Ney Matogrosso

Composer and singer Martinho da Vila describes the world of Samba.

Washed up cartoonist and photographer Raymond Vachs (Dominique Pinon) spends a night of soul searching during a kaleidoscopic journey in a country on the verge of collapse. Groundbreaking Portuguese filmmaker Edgar Pêra mixes drama, psychedelic techniques and H.P. Lovecraft in this award winning film originally conceived as science fiction but which now seems hyper-realistic.

"Bixa Travesty is, above all, a political film. Trans black singer Linn da Quebrada faces machismo and transphobia in their multiple forms. Linn touches wounds that are bleeding right now as we speak; old-fashioned, square mindsets in Brazil and the world are put at stake. Linn moves away from the victim role and grabs her own weapons. Berlinale - Teddy Awards Best Doc."