We took a step forward in the promotion process of cultural production when we started last year to select and present never seen before theatrical performances. This year, through a notice made in partnership with the Cultural Center of Diversity and the Municipal Department of Culture in São Paulo, five projects were selected (among 61 enrolled) for artistic residence in September and October. Current and urgent issues for the LGBTQIA+ community were developed in different languages and formats, with some in-person premieres happening during the 29th Mix Brasil Festival at Teatro Paulo Eiró, and being screened later at #CulturaEmCasa digital platform. Jury and audience choose their favorites and these will be awarded with Coelhos de Ouro and Coelhos de Prata (Golden and Silver Rabbits awards).

If 2021 remains as a year of great losses in so many sectors of individual and collective life, the same cannot be said about queer Brazilian literary production.

Mix Talks is the right place for urgent and insurgent discussions which has been, year after year, getting stronger with the connection of the multiplicity of narratives that makes up our time. From adult entertainment at digital platforms to LGBTQIA+ mental health, from lesbian visibility to indigenous plurality acknowledgment, not to mention the impacts caused by moral censorship in life and arts we've been going through, this edition also looks upon the future of relationships as well as the eleboration of humanities and the structures of a new world.