Christyan McGray

Felix, a 16-year-old boy, receives a diagnosis of an incurable disease and sees his life turned into uncharted territory. Unable to accept this new reality, he goes through the stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally, a delicate beginning of acceptance. Amidst the emotional chaos, Felix finds an unexpected refuge in filmmaking. Films begin to offer not only comfort, but a new way of seeing the world and himself. It is then that his passion is born: telling stories. Driven by the need to give meaning to his life, he decides to transform his journey into art and begins to write and direct a film about his own life.

Since childhood, Otto has dreamed of making a living from art, singing, acting, and shining on stage. But dreaming is expensive. Born into a peripheral family that never supported him, he discovers early on that talent isn't enough. When he finally gets close to his big break, he realizes that effort isn't enough when the system only opens doors to those born into it. A short narrated about hope, frustration, and the price of dreaming in a country that turns art into luxury.

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Between the silence and the pain of prejudice, Nilo finds a path of resistance in friendship and writing. My Blue-Lines reveals the intimate struggle of a young autistic man to exist in a world that insists.

In a school marked by silences and veiled prejudices, a group of Black students finds in the Black Well-Being Circle a space for listening, acceptance, and sharing. Through personal stories, pain, and dreams, they learn to transform experiences of exclusion into collective strength. When the time comes to speak in front of the whole school, Nala realizes that her voice represents not only herself, but an entire generation that insists on affirming: they belong.

During a seemingly ordinary school vacation, eight-year-old Diego struggles to understand why his older brother, Nicco, has suddenly become distant. While Diego clings to the simple rituals that once brought them together, Nicco retreats further into silence, carrying a pain no one around him fully sees. As memories of happier Julys blur with the present, Diego is forced to confront a reality beyond his understanding. Through the eyes of a child, JULY explores the quiet weight of depression, the bonds between siblings, and the small acts of love that can become lifelines in moments of darkness.

Watch “still here.”, a VHS story by filmmaker Marcos Gale about Rocco (Christyan McGray), a boy who walks between silence and memory, traversing loneliness, bullying, and introspection while reflecting on mental health and the simple — yet complex — act of remaining.

Follow The Void and I, a VHS story about a boy named Pocco, who navigates themes such as introspection, loneliness, bullying, superficiality, recording, silence and reflection on mental health and what it means to "be well."

Melvin, a teenager, returns to his past in an attempt to remember who he truly was after feeling he left himself behind. He confronts his teenage and childhood selves to reflect on the pains and changes of growing up, realizing that "growing up means losing and leaving behind versions of ourselves." A nostalgic and reflective journey about time, childhood, and accepting the constantly changing self.

After the death of his younger brother, seventeen-year-old Merlin is left with the quiet task of emptying Arthur's bedroom. As he carefully packs away ordinary belongings—a stuffed animal, a worn pair of sneakers, a tripod, a box of small treasures—each object awakens memories of the bond they once shared. Through the simple act of letting go, Merlin discovers that grief is not found in what we choose to keep, but in what refuses to leave us. A short film about love, loss, memory, and the invisible weight carried by the things we leave behind. A story of absence, remembrance, and learning that some people never truly leave the places they built within us.

In the corridors of a public school, art ceases to be a discipline and becomes a means of survival. Through a sensitive and original lens, the documentary delves into the world of young people who defy the daily silence. From the strength of the female voice to the resilience of independent cinema made with what they have at hand, the work reveals how music and the cinematic gaze construct a refuge of identity. A film about the urgency of being heard and the political act of simply existing.

On the morning of a life-changing hearing, the teenager Vitoriano seeks a few moments of peace before facing the consequences of a mistake that left its mark on the entire town. As he walks through a square filled with memories, he revisits friendships, feelings of guilt, and the weight of a past that refuses to let go. Amidst these memories and reflections, Vitoriano must find the courage to accept who he was and decide who he wants to become.

Months after mysteriously returning home from a six-month disappearance, eleven-year-old Davi struggles to reclaim his place within a family consumed by fear and silence. As his older brothers, Anderson and Kauê, search for answers about what happened during his absence, increasingly disturbing events begin to unravel the fragile bonds that hold them together. Between buried secrets, painful memories, and an unseen presence that defies explanation, the brothers are forced to confront truths capable of changing their lives forever. A psychological horror short film about family, trauma, guilt, and the darkness that can linger long after someone finds their way home.