DAMNED GRYPHON

Brazil (SP) | 2026 | cor | 8 min

The director got trapped inside a book and never got out. Now he believes he is Lourenço Mutarelli — or vice versa. Exploring the unconscious within the Brazilian writer’s work, the film wanders through a maze of hybrid languages in this free interpretation of Mutarelli’s universe.

Director: Padu Palmerio

Producer: Padu Palmerio

Contact: Henrique Amud - arapuafilmes@gmail.com

PROGRAMS:

Unlimited Showcase > Unlimited 2 - Facts & Versions

If memory is an editing suite, truth challenges cinema as either destiny or farce.
Immediately following the screening on August 20, in Kino Talks, MixBrasil Festival curator and founder André Fischer discusses the films from the "Facts and Versions" session of the Unlimited Showcase's Program 2 with the audience.

20/08

Thursday | 06:30 PM

Cinemateca - Sala Oscarito |

21/08

Friday | 05:00 PM

Circuito Spcine CCSP Paulo Emilio |

30/08

Sunday | 07:00 PM

Circuito Spcine CCSP Paulo Emilio |

Films of this program: Unlimited 2 - Facts & Versions

If memory is an editing suite, truth challenges cinema as either destiny or farce.
Immediately following the screening on August 20, in Kino Talks, MixBrasil Festival curator and founder André Fischer discusses the films from the "Facts and Versions" session of the Unlimited Showcase's Program 2 with the audience.