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Cris Lyra

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Cris Lyra is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has worked as a cinematographer on short films, TV series, and four feature films: Chão (Landless) by Camila Freitas, which premiered at the 69th Berlinale (2019); Lembro Mais Dos Corvos (I Remember the Crows) by Gustavo Vinagre, winner of Best Film at the 40th Cinéma du Réel (2018) and IndieLisboa (2018); and Para'I by Vinicius Toro, screened at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (2018), FICG (Guadalajara), and Cartagena (in competition). In 2015, she directed Um Homem Satisfeito (A Happy Man) with Bruno Cucio. Quebramar (2019) is her second short film; it won awards at festivals in Brazil and a…

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Like the First Time poster
1.0

A long walk home sets the scene for young romance, a trip to the beach becomes an opportunity for quiet reflection and self-acceptance, a naïve mother uncovers the secret life of her daughter, and a sullen teenager sees a new side to her mother. Re-live the journey of young love through six coming-of-age stories exploring chance encounters and hidden longings.

Like the First Time

2022

Breakwater poster
5.3

A group of friends from São Paulo head for a secluded beach to celebrate New Year’s. Together they relax, sunbathe and make music. And they talk: about their sexuality, their bodies, their hair, their youth, their fears, certainties and uncertainties, as anyone does sometimes with good friends. Along the way, we learn a lot about contemporary Brazil.

Breakwater

2019

Breakwater poster
5.3

A group of friends from São Paulo head for a secluded beach to celebrate New Year’s. Together they relax, sunbathe and make music. And they talk: about their sexuality, their bodies, their hair, their youth, their fears, certainties and uncertainties, as anyone does sometimes with good friends. Along the way, we learn a lot about contemporary Brazil.

Breakwater

2019

Abominável poster
NR

In the film adaptation of the show “Abominável”, created from texts by different dead authors, a body crossed by war and passion breaks free from a violin case.

Abominável

2021

Abominável poster
NR

In the film adaptation of the show “Abominável”, created from texts by different dead authors, a body crossed by war and passion breaks free from a violin case.

Abominável

2021

Hear Me poster
NR

Based on letters from 20 lesbian and bisexual women written during the pandemic, a single quarantine letter is made up. An interrupted love story, a shattered country, a persistent living body.

Hear Me

2020

Hear Me poster
NR

Based on letters from 20 lesbian and bisexual women written during the pandemic, a single quarantine letter is made up. An interrupted love story, a shattered country, a persistent living body.

Hear Me

2020

Hear Me poster
NR

Based on letters from 20 lesbian and bisexual women written during the pandemic, a single quarantine letter is made up. An interrupted love story, a shattered country, a persistent living body.

Hear Me

2020