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COMPETITION FEATURES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Andrezza Czech<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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 (n\u00e3o t\u00e3o) Nova L\u00e9sbica (The (Not So) New Lesbian Manual), which received an honorable mention at FRAPA and was a semifinalist at Gui\u00f5es; and the short films Fora de \u00c9poca, Casa and Am\u00edgdalas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Pedro Mariano<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u00e3o Pedro Mariano is an actor born in Guaxup\u00e9 and a graduate in Acting from SP Escola de Teatro. Active in both theater and film, he has performed in several productions that toured across Brazil and is a cofounder of the artist collective A.Bordar, which lends voices, bodies, and emotions to help victims of violence and abuse tell their stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was nominated for the 2025 Grande Otelo Award for Best Actor for his performance in Baby, which premiered at Cannes Critics\u2019 Week and earned him his Best Actor awards at Festival do Rio and at Fest Aruanda, and also his Best Performance awards at MixBrasil, where he was also named Breakthrough Artist of the Year. He is currently part of the cast of Trememb\u00e9, an original Prime Video series.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wiktor Morka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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 \u2013 LGBT+ Film Festival Poland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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COMPETITION SHORTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Clari Ribeiro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clari Ribeiro is a director, editor, and cofounder of the independent production company Excesso Filmes. Their latest short film, Se Eu T\u00f4 Aqui \u00e9 Por Mist\u00e9rio (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 Vit\u00f3ria 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 (\u00c9ri Sarmet, 2021), a film they also edited. In their work, Clari experiments with cinematic language and genre blending, creating delirious worlds and fabulous characters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M\u00e1rcio Picoli<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1rcio Picoli is a director, screenwriter, and producer. His first short film, O que Pode um Corpo? (What Can a Body Do?), earned the Best Direction award at MixBrasil. His next short, Possa Poder, premiered at the Tiradentes Film Festival and received the Best Actor award at the Gramado Film Festival. Zag\u00earo won the Golden Rabbit Award for Best Short Film at MixBrasil. He is currently in post-production on his first feature film, London, set to premiere in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Marina Bastos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Marina Bastos is a director, screenwriter and editor. She is the creator of SaPatr\u00f4nica: Audiovisual Guide of Memories and Affections, a project that explores S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s lesbian memory through audiovisual storytelling. She directed short films such as Carta de Sa\u00edda (Exit Letter), Instru\u00e7\u00f5es para Destruir um Arm\u00e1rio (Instructions to Destroy a Closet), and Um Sapat\u00e3o na Kaminhada (A Butch’s Path), and has worked on documentaries for UNICEF, TV Globo, Disney and Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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REFRAME<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Andr\u00e9 Pitol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 Pitol is an art researcher, curator, and professor with a PhD from USP. He is a professor at \u00c9cole Intuit Lab and at PUC-SP. He has written essays for e-flux, The Brooklyn Rail, Photographies, M\u00eddia Ninja and ZUM. He was adjunct curator of The Parable of Progress (2022) and is adjunct co-curator of the 36th S\u00e3o Paulo Biennial (2025).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Francesca Fini<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Francesca Fini is an interdisciplinary artist, experimental filmmaker, and performer whose work explores the collision between tradition and innovation. Through cinema, live media, installation, and AI, she crafts poetic and surreal narratives that question the boundaries of body, technology, and identity, merging analog nostalgia with generative algorithms.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Raya Martigny<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raya Martigny is a model, artist and actress born on R\u00e9union 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 C\u00e9sar Awards. In 2026, she will collaborate again with Besson on his first feature film, alongside India Hair and \u00c9ric Cantona.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grace Lis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019 academic journey. At NEES (Center of Excellence in Social Technologies), she works as a product manager on a project for the Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mario Londo\u00f1o<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Colombian filmmaker, researcher, programmer and curator based in Marseille, France. PhD candidate in Aesthetics, master’s degree in Art and Technology, master’s degree in Research. Creator and director of FIVIA – International Video and AI Festival. Teacher of Anthropology and Anticolonial Eesthetics. Develops collaborative and educational projects around artificial intelligence. He works within a tricontinental framework on social and digital technologies. His work is part of the collection of the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (MALBA).