The Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival was created in 1994, by the Clóvis Salgado Foundation/ Government of the State of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It came on the art scene of the city with the goal of providing the public access to a format not so disseminated, but recognized by its creative, technical and formal potential. The twelve editions that happened since then, tried to improve the work of its main headquarters, Cine Humberto Mauro, an art cinema widely recognized for the quality of its programming.

Known for conciliating in instigating manners, in its programs, films with varied artistic aspirations, the festival has always tried to regulate itself by the quality, rigor and innovative formats of the films presented, in detriment of previous views of any nature, being them regional, thematic or ideological. Its main objectives are to disseminate the Brazilian and international production of short films and provide reflection and discussion about the screened films, contributing to the formation of public and for the exchange of Belo Horizonte with directors, curators and critics from all over the world. The Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival is guided by the rigor of his artistic choices, working to enhance the short film as one of the most free, inventive and exciting of the audiovisual creations.

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October 14-23, 2011
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Brazil 1998, 17 min, 35mm
Director: Rafael Conde

A day in the life of a young man who aspires to be a film-maker in Belo Horizonte. He is aware that there are many obstacles to shooting and the City is just one of them. He is not giving up, at least not without rebelling ...
The film portrays the youth of every city, the urgency of the youth, particularized in Belo Horizonte, one of Brazil’s big Capital that has kept a provincial atmosphere. It refers to all the artists who, as Drummond and Nava, spent the anarchic years of their youths there but ended up leaving - because and in spite of everything ...

Brazil 2003, 5:22 min, video
Director: Carlos Magno

A father tries to subvert his son, who reacts and resists. Done through home made images, the vídeo speaks of manipulation.

Brazil 2004, 16 min, 35 mm
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Mother gives daughter a box full of old little coloured records. Daughter may listen to them, except the green one.

Brazil 2005, 5 min, Video
Director: Roberto Bellini

A dialogue and a landscape. A brief speech on the possibility of contemplation, the politics of sight and authority.

Brazil 2008, 18 min, 35 mm
Director: Tião

Soul in vacuum, expanding desert.