SCHEDULE

Here is the schedule of MOSTRA XIII. You can navigate through each day by clicking the menu below.

Nov 4th (Saturday)

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PALOMA

Nov 4th
5:00 PM – Reception and Silent Auction
– Music by Dil Costa
– Catering by Sinhá Elegant Cuisine

6:00 PM – Program:
– Cônsul General of Brazil in Chicago, Amb. Reinaldo Salgado
– United Airlines, Account Manager, Iraíma Delgado

6:15 PM – Feature Film – “Paloma” (fiction), Dir. Marcelo Gomes

8:00 PM – Q&A with Ernesto Souto, Co-Producer & Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Moderator: José Ricardo Jaquinto, MOSTRA XIV Curator
Cervantes Institute
31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Synopsis
Paloma is a trans woman who is determined to make her biggest dream come true: a traditional church wedding with her boyfriend Zé. She works hard as a farmer on a papaya plantation, and is saving up to pay for the party. The priest’s refusal to accept her request will force Paloma to face rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice, but nothing shakes her faith.
Opening Night

Nov 5th (Sunday)

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WHO IS AFRAID?

Nov 5th
4:00 PM – Snacks
4:30 PM – Feature Film – “Quem Tem Medo?” (Documentary), Dirs: Dellani Lina, Henrique Zanini, e Ricado Alves Jr.
6:30 PM – Q & A with Daniel Queiroz, Distributor & Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: MOSTRA XIV Curator
Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
Synopsis
The rise of far-right ideology in Brazil, through the eyes of artists and their censored works.

Nov 6th (Monday)

SHORT FILMS SESSION

Northwestern University – Kresge Hall, Room 1515, 1880 Campus Dr., Evanston

5:00 PM – Short Documentaries Session
- “Foi um Tempo de Poesia”
- “Thue, Pihi Kuuwi”
- “Seremos Ouvidas”
- “Garotos Ingleses”
5:55 PM – Break/Snacks
6:25 PM – Short Fictions Session
7:30 PM – Discussion and Q & A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic

6:25 PM – Short Fictions Session:
- “O Teste da Farinha”
- “Escasso”
- “Contando Aviões”
- “Aperto”
7:30 PM – Discussion and Q & A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic and André M. Sena Cecílio,
Jonas Serpa Souza, and Nicolas Kim, DePaul Film Students

Nov 7th (Tuesday)

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FAITH AND FURY

Nov 7th
5:30 – Snacks
6:00 PM – Feature Film – “Fé e Fúria” (documentary), Dir. Marcos Pimentel
7:30 PM – Q & A with Daniel Queiroz, Distributor & Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: Ben Penglase, MOSTRA XIV Curator and Loyola Anthropology Prof.
Loyola University
Damen Student Center Theater – 6411 N. Sheridan
Synopsis
This documentary depicts the religious conflicts that exist in slums and suburbs of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, in Brazil, and addresses the growing conservative wave that has spread over the country. The unbridled growth of evangelical churches and their relationships with drug gangs has caused an imbalance of religious forces in their communities, resulting in numerous cases of religious intolerance that impact not only worship practices, but also territorial boundaries and the behavior of inhabitants. FAITH AND FURY takes a close look at the conduct of “evangelical drug dealers”, revealing how religion and power go hand in hand in the peripheries of large Brazilian cities.

Nov 8th (Wednesday)

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YOU’VE MADE MY SAMBA

Nov 8th
2:00 PM – Feature Film – “De Você Fiz Meu Samba” (Documentary); Dir. Isabel Nascimento
3:30 PM – Q&A with Isabel de Lucca, Producer and Screenwriter & Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: Benjamim Lessing, CLAS Director
4:00 PM – Break/snacks
University of Chicago
Social Science Research Bldg., 1126 E. 59th Street, Room 122, 60637
Synopsis
“You’ve Made My Samba” follows the daily lives of the widows of five of Rio de Janeiro’s samba greats. These women, working behind the scenes, become guardians of a fundamental part of Brazilian music history. A documentary about love, partnership, and longing, which champions a history of the women in our national culture and threads the fine line between their importance as partners in the career of these great samba players and their sacrifice in giving up their own lives to live someone else’s dream, something which to this day is a determining factor for this generation of women.

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ALIEN NIGHTS

Nov 8th
4:30 PM – Feature Film – “Noites Alienígenas” (Fiction)
6:00 PM – Q & A with Pedro Von Kruger, Producer & Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: Victoria Saramago, Professor of Brazilian Literature
6:30 PM – Reception
University of Chicago
Social Science Research Bldg., 1126 E. 59th Street, Room 122, 60637
Synopsis
A rising tide of organized crime and drug trafficking propels three young friends towards tragedy in a Brazilian city in the heart of the Amazon.

