Brazil
Frangela is a Venezuelan immigrant who has been living in Boa Vista, northern Brazil, for three years. She works at a car wash, lives in a settlement building with other Venezuelans, and is in a relationship with Duda. Her routine is upended by the unexpected arrival of Alejandro, her 11-year-old son, who had been living with his grandmother in Venezuela. With the boy’s arrival, both Frangela and Duda try to build an emotional bond with Alejandro as they attempt to create a new home.
Platô Filmes
Rooted in the Amazon, Platô Filmes was born from the desire to tell stories of borders, migration and belonging. Working across fiction, documentary and animation, they explore Indigenous, environmental and sociocultural themes in author-driven films that have been recognized in Brazil and internationally.
Direction
Val Hidalgo
Direction
Alice Stamato
Script
Alice Stamato
Production
Thiago Briglia
Edit
Keily Estrada
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Director
Val Hidalgo is a Venezuelan director and screenwriter based in São Paulo. She took part in Buenos Aires Talents in 2015. She has worked as a cinematographer on short films including ESC, Deixa and O Interior, and on the feature Las Noches sin Lluvia. She edited the documentary Tsé. Her debut fiction feature, Ninho Tinto, is currently in post-production.
Director and screenwriter
Alice Stamato is a Brazilian director and screenwriter and a partner at Lombada Filmes. She has written and directed more than six short films, awarded at national and international festivals. She is directing and co-writing her debut feature, Ninho Tinto, currently in post-production. She also will direct the features Deus nos Guie and Hamster, both currently in fundraising.
Director and screenwriter
Alice Stamato is a Brazilian director and screenwriter and a partner at Lombada Filmes. She has written and directed more than six short films, awarded at national and international festivals. She is directing and co-writing her debut feature, Ninho Tinto, currently in post-production. She also will direct the features Deus nos Guie and Hamster, both currently in fundraising.
Producer
Thiago Briglia is a filmmaker from Roraima. He produced the feature documentaries Por Onde Anda Makunaíma? (2020) and Aqui en la Frontera (2023). Ninho Tinto (2026) marks his debut as a producer of a fiction feature. He is currently developing and will direct Ao Lado da Estrada, his first international co-production, supported by FSA/ANCINE.
Montagem
Venezuelan film editor. She graduated in Editing from the International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) in Cuba. In Brazil, she worked as an editor and assistant editor for feature films, television series and short films. Her work as an editor for the feature films El Sentido de las Cuerdas, by Salvadoran director Marcela Zamora; Atmosfera, by Paulo Caldas; Família de Sorte, by Viviane Ferreira; and É Tempo de Amoras, by Anahí Borges, is notable.