essentia

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers...

The creation of an infinite space. Light modulations over water surfaces, conjugating into multiple alterations. Time and light being reshaped...

Made with virtually no budget during COVID-19 quarantine in 2020, IRANIAN LIVES MATTER abstractly recounts the true story of what occurred in Iran...

A theoretical exercise can stem from a physical one: using the camera as if it was the vibrating device placed on the olive trees for the harvest of...

After a woman comes into contact with photographs from an archive, she reflects on her existence through her memories and the memories printed on...

Screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival

A cine-essay about the ego death and consciousness rebirth.

A short experimental film.

Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest...

A woman reflects under the parapet.

In Preparação I (Preparation I) Letícia Parente prepares herself to go out. In front of a bathroom mirror, she places bandages...