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FRONTERAS LATAM
Esta sección presenta largometrajes de ficción y documentales de América Latina que exploran la diáspora africana y sus conexiones continentales. Obras que dialogan con problemáticas transnacionales y la construcción de identidades múltiples.
![]() Hacker LeoniliaDirector/Writer: Gustavo Fontele Dourado Producers: Gustavo Fontele Dourado, Luciana Menescal Landwehr, Rafael Moura, Lorena Figueiredo Production Companies: Fontele Studios, Algo Além Filmes, Avera Filmes, Toti Produções, Madá Produções Brazil / 2025 / 14'59 Animation In the future, an elderly hacker and embroiderer must confront her own traumas and use her skills to escape a virtual reality. This story is based on the life of my grandmother, Leonilia Ferreira. | ![]() GloriaGloria Director/Writer: Marvin Yamb Producers: Murielle Thierrin, Alexandre Collombier French Guiana / 2025 / 15' Fiction When Gloria discovers a deep secret that her daughter Ilana confides in her, she struggles to react, trapped in the silence of religion and traditions that suffocate her family. | ![]() CarabaliDirector/Writer: Medhin Tewolde Producer: Daniela Contreras, Nicolas Défossé Mexico / 2026 / 18'20 Documentary An Afro-Colombian community leader is threatened and forced into exile. Far from his land and family, Carabalí resists in displacement, clinging to the hope of returning one day to the place where he belongs. |
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![]() Stormy DaysDirector/Writer: Vítor Bitencourt Rocha Producer: Laís Araújo Brazil / 2026 / 19'20 Animation Ahura is a wheelchair carrier who tries to escape at all costs, but finds Gymbia being attacked. He saves her and begins his journey in search of love and freedom. | ![]() PosterDirector: Day Sena Writer: Amós Heber Producers: Marcos Alexandre, Day Sena Brazil / 2026 / 20' Fiction One Sunday tells the story of a possible encounter between Samuel and a stray bullet. The bullet comes from a gunshot fired in the favela where Samuel lives. On a sunny Sunday, Samuel decides to take advantage of his day off to go to the beach. | ![]() Memórias com Vista pro marDirector/Writer: Marton Olympio Producer: Rafael Leal Brazil / 2025 / 20' Fiction An 80-year-old Black painter escapes from a nursing home and takes refuge on a beach bench. There, lost memories gradually resurface. As he comes face to face with the waves of his past, he re-evaluates his life, sketches new perspectives, and reconnects with his son. |
![]() A Cor da PatroaDirector: Milena Anjos Writer: Leandro Souza Producer: Heraldo de Deus Brazil / 2026 / 24'48 Fiction With classes suspended due to police tension in retaliation for a community protest, a child accompanies his mother on a workday as a domestic worker and is surprised to meet her employer. | ![]() Sisters in Destiny- Angela Davis & Gerty ArchimèdeSisters in Destiny- Angela Davis & Gerty Archimède Directors/Writers: Pascal Frederic Archimede, Dimitry Zandronis Producers: Dimitry Zandronis, Baptiste Brunner Guadeloupe / 2025 / 52'40 Documentary Two women. Two continents. One shared fight. From Guadeloupe to the United States, Sisters in Destiny explores the intertwined journeys of Gerty Archimède, a trailblazer of feminism. | ![]() NunkuiDirector/Writer: Verenice Benitez Producer: Isabela Parra Ecuador / 2025 / 90' Fiction Nunkui lives in a Shuar community and dreams of the feminine spirit of the garden, also called Nunkui, just like her. While her aunt teaches her songs and the secrets of cultivation, the vast Amazon rainforest they call home is handed over to transnational mining companies, and evictions begin in the area. |
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