What happens when the world refuses to be a home? Where does the body go?

This program proposes audiovisual perspectives on the body as a shelter. Not as resignation, but as an act of profound care. In the aftermath of migration, in the long process of integration that demands forgetting, in the exhaustion of constant negotiation — where do we go when everywhere else is not safe? How do we build safety when none is given? How do we hold each other when the ground beneath us trembles?

Corpo-Abrigo brings together three short films from the land we now call Brazil that speak to this quiet, radical architecture of care. In Amarela, we follow Erika who finds herself in this invisible role of being an Asian Brazilian woman, trying to reclaim her space and break free from expectations—from her Japanese-Brazilian family, from the non-Asian Brazilian society. Sliding through the intimate space of a queer group of friends, Quebramar embraces our hearts with warmth and the possibility of being a refuge for those we not only love and care for, but resonate and understand. Mabui, by Lucia Kakazu, extends this architecture of care into the spiritual realm: the film documents the artist’s process in art and dance as a form of ancestral shelter, grounding itself in a deep connection with Ryukyuan spirituality and acknowledging the indigenous aspects of Okinawan ethnicity through the guidance of shamans—who, in this context, become caretakers not of bodies or social roles, but of souls and memory.

Mabui: Rivers that Spring from the Asphalt, Voices that Pulse from the Chest

By Lucia Kakazu | HD color | 35min | 2022 | Portuguese with English subtitles

The documentary depicts the research and creative process behind the performance “Mabui” by dancer Lúcia Kakazu. The work premiered in 2022 and was created based on interviews with Kamintyus and Yutás, women who practice Okinawan spirituality in the city of São Paulo (BR).

Amarela

By André Hayato Saito | HD color | 15min | 2024 | Portuguese with English subtitles

On the day of the 1998 World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.

Quebramar (Breakwater)

By Cris Lyra | HD color | 27min | 2019 | Portuguese with English subtitles

A group of young queer friends travels to a secluded beach in São Paulo to celebrate New Year’s Eve. There, away from the weight of daily prejudice, they build a refuge — physical and emotional — through friendship, music, and the simple act of existing together. They talk about their bodies, their hair, their fears, their desires. They laugh. They sing. They hold each other.