Nov 9th (Thursday)

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THE CLUB OF ANGELS

Nov 9th
5:30 PM – Reception
6:00 PM – Feature Film: “O Clube dos Anjos” (Fiction), Dir. Ângelo Defanti
7:30 PM – Vídeo message by Ângelo Defanti and Q & A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: Mariana Santos, MOSTRA XIV Curator
Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660
Synopsis
None of them could resist. Over three decades, seven friends saw their brotherhood monthly meetings turned from rituals of power to melancholy reunions of failures. The end would be a dignified destiny. Until a mysterious chef appears with majestic banquets. The friendship bonds are back, gluttony as celebration of life. However, after each dinner, a member of the group dawns dead. What is the real reason for the deaths? And, above all, why do these men keep returning to the dinners?

Nov 10th (Friday)

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TECA & TUTI – A NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY

Facets Multimedia
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614.

10:00 AM – Feature Animation: “Teca & Tuti: A Night at the Library” (ages 6 – 8), Dirs. Eduardo Perdido, Tiago M. A. Lima, Diego M. Doimo
11:30 AM – Q&A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic & Directors
Synopsis
The tiny clothes moth Teca lives with her family and pet dust mite in a sewing box. What they love most is to eat paper, but when Teca learns to read, she notices that books cannot be eaten; after all, they keep stories that she loves. Committed to solving a great mystery, Teca and Tuti part towards the library, searching for the most important story of their life.

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BIOCENTRICS

Brookdale Senior Living
2960 N. Lake Shore Dr.

2:00 PM – Reception
2:30 PM – Feature Film – “Biocêntricos” (documentary), Dirs. Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo e Ataliba Benaim
4:00 PM – Q & A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Mediator: George Savitzky
UNAM
350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654

5:30 PM – Reception
6:00 PM – Feature Film – “Biocêntricos” (Documentary), Dirs. Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo and Ataliba Benaim
7:30 PM – Q&A with Franthiesco Ballerini, Critic. Joe Derr, MOSTRA XIV Curator
Synopsis
How would you reinvent a part of your world using nature as a model? In BIOCENTRICS, this and other provocations are answered by the look of Janine Benyus. By connecting people who put life at the center of their choices, the biologist proposes technological and social innovations inspired by the experience of billions of years of the Planet Earth.

Nov 11th (Saturday)

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CHARCOAL

Nov 11th
3:30 PM – Short Documentaries Session
5:00 PM – Q&A with Luiz Costa Pereira Jr., Journalist
5:30 PM – Break / Snacks
6:00 PM – Feature Film – “Carvão” (fiction), Dir. Carolina Markowicz
7:30 PM – Q&A with Bruno Alfano, Production Director & Luiz Costa Pereira Jr., Journalist.
Purdue University
Stanley Coulter Hall, Auditorium 231, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Synopsis
Brazil 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo’s countryside, a rural family accepts a proposal to hide a mysterious foreign guest. Together they’ll to learn how to share the same roof with a complete stranger.

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YOU’VE MADE MY SAMBA

Nov 11th
5:00 PM – Snacks
5:30 PM – Feature Film – “De Você Fiz Meu Samba” (documentary), Dir. Isabel Nascimento
7:00 PM – Q&A with Joe Derr, MOSTRA XIV Curator, and André M. Sena Cecílio, Jonas Serpa Souza, and Nicolas Kim, DePaul Film Students.
DePaul University
14 E. Jackson, Daley 271, 2nd Floor (also entrance on 247 S. State Street)
Synopsis
“You’ve Made My Samba” follows the daily lives of the widows of five of Rio de Janeiro’s samba greats. These women, working behind the scenes, become guardians of a fundamental part of Brazilian music history. A documentary about love, partnership, and longing, which champions a history of the women in our national culture and threads the fine line between their importance as partners in the career of these great samba players and their sacrifice in giving up their own lives to live someone else’s dream, something which to this day is a determining factor for this generation of women.

Nov 12th (Sunday)

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CHARCOAL

Nov 12th
4:00 PM – Refreshments
4:30 PM – Feature Film – “Carvão” (Fiction), Dir. Carolina Markowic
6:30 PM – Q&A with Bruno Alfano, Production Director & Luiz Costa Pereira Jr., Journalist Mediator: José Ricardo Jaquinto, MOSTRA XIV Curator
Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660
Synopsis
Brazil 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo’s countryside, a rural family accepts a proposal to hide a mysterious foreign guest. Together they’ll to learn how to share the same roof with a complete stranger.

