Xanatopia

The new year brings hope for better times. The wishes of hope, respect, humanity and love between people are for whom?

After hearing about a Brazilian folklore party at the neighborhood school, Fernando, an 8-year-old child, decides to go dressed as Curupira, with a skirt and everything, and suggests it to his grandfather, Mr. Lino, 70 years old. The dynamics between grandfather and grandson begin to be affected as Lino perceives Fernando to be a different child. Through subtleties in the dialogues and the silence, social conventions and the responsibility of being the guardian-protector of something precious, the film evokes conceptions of the masculine within a queer childhood.

A film director faces a complex situation in the production of his new film: Laerte, the protagonist of the story, begins to renegade her former characters, the Pirates of the Tietê. Lost in this situation and determined to be faithful to his whims after seeing the approach of death, the director decides to tell his drama mixing his persona with the story, creating a chaotic labyrinth between fiction and real life.

This Brazilian animated short tells the story of Norma, an elderly trans woman, is sent to a nursing home by her daughter. Norma plunges into a routine of rigid rules and loneliness, missing her daughter and her grandson. Everything changes when a clandestine web of friendships emerges, forging a pact of resilience against the system.