As The Night Fades

Guilherme is tormented by the possibility of his fiancée being cheating on him. Desperate to end this mystery, he plans out a terrible way to finding the truth.

Helena, a recently graduated psychologist, finds her father being taken away by Death – hood, scythe and all, tired of all the bureaucracy of his work. In order to convince the shadowy entity to give up on her father's fate, Helena invites Death to a therapy session.

Clara is a young woman from a small town who moves to São Paulo to follow her dreams of being a model. She's secretly in love with Helena, the most successful model of their agency. Facing loneliness, financial hardship and eating disorders, Clara risks her health to move her career forward. Between flip phones, low-waist jeans and home-burned CDs, we explore strange and familiar terrors of the early 2000s.

Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism, the dreadful husband and the powerful and sexist bosses, she revealed herself to the public as an extraordinary woman, capable of overcoming any personal or professional crisis.

Hammurabi tells the story of Vitão, a boy who works as a delivery boy. Outraged by the poor working conditions, Vitão decides to steal one of the deliveries from the Arab restaurant Hammurabi. This seemingly simple robbery triggers a chain reaction when a dealer receives a message to fetch packages of drugs from the same building as Vitão. Due to a simple typo, the dealer ends up going to Vitão’s apartment and putting the boy in the middle of a much bigger mess than he could have imagined.

Pedro, distressed for not bidding farewell to his mother, stumbles upon letters addressed to his father, who vanished 30 years ago, unveiling that his life has been a big lie, compelling him to overcome pride to unveil the truth.

The life and times of comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas, from their beginning to their breakthrough in the late 1990s.

Raquel's life takes a terrible turn when she finds herself held captive by Gregorio, a sculptor of living dolls, who presents his conceptions of beauty and complete submission.

It's March 17. Leo and Flora make their way down Paulista Avenue, as they go about their daily errands. But as the day goes on, the city sinks into apprehension, and the siblings' plans for the future seem to drift further and further away.

At a party, Danny and Seiji fall in love. However, Danny believes the differences between them can prove stronger than their feelings.

Four friends are tired of surviving by pulling small scams and running from the police. After a swindle that goes wrong, the quartet formed by Zoinhu, Linguinha, Mãodelo and Alãodelom comes across a robbery that could take them off the streets.

The latest in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed series – now established as a leading showcase for new and emerging queefilm-makingng talent from around the world – features a fresh and exciting selection of the very best contemporary gay short films. Each self-contained drama in this diverse and thoughtfully curated collection offers fascinating and insightful new perspectives on the gay experience – sensual, affecting, sometimes provocative and always entertaining. The 8 short films are: Have We Met Before? (2019); The Act (2020); First Position. (2019); Winter [Invierno] (2021); The Suit Weareth the Man (2020); Infinite While It Lasts [Infinito Enquanto Dure] (2019); Melon Grab (2017); Thrive (2019).