Jury

Andrezza Czech

Andrezza Czech is an actress, screenwriter, director, and filmmaker focused on lesbian representation. She is the author of Levante, an award-winning play recognized by CCSP; Os Signos das Minhas Ex, a series with 20 nominations and six awards; Manual da (não tão) Nova Lésbica (The (Not So) New Lesbian Manual), which received an honorable mention at FRAPA and was a semifinalist at Guiões; and the short films Fora de Época, Casa and Amígdalas.

Wiktor Morka

Wiktor Morka is a lawyer and film industry expert. He collaborates with leading Polish film distributors. Since 2010, he has been the organizer and artistic director of the largest queer film festival in Central and Eastern Europe – LGBT+ Film Festival Poland.

Clari Ribeiro

Clari Ribeiro is a director, editor, and cofounder of the independent production company Excesso Filmes. Their latest short film, Se Eu Tô Aqui é Por Mistério (If I’m Here It Is by Mystery) premiered at IFFR 2024 and went on to receive 12 awards, including Outstanding Narrative Short at Frameline48, the Special Jury Prize at the 31st Vitória Film Festival, and the Lili Award for Best Short Film at the 39th MIX Copenhagen. In 2021, Clari won the Special Jury Award at Sundance for their performance in A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (Éri Sarmet, 2021), a film they also edited. In their work, Clari experiments with cinematic language and genre blending, creating delirious worlds and fabulous characters.

Marina Bastos

Marina Bastos is a director, screenwriter and editor. She is the creator of SaPatrônica: Audiovisual Guide of Memories and Affections, a project that explores São Paulo’s lesbian memory through audiovisual storytelling. She directed short films such as Carta de Saída (Exit Letter), Instruções para Destruir um Armário (Instructions to Destroy a Closet), and Um Sapatão na Kaminhada (A Butch’s Path), and has worked on documentaries for UNICEF, TV Globo, Disney and Netflix.

André Pitol

André Pitol is an art researcher, curator, and professor with a PhD from USP. He is a professor at École Intuit Lab and at PUC-SP. He has written essays for e-flux, The Brooklyn Rail, Photographies, Mídia Ninja and ZUM. He was adjunct curator of The Parable of Progress (2022) and is adjunct co-curator of the 36th São Paulo Biennial (2025).

Raya Martigny

Raya Martigny is a model, artist and actress born on Réunion Island, recognized for her influence in fashion and her commitment to queer representation. She began her career modeling for major fashion houses and starring in international campaigns before expanding her creative practice into film. A muse of filmmaker Alexis Langlois, she has appeared in five of his films, including Les Reines du Drame, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024. In 2025, she starred in Queen Size, a short film by Avril Besson nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at the 50th César Awards. In 2026, she will collaborate again with Besson on his first feature film, alongside India Hair and Éric Cantona.

Grace Lis

Grace Lis is a PhD candidate in Image and Sound at UFSCar, where she researches the use of Artificial Intelligence to enhance the educational experience with audiovisual materials. With over 25 years of experience in design, marketing, and education, she teaches Video Production in the Fashion and Creativity in Advertising program, and serves as the lead instructor for the Graphic Computing program, where she develops audiovisual projects throughout the students’ academic journey. At NEES (Center of Excellence in Social Technologies), she works as a product manager on a project for the Ministry of Culture.

Marcos Serafim

Brazilian artist and reasercher, Professor of Photography, Video and Image at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His work investigates the materialities of data, media and image within experimental audiovisual practices. He explore the intersections between technology and dissident subjectivities, focusing on queer narratives and the reverberations of HIV/AIDS crisis. His exibhitions include the 5th and 6th Ghetto Biennale (Haiti), institutions such as EMPAC – Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center and the Queens Museum (USA), and festivals like doclisboa (Portugal), Courant/Immersive 3D (France), and Crossroad – San Francisco Cinematheque (USA).

be rgb

Bê RGB (Breno) writes, translates, edits, and leads literary workshops. They defended their doctoral thesis on Feminist and Queer-cu~ir Translation Studies at UFSC in 2022. Their work spans poetry, prose, and nonfiction on diverse themes, with experience in feminist, trans, and queer studies, among others. Interested in sensitive experimentations, rituals, trails, and oracles, they are a member of Membrana and currently live in Curitiba. be rgb was a resident translator at the Institut Ramon Llull in Barcelona from September 23 to October 23, 2023.