Nov 13th (Monday)

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THE CLUB OF ANGELS

Nov 13th
5:00 PM – Feature Film – “O Clube dos Anjos” (fiction), Dirs. Angelo Defanti, Barbara Defanti, Veronika Berg
6:30 PM – Video message by Dir. Angelo Defanti. Q&A with Luiz Costa Pereira Jr., Journalist & José Ricardo Jaquinto, MOSTRA XIV Curator.
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building – 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607
Synopsis
None of them could resist. Over three decades, seven friends saw their brotherhood monthly meetings turned from rituals of power to melancholy reunions of failures. The end would be a dignified destiny. Until a mysterious chef appears with majestic banquets. The friendship bonds are back, gluttony as celebration of life. However, after each dinner, a member of the group dawns dead. What is the real reason for the deaths? And, above all, why do these men keep returning to the dinners?

Nov 14th (Tuesday)

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BIOCENTRICS

Nov 14th
5:30 PM – Reception
6:00 PM – Feature Film – “Biocêntricos” (Documentary), Dirs. Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo and Ataliba Benaim
7:30 PM – Q&A with Jorge Saad Jafet, Exec. Producer and Co-Screenwriter & Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist. Mediator: José Pérez Reisler, Assistant Professor of Sociology.
DePauw University - Greencastle, IN
Watson Forum, Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media – 609 S. Locust Street, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135
Synopsis
How would you reinvent a part of your world using nature as a model? In BIOCENTRICS, this and other provocations are answered by the look of Janine Benyus. By connecting people who put life at the center of their choices, the biologist proposes technological and social innovations inspired by the experience of billions of years of the Planet Earth.

Nov 15th (Wednesday)

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KOBRA SELF-PORTRAIT

Nov 15th
5:30 PM – Greeting & Mingling
6:00 PM – Feature Film – “KOBRA” (documentary)
7:30 PM – Q & A with Jefferson Penace, Production Director and Executive Producer & Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist
IN Partners & IUPUI - Indianapolis, IN
Lilly Auditorium, University Library 0130 (lower level) – 755 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN (library map).
Synopsis
Sleepless all night, Kobra remembers his life, from the poor childhood in the outskirts of São Paulo to the international recognition of his work. The events unfold between reality and dream. In an intimate journey, we get to know a rebellious, self-taught youngster doing graffiti illegally on the streets of São Paulo’s suburbs, up to worldwide fame as a muralist and peace activist.

Nov 16th (Thursday)

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KOBRA SELF-PORTRAIT

Nov 16th
5:00 PM – Reception
5:30 PM – Feature Film – “KOBRA” (documentary), Dir. Lina Chamie
7:00 PM – Q & A with Jefferson Penace, Production Director and Executive Producer & Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist
Northwestern University
Harris Hall, Room 107, 1881 Sheridan Rd, Evanston (Parking at NU available for free after 4 PM)
Synopsis
Sleepless all night, Kobra remembers his life, from the poor childhood in the outskirts of São Paulo to the international recognition of his work. The events unfold between reality and dream. In an intimate journey, we get to know a rebellious, self-taught youngster doing graffiti illegally on the streets of São Paulo’s suburbs, up to worldwide fame as a muralist and peace activist.

Nov 17th (Friday)

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ALIEN NIGHTS

Nov 17th
3:00 PM – Short Fictions Session
4:30 PM – Snacks
5:00 PM – Feature Film – “Noites Alienígenas” (fiction)
6:30 PM – Q&A with Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist, and André M. Sena Cecílio, Jonas SerpaSouza, and Nicolas Kim, DePaul Film Students. Mediator: Joe Derr
DePaul University
14 E. Jackson, 2nd Floor (also entrance on 247 S. State Street)
Synopsis
A rising tide of organized crime and drug trafficking propels three young friends towards tragedy in a Brazilian city in the heart of the Amazon.

Nov 18th (Saturday)

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MARS ONE

Nov 18th
5:00 PM – Reception and Closing of Silent Auction
– Music by Luciano Antonio
– Catering by Sinhá Elegant Cuisine

6:00 PM – Program:
– Cônsul General of Brazil in Chicago, Amb. Reinaldo Salgado
– United Airlines, Account Manager, Iraíma Delgado
– Presentation of MOSTRA XIV Trophy 2023 to Dir. Gabriel Martins

6:30 PM – Feature Film – “Mars One” (fiction), Dir. Gabriel Martins

8:00 PM -Q&A with Carlos Francisco, Actor & Luiz Costa Pereira, Jr., Journalist Mediator: José Ricardo Jaquinto, MOSTA XIV Curator
– Raffle of United Airlines Domestic Ticket
Cervantes Institute
31 W Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60654
Synopsis
The Martins family lives on the outskirts of Contagem, Minas Gerais, and seeks to follow their dreams in a country that has just elected as president a man who represents the opposite of everything they are. A film about dreams and stars.
Closing Night