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57th edition May 14-24, 2025

Directors' Factory Ceará-Brasil 2025

The Factory aims at the emergence of new talents on the international scene, allowing young local and international filmmakers couples to meet and create together. For its 10th edition, Directors’ Factory arrives in Brazil with full force as a celebration of its essence, the power of collective creation. 

After Taiwan, Denmark and Finland, Chile, South Africa, Lebanon, Tunisia, Sarajevo, Northern Portugal, and the Philippines, Directors' Fortnight, Janaina Bernardes (Cinema Inflamável) and Dominique Welinski (DW) join forces to continue the adventure with Directors' Factory Ceará Brazil. For this milestone edition in the context of the Brazil-France Cultural crossed Season, under the patronage of Karim Aïnouz, this Factory, entirely filmed and finalized in Fortaleza, is supported by the Government of Ceará through the Secretariat of Culture, represented by Instituto Mirante and Instituto Dragão do Mar, in partnership with Projeto Paradiso and our new French partner Titrafilm.

We are proud to present, within the framework of the Directors’ Fortnight, the fruit of these exchanges: four short films co-written and co-directed by four pairs of young filmmakers from the North and Northeast of Brazil, Cuba, Portugal, Israel, and France. The films will be screened at the Théâtre Croisette on Wednesday, May 14, the opening day of the 57th edition of the Directors' Fortnight.

THE PAIRS 2025 : 

Films

PONTO CEGO (BLIND SPOT)

Luciana Vieira (Brazil) & Marcel Beltrán (Cuba)

Marta is an engineer responsible for the security cameras at the port of Fortaleza, an environment where silenced women deal with anonymity and contempt. But Marta is ready to speak out.

A VAQUEIRA, A DANÇARINA E O PORCO
(THE COWGIRL, THE SHOWGIRL AND THE PIG)

Stella Carneiro (Brazil) & Ary Zara (Portugal)

A trans cowgirl enters the bar where her lover, a black showgirl, works under the rules of a bloodthirsty truffle-lover pig. But what begins as an escape for love, turns into a surreal western showdown of blood, sisterhood and resilience.

COMO LER O VENTO

Bernardo Ale Abinader (Brazil) & Sharon Hakim (France)

For several years now, Cassia, a traditional healer, has been patiently teaching her secrets to Marjorie, her young disciple. Now, the moment has arrived to pass on the legacy.

A FERA DO MANGUE (A BEAST IN THE MANGROVE)

Wara (Brazil) & Sivan Noam Shimon (Israël)

There was a time when a man of limitless powers demanded descendants. When one of his victims released the beast within her, an avenging force of myth came galloping over the mangrove waters...