Brazil
Maíra is a deaf girl living in a future where the balance of her community depends on an ancestral storytelling ritual. When her Grandmother begins to forget the stories and the jequitibá’s magic starts to fade, the once fertile, harmonious future is threatened. Maíra must travel to the past, accompanied by her sister Titi, to meet the first guardian and learn what she still does not know about herself.
Mar de Fogueirinha
Founded in 2020 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Mar de Fogueirinha develops multi-platform projects and has produced eight short films that have circulated at major Brazilian film festivals, as well as film showcases, audio series and books. Their first feature film, Semana Santa, is scheduled for release in 2027.
Direction
Camilla Osório de Castro
Script
Camilla Osório de Castro
Production
Alisson Severino
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Director and screenwriter
Graduada en Cine y Audiovisual por la UFC, desde 2020 investiga utopía y sueños en sus proyectos artísticos dirigidos a las infancias, con destaque para el guion del largometraje Maíra e o Jequitibá Mágico, cuyo argumento fue semifinalista del FRAPA 2025, y para la película No Início do Mundo, que participó en 25 festivales.
Producer
Alisson Severino holds a degree in Film and Audiovisual from the Federal University of Ceará and is a co-founder of the production company Mar de Fogueirinha. He has worked as a producer and researcher on a range of cultural projects, especially in film, with an emphasis on socially and politically engaged work. His practice engages with popular culture, magic and dreams.