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Marcos Serafim<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MIX LITER\u00c1RIO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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be rgb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B\u00ea 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u20132022). 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, H\u00e1mor).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gabriela Soutello<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gabriela Soutello, winner of the first edition of the Mix Literary Award, is the author of the short story collection Ningu\u00e9m Vai Lembrar de Mim (No One Will Remember Me) and is about to release her second book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognized by Forbes Brazil Under 30 in 2021 as a rising talent in the literary field, Gabriela was born in S\u00e3o Paulo and has always been immersed in the world of art and culture. She advocates for women\u2019s rights and the LGBTQ+ community, is passionate about psychology and human behavior, and believes that literature can help people find belonging \u2014 and a less frightening way to live.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Jean C\u00e2ndido<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jean C\u00e2ndido Brasileiro is an editor, translator, entrepreneur and cultural producer. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Psychology (PUC-Minas) and Performing Arts (UniRio) and is currently pursuing a Master\u2019s in Spanish Language and Spanish and Latin American Literatures (FFLCH\/USP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, he founded Edi\u00e7\u00f5es C\u00e2ndido, 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 S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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VISUAL ARTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Leonardo Maciel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leonardo Maciel (Maring\u00e1, 1992) is an internationalist graduated from PUC-SP, artist, graphic designer, curator, cultural producer, and creative director of V\u00f3rtice 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paulo Cibella<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Paulo Cibella (S\u00e3o Paulo, 1976) is a journalist, visual artist and curator, cofounder of V\u00f3rtice Cultural. As a cultural manager, he is dedicated to promoting erotic art and strengthening networks that connect collectors, artists and institutions. A researcher and collector of homoerotic art for over 30 years, he has also been committed to the internationalization of artists, expanding the reach and circulation of Brazilian artistic production.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Filipe Chagas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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\/C\u00e2ndido Mendes. He was the design coordinator at the Museu da Rep\u00fablica and worked at Pa\u00e7o Imperial in the areas of design, production and assembly. Creator of Falo Magazine \u2014 Brazil’s first free online scientific publication dedicated to male nudity in artistic representations \u2014 his work is internationally recognized, reaching readers in more than 90 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CAIO FERNANDO ABREU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ant\u00f4nio F\u00e9res<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ant\u00f4nio Tempo – F\u00e9res F\u00e9res (he\/him, non-binary person) is a poet and editor, author of Destinos & Destina\u00e7\u00f5es (with illustrations by Valentina Fraiz, Fada Inflada, 2025), Experi\u00eancias Sobre Editar um Corpo (with illustrations by Laura Davi\u00f1a, Garupa, 2020), and Outros Poemas (Urutau, 2018, finalist for Pr\u00eamio Rio).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He organized Para\u00edso Trans: Uma Antologia Transmasculina (Mapa Lab, 2025), featuring poems by be rgb, Esteban Rodrigues, floresta, Formig\u00e3o, 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is currently dedicated to the poetic project PARA\u00cdSO TRANS.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Formig\u00e3o<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A.k.a. Formig\u00e3o pele parda, for 34 years (out\/1990) defying the statistics. From the outskirts of the south zone of S\u00e3o Paulo. Oniric dyke (he\/him). Poet, zine maker and art educator in the field of creative writing, literature, and fan zines. I spread my ideas through Edi\u00e7\u00f5es Formigueiro, a distro of marginal zines, since 2017. Afro Latina is the title of my first book, published by Pad\u00ea Editorial in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Aramyz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Born Elizeu do Carmo Munhoz and currently based in S\u00e3o Paulo, he holds a degree in Literature from Centro Universit\u00e1rio Claretiano and was born in Cianorte, Paran\u00e1. His published works include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • S\u00f3 as Hienas Matam Sorrindo \u2013 Editora Urutau \u2013 semifinalist for the Oceanos Prize (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Todo Dia \u00c9 Assim \u2013 Editora Urutau \u2013 finalist for the Caio Fernando de Abreu Prize (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Estranho Seria Se Voc\u00ea Soubesse \u2013 Editora Laranja Original \u2013 finalist for the Caio Fernando de Abreu Prize (2020) and semifinalist for the Jabuti Prize (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Aqui N\u00e3o Falamos Sobre Isso \u2013 Editora Folheando \u2013 winner of the Varia\u00e7\u00f5es LGBT+ Literature Prize (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Suic\u00eddios Di\u00e1rios \u2013 Editora Urutau (2024) \u2013 winner of the Deus Ateu Prize (2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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