The Male Gaze: Bitter Sweet

Directed by Manu Roma, Florian Lesieur, Tim Rousseau, Tavo Ruiz, Antonio Miano, Jorge Muriel and Gonçalo Pina

With Florian Lesieur, Tim Rousseau, Jesuíta Barbosa, Túlio Starling and Joel Ávila

Take a trip on the wild side with these six daring short films from Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, Spain and France that uncover the power of nature and mysticism, family ties that bond yet suffocate, the vagaries of same sex attraction, the pain of memory, the thrill of what's to come. The 6 short films are: Memory of An Afternoon On the Roof [Recuerdo de una tarde en la azotea] (2022); Afternoon Sun [À Tarde, Sob o Sol] (2020); Sweet Water [Água Doce] (2023); Cor Petit (2023); Haiku (2022); The Boy Who Wanted to Fly [El niño que quería volar] (2018).