 23 adults | BELGIUM, 2021, 5’
Moshi Moshi
by Jen Berger | BELGIUM, 2021, 4’
Not all mornings are the same (Nem todas as manhãs são iguais)
by Fabi Melo, BRAZIL - PB, 2022, 18’
Piropiro
by Miyoung Baek | SOUTH KOREA, 2021,10’
The journey (Putovanje)
by Mirela Ivanković Bielen | CROATIA, 2022, 6’
Dinorá Street (Rua Dinorá)
by Natália Maia, Samuel Brasileiro | BRAZIL - CE, 2022, 17’
About friendship and bycicles (Sobre amizade e bicicletas)
by Julia Vidal | BRAZIL - PR, 2022, 12’
Teo, the blue boy (Teo, o menino azul)
by Hygor Amorim | BRAZIL - SP, 2022, 11’
A dog barks, the tree grows and the wind blows the clouds (Un chien aboie, les arbres poussent et le vent emporte les nuages)
by Madolia Dubois | FRANCE, 2022, 5’
A white-white day (Белый-белый день)
by Vasily Тсhirkov | RUSSIA/FRANCE/CANADA, 2022, 6’