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“The Little Dominos Jingle Bells” was made to celebrate the centennial of the work “Children’s Carnival” of one of Latin America’s most celebrated composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. His musical play consisted in explore the folklore behind this brazilian festivity and capture the essence of carnival´s most common costume archetypes. The short explores the figure of the little dominos, one of the many carnival costume archetypes that Villa-Lobos represented in his musical play. In this short film, the little dominos dance together and compete over who gets in possession of the Jingle Bells, while doing an outstanding music performance.

Dona Biu is a faith healer from a city in the interior of Brazil and the short film follows her routine when she wakes up until she begins to carry out her cures. The story is told from the perspective of a city resident through her childhood memories.

Hopping rope is a animated short film that pay homages to Brazilian diversity. The film shows with a playful atmosphere three girls that live in different zones of Brazil and how different the cultural and social environment are. We celebrate the multicultural childhood we have in different parts of Brazil. “A corda, acorda” (Hopping rope) was selected to be screened at the 27th International Animation Festival of Brazil, ANIMA MUNDI 2019 and the ANIMA LATINA IV edition, Latin-American Animation Festival.