Karen Sztajnberg

Film biography dwelling on the hectic artistic life of António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.

As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the family into debt, Jean is forced into a change of lifestyle which opens his eyes to the world beyond his 'casa grande' - not least that of the feisty, mixed-race firecracker Luiza. Cultures, classes and generations collide in this engrossing coming-of-age drama from Brazil.

Searing confession proves equally disturbing for listener and teller. A new bottle of perfume sends Sam and Alice into a downward spiral of jealousy. Sam gets way more than he bargained for as Alice unfolds a far too honest and detailed story. Will brutal honesty bring them closer together or further apart? This is a film about the power of narrative.

Volunteer male models pose nude in Toronto Island, displaying their bodies and their flaws unapologetically in a way that seems unfathomable to relentlessly self-examining female crew.

Film biography dwelling on the hectic artistic life of António Variações, a famous Portuguese pop rock singer from the 80s, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1984.

As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the family into debt, Jean is forced into a change of lifestyle which opens his eyes to the world beyond his 'casa grande' - not least that of the feisty, mixed-race firecracker Luiza. Cultures, classes and generations collide in this engrossing coming-of-age drama from Brazil.

Searing confession proves equally disturbing for listener and teller. A new bottle of perfume sends Sam and Alice into a downward spiral of jealousy. Sam gets way more than he bargained for as Alice unfolds a far too honest and detailed story. Will brutal honesty bring them closer together or further apart? This is a film about the power of narrative.

Volunteer male models pose nude in Toronto Island, displaying their bodies and their flaws unapologetically in a way that seems unfathomable to relentlessly self-examining female crew.