Check Out the Selected Projects!

BrLab announces the projects selected for its 15th edition after receiving 768 entries from 20 countries and 25 Brazilian states, as well as the Federal District, bringing together works in various stages of production.

24 projects were selected by a committee led by the director of the event, Rafael Sampaio, and composed of renowned professionals from Brazil and Latin America: Alice Leal, Fernanda De Capua, Flavia Candida, Gabriella Mancini, Giovani Barros, Marcio Miranda Perez, Mariana Pinheiro, Marina Tarabay, Paula Astorga, Sandro Fiorin, Talita Arruda and Xenia Rivery.

Here are the projects selected for the different labs that make up the 15th edition of BrLab:

BrLab Features

THE LAST DOG ON EARTH (Brazil – SP)
Direction: Nina Kopko | Screenplay: Nina Kopko and Tainá Muhringer Tokitaka | Production: Letícia Friedrich | Production Company: Boulevard Filmes | Coproduction Company: Vitrine Filmes

BETE (Brazil – SP / RJ)
Direction: Leandra Leal and Bruno Safadi | Screenplay: Rita Toledo | Production: Maria Barreto, Leandra Leal, Rita Toledo and Carol Benjamin | Production Company: Daza Filmes | Coproduction Company: Gullane Entretenimento

THE RIVER WITHIN (Brazil – CE)
Direction and Screenplay: Barbara Matias Kariri | Production: Maurício Macêdo | Production Company: Moçambique Audiovisual

ECHOES FROM THE WORLDS (Ecuador)
Direction and Screenplay: Andrés Cornejo | Production: Joe Houlberg Silva | Production Company: Botón Films

THE THRESHOLD (Colombia / Mexico)
Direction: Inti Jacanamijoy | Screenplay: Inti Jacanamijoy, Canela Reyes and Óscar Adán | Production: Jorge Forero | Production Companies: Marginal Cine and La Cueva Cine | Coproduction Company: Violeta Films

THERE ARE ROOTS BENEATH EVERY GRAVE (Costa Rica / Honduras)
Direction and Screenplay: Valeria Salas Montero | Production: Sofía Sandoval Navarro | Production Company: Gradiva Productora | Codevelopment Company: Opida

WATER WOMAN (Guatemala / Honduras)
Direction and Screenplay: Elvis Caj | Production: William Reyes | Production Company: Opida | Coproduction Company: Ancestral Films

THE OLDER SISTER (Brazil – RJ)
Direction: Rafaela Camelo | Screenplay: Rafaela Camelo and André Pereira | Production: André Pereira and Mariana Muniz | Production Company: Lupa Filmes

MARACANGALHA (Brazil – PR / BA)
Direction: Dayse Porto and Sabothati | Screenplay: Dayse Porto | Production: Aly Muritiba and Juliana Sakae | Production Company: Muritiba Filmes | Coproduction Company: Aya Filmes, Movida Filmes

OCEANIC (Brazil – MG)
Direction and Screenplay: Larissa Barbosa | Production: Ana Clara Martins and Mariana de Melo | Production Company: Moringa Filmes | Coproduction Company: Curva do Vento

BLOOMING ROBERTO (Argentina)
Direction and Screenplay: Matías Ferreyra | Produção: Rodrigo Guerrero | Production Company: La Buena Hora Cine
*Winner of the BrLab Award at Cine en Desarrollo 2025

RELAXING SOUNDS FOR SLEEPING (Brazil – SP)
Direction: Renato Sircilli | Screenplay: Renato Sircilli and João Turchi | Production: Sara Silveira and Maria Ionescu | Production Company: Dezenove Som e Imagens

BrLab Rough Cut

DIAMOND (Bolivia / Peru / Argentina)
Direction: Yashira Jordán | Editing: Juan Pablo Di Bitonto | Production Company: Empatia Cinema | Coproduction Companies: Ayara Producciones, Maravilla Cine

RED NEST (Brazil – RR)
Direction: Val Hidalgo and Alice Stamato | Editing: Keily Estrada | Production Company: Platô Filmes

BrLab Audience Design

SUNDAY LUNCH (Brazil – BA)
Direction and Screenplay: Camila Ribeiro | Production: Paula Alves | Production Company: Tesoura Filmes | Coproduction Company: Raccord Produções | Distribution Company: Vitrine Filmes

SHORELINE (Ecuador)
Direction and Screenplay: Vanessa Fernández | Production: Camila Bravo | Production Company: Ecléctica Criativa
*Winner of the BrLab Award at MICPI 2025

THE LAST FLIGHT OF PISHAK (Peru / Brazil – AC / French Guiana – FR)
Direction and Screenplay: Herbert Salas | Production Eduardo Tello | Production Company: Du Tello Filmproduktion | Coproduction Companies: Saci Filmes, Aldabra Films

XOXA’S SHOW (Brazil – RJ)
Direction and Screenplay: Rastricinha Dorneles | Production Hilda Lopes Pontes | Production Company: Produtora No Hype

SIRENS (Costa Rica)
Direction: Alexandra Latishev | Screenplay: Alexandra Latishev y Camila Aboitiz | Production: Federico Montero | Production Companies: Linterna Films and Pacífica Grey
*Winner of the BrLab Award at Costa Rica Media Market 2025

BrLab Kids

BEFORE BEDTIME (Brazil – MG)
Direction: Clarissa Moebus Ramalho | Screenplay: Clarissa Moebus Ramalho and Sarah Passos | Production: Júlia Nogueira | Production Company: Camisa Listrada BH

MAÍRA AND THE ENCHANTED TREE (Brazil – CE)
Direction and Screenplay: Camilla Osório de Castro | Production: Alisson Severino | Production Company: Mar de Fogueirinha

MANGROVE BOYS (Brazil – PE)
Direction and Screenplay: Adolfo Lachtermacher and Roger Mello | Production: Karina Hoover and Danielle Hoover | Production Company: Luni Áudio e Vídeo | Coproduction Company: Bárbaras Produções

THEREZA OF THE TIDES (Brazil – PR)
Direction and Screenplay: Julia Vidal and Isabele Orengo | Production: Alessandro Hissayoshi Suzuki Yamada | Production Company: Basilico Filmes | Coproduction Company: Gesto de Cinema