17th Bravo Film Festival

19 - 25 October, 2025

Monday, October 20 at 6pm
THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS (90')

Followed by Q&A with director Rafaela Camelo

Synopsis: Two girls meet while spending their days in a hospital. Gloria is accompanying her nurse mother and Sofia is visiting her grandmother with Alzheimer’s. Their playful and delicate bond will help them navigate the fragility of life.

Tuesday, October 21 at 06:30 pm
BRAVO FYC

Join The Envelope Live, in partnership with the Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles and BRAVO Festival, for a special screening of two short films and one feature-length documentary from Brazil’s BRAVO Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, moderated by The Envelope Editor-in-Chief Matt Brennan. There will be a hosted reception in the theater lobby to follow the screenings.

Wednesday, October 22 at 6pm
The Blue Trail (90')

Followed by Q&A with director Gabriel Mascaro

Synopsis: To maximize economic productivity, the government orders the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies. Tereza, 77, refuses–instead embarking on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.

Wednesday, October 22 at 7:45pm
CAIS (68')

Followed by Q&A with director Safira Moreira

Synopsis: Two months after the passing of her mother Angélica, Safira travels to search for her mother in other landscapes. In a river route, the film travels through cities bathed by the Paraguaçu River and the Alegre River, to dive into new perspectives on memory, time, birth, life and death.

Thursday, October 23 at 6:30pm
KNOT (91')

Followed by Q&A with director Laís Melo

Synopsis: Glória manages to get a divorce and moves away, taking her daughters and the desire to start over. As she tries to turn the new house into a home and her body into a place of belonging, she faces, on the factory floor, a delicate competition for a supervisor position between colleagues and her best friend. Courage takes shape as anguish seeps into the flesh.

Thursday, October 23 at 8:30pm
FUTURE FUTURE (86')

Followed by Q&A with director Davi Pretto

Synopsis: In a rainy near future Brazilian city, an amnesic man embarks on a tragic and absurd journey to find where he truly belongs after using an AI device created to help people with a strange neurological syndrome.

Friday, October 24 at 6:30pm
PAPAGAIOS (90')

Followed by Q&A with Douglas Soares

Synopsis: Tunico is a sub-celebrity who gained fame by chasing reporters to appear on TV. In Brazil, these figures are known as "Papagaios." After a serious accident at an amusement park, he meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice.

Friday, October 24 at 8:45pm
MAMBEMBE (98')

Followed by Q&A with director Fabio Meira

Synopsis: A film about the attempt to make a film. The director revisits footage from 2010 about a wandering surveyor and his encounter with three women from a traveling circus.

Saturday, October 25 at 4pm
CARLOTA JOAQUINA, PRINCESS OF BRAZIL

At ten years old, Carlota Joaquina is promised in marriage to João of Portugal. Gifted and well-educated, the young princess is approved by the Spanish court and sent to Lisbon, only to face a destiny far less glamorous than the portraits and rituals of nobility had promised. João, introverted by nature, prefers sacred music and flower gardening to the company of his new wife.

Saturday, October 25 at 7pm
Night Stage

By day, they perform for applause; by night, they risk it all. An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.

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