CTR - Departamento de Cinema, Rádio e TV

Two people fight for survival in a captivity in which the only contact with the outside world is a small gap in the room where they are locked. A short film made for the "Noite de Kino 2023" project of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum.

A couple argues. She doesn't know what he hides.

A music video-collage on modern urban life.

Jonas is desperately trying to get to a job interview, but the world seems to fight against him — or rather, it seems oblivious to him.

Two friends meet each other after a long time - but not in the way they expected.

It's dawn. When Melina enters Café Insomnia, she doesn't imagine she's about to meet someone from her past again. Fate seems to bring them together again for a single night that will change the course of one of them forever.

A couple discusses their first night and relationship.

The process of making the lacquer sticks, cutting the wood and bringing the food to people's mouths.

May 2, 2024. Amidst big names from São Paulo's drag scene, a young filmmaker dives into the experience of becoming a drag queen for one night.

Zhu Songling is a retired paleontologist who worked at the Chongqing Natural History Museum for 40 years. He tells us his story while the dinosaur fossils he repaired are exhibited to the public every day.

Thousands of years ago, a special ceremony of dance and music was created for Confucius, one of the most important thinkers in China and the world. Crossing the barriers of time, the ceremony is still held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu. In the same way, the values of Confucius continue to be carried in the hearts of the Chinese people.

At four points in his life, meet Mr. Bao Jinshan, the Mongolian calligrapher from the city of Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, through his great talent with the brush, pen, paper and ink plate, the four treasures of calligraphy. A worker, an apprentice, a teacher and a preserver of the ancient Mongolian language, Mr. Bao dedicated his life's work to this great form of art and communication that is calligraphy.

A couple argues about their careers.

Two musicians argue about their future as a duo and the originality of their work. Based on "Beats Digging Ditches", taken from Dave Kosts's "Book of Sides".

What if you could kill someone with the press of a button?

The Xibe ethnic group crossed China from east to west to defend the western frontier in the 18th century. Their main weapons were bows and arrows. Since then, they have kept their archery alive, passing it down from generation to generation. What began as a way of defending the country has become a sport that they are really good at and respect. Heirs of Xibo Archery focuses on people who have inherited this tradition and how they deal with it in their own ways.