Joana, a young mother who works as a motogirl, accidentally discovers a factory where refugee women are exploited as slaves. She confronts the bad guys and sets the women free, but she brings a new problem to herself. The head of the security scheme that controlled the exploitation scheme needs to prove his effectiveness after this failure. For that, he decides that he will kill Joana and whoever else is with her, so that they can serve as an example. An ambush is set up for when Joana and her son, Nico, will be participating in a collective effort at the boy's school. Joana, who is an excellent fighter, will have to defend not only her son and herself, but everyone at school from a bunch of heavily armed criminals with orders to exterminate whoever is in front of them.

Leo is a young ranch hand who has never left his small community, located in southern Brazil, until he is faced with the need to fulfill his father's last wish. He travels to Rio de Janeiro with his uncle Arthur who he isn't very close to. During the trip, Leo manages to see the immensity of the world and the infinite possibilities, turning his trip into a great journey of discovery and transformation.

Within a society that reviews its values ​​and paradigms, where power relations are put in check, the feminine and the masculine gain new meanings.

Roberto and Mitsuo return to Brazil on the same day, after a long season living abroad. Their lives intersect because of land negotiated by their parents in the past. Without money, the two see on the ground a possibility of getting financially right. However, some events make them believe the terrain is magical. Like a fable, the film shows us that in order to obtain some desires, it is necessary to give up others.

Mônica abandoned a promising career in advertising to raise her children, Luíza and Leo, and now, about to turn 40, she is in crisis. Her teenage daughter, a rising digital influencer, no longer admires her. The husband decides to treat his wife to a family trip to the famous Praia Star Resort. This could be the opportunity that Mônica needs to reconnect with her daughter, even if she has to compete in a Miss pageant to do so.

Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be a trend this year among the maestros of cinema. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the last century in the “Colonia” hospital in Brazil. Whoever didn’t fit the standards of society, or their family’s perception of it, was locked away, tortured, and killed. There were altogether more than 60,000 victims. Hope dies last, and some of the inmates don’t give up the fight. We’re reminded of film classics such as “One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest” or “Alcatraz”.

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.

"Negro em Mim" is an investigative documentary with black artists and thinkers in Brazil today. A portrait of a plural Brazil from the racial discussion promoted by a trip to 6 Brazilian cities. What do the Arts have to say about Black Brazil?

Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.