#BraveFutures Collection

#BraveFutures Collection

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Brave Futures is an intersectional film race that challenges storytellers, filmmakers and creatives of all levels to produce an entire short film in 48 hours using one theme, one prop, one action and their city as a canvas. Originally launched in Johannesburg in 2019, Brave Futures has traveled to Guadalajara, Berlin, London, and Cape Town.

Participants pre-register for free online for a chance to compete, with strong prioritization for intersectional identities. Films submitted into #BraveFutures are exhibited in their local city for the chance to win cash awards, prizes and a distribution deal with OTV. Brave Futures exports OTV’s values to other markets in need of alternative outlets where artists are ready to engage a platform designed to include and support them.

Since the programs launch in 2019, Brave Futures has empowered over 100 artists, across five countries and three continents to develop 24 intersectional short-films (3-7 minutes) exploring topics on gender, immigration, body-positivity, feminism, trans politics, race, sexuality, mental health and more.

#BraveFutures Collection
  • Piracema

    Episode 1

    Serena and Juca are twin brothers. They arrive at Feira de São Joaquim, where their father works, after a morning at school. Before the two can make any attempt to help him in the store, his father encourages them to go have fun and then go back to study. The brothers run to the seaside to play a...

  • Se nos faltarem palavras, o mar conta a nossa história

    Episode 2

    On a beach in Salvador, two black women, Joana, a mature woman who has seen a lot in this life, and Yara, a young woman at the beginning of her journey, meet to share their experiences. Two women connected by the force of the sea.
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    Em uma praia de Salvador, duas mulheres negras, Joana uma mulh...

  • CABOQUINHOS

    Episode 3

    Three mestizos from the city of Salvador and Recôncavo Bahia, here called caboquinhos, narrate their memories, notions and perspectives on their Afro-indigenous lineages in a Brazil plagued by the genocide of the black population and original peoples, since the period of colonization. At the same...

  • Um Dia de Negão

    Episode 4

    Three black trans men face manifestations of their unconscious while living their routines in the Northeast of Amaralina. Each encounter reflects his internal struggles and the pressures of a society that demands rigid masculinity. Amid these experiences, they share reflections on the expectation...

  • Cantos da Cidade

    Episode 5

    Amara, a black woman from the city of Salvador, tries to rise and become strong again after one of the most painful moments of her life; the loss of his younger sister. Dealing with grief, she receives unexpected help from the city where she lives, through new paths she has an unexpected encounte...

  • Pangeia

    Episode 6

    On the outskirts of Salvador, 12-year-old Sophia and her friends transform everyday life into a movie, inviting locals to tell their stories. While the children film, they challenge the expectations of adults Jeisa, Moreno and Rose, leading them to revisit their own dreams. The idea for Pangeia e...