Professional with 9 years of experience in translation, revision, preparation and cultural activities in literature. Full-time dedication since 2023, after supplementing income during a master’s and doctorate in Translation Studies (2016–2022). Was resident translator (Sept./Oct. 2023) at the Institut Ramon Llull in Barcelona and invited by the Cervantes Institute Berlin as an author translated by Odile Kennel in Latinale (2021). Is a writer and has already published 5 books (highlighting 7Letras, Douda Correria, Philos) and 3 chapbooks (Macondo, Palimpsestus, Hámor).

Jean Cândido

Jean Cândido Brasileiro is an editor, translator, entrepreneur and cultural producer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (PUC-Minas) and Performing Arts (UniRio) and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Spanish Language and Spanish and Latin American Literatures (FFLCH/USP).

In 2016, he founded Edições Cândido, a publishing house focused on literature, arts, and the humanities. He is also the creator of Casa Queer, a multidisciplinary project centered on LGBTQ+ themes, an official partner of FLIP (the Paraty International Literary Festival), with editions held in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Leonardo Maciel

Leonardo Maciel (Maringá, 1992) is an internationalist graduated from PUC-SP, artist, graphic designer, curator, cultural producer, and creative director of Vórtice Cultural. Responsible for the curation and production of over 20 exhibitions, actions, and fairs, he combines aesthetic sensibility and strategic thinking in the creation of experiences that bring the public closer to contemporary art, with a focus on strengthening the dialogue between the LGBT+ community and the art market.

Filipe Chagas

Filipe Chagas (Rio de Janeiro, 1978) is a graphic and editorial designer, curator, researcher and art professor. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from ESDI/UERJ, and has teaching qualifications for elementary and secondary education. He also holds a postgraduate degree in Curatorship and Art Criticism from EAV-Parque Lage/Cândido Mendes. He was the design coordinator at the Museu da República and worked at Paço Imperial in the areas of design, production and assembly. Creator of Falo Magazine — Brazil’s first free online scientific publication dedicated to male nudity in artistic representations — his work is internationally recognized, reaching readers in more than 90 countries.

Antônio Féres

Antônio Tempo – Féres Féres (he/him, non-binary person) is a poet and editor, author of Destinos & Destinações (with illustrations by Valentina Fraiz, Fada Inflada, 2025), Experiências Sobre Editar um Corpo (with illustrations by Laura Daviña, Garupa, 2020), and Outros Poemas (Urutau, 2018, finalist for Prêmio Rio).

He organized Paraíso Trans: Uma Antologia Transmasculina (Mapa Lab, 2025), featuring poems by be rgb, Esteban Rodrigues, floresta, Formigão, Paul Gialdroni, Ravel Machado and Tom Grito. Some of his poems have been included in collections such as I Who Cannot Sing (edited by Patricia Lino, Gralha, 2020) and exhibitions like Papel de Parede (curated by Gabi Bresola and Marcos Walickosky, 2022 and 2024).

He is currently dedicated to the poetic project PARAÍSO TRANS.

Aramyz

Born Elizeu do Carmo Munhoz and currently based in São Paulo, he holds a degree in Literature from Centro Universitário Claretiano and was born in Cianorte, Paraná. His published works include:

• Só as Hienas Matam Sorrindo – Editora Urutau – semifinalist for the Oceanos Prize (2022)
• Todo Dia É Assim – Editora Urutau – finalist for the Caio Fernando de Abreu Prize (2023)
• Estranho Seria Se Você Soubesse – Editora Laranja Original – finalist for the Caio Fernando de Abreu Prize (2020) and semifinalist for the Jabuti Prize (2024)
• Aqui Não Falamos Sobre Isso – Editora Folheando – winner of the Variações LGBT+ Literature Prize (2023)
• Suicídios Diários – Editora Urutau (2024) – winner of the Deus Ateu Prize (2025)