Also in São Paulo, from November 12th to 23rd, the France-Brazil Season 2025 joined the MixBrasil Festival of Diversity Culture, incorporating its strength and participation in four unprecedented projects that brought together art, activism, and sensitive listening.
The MixBrasil Festival of Diversity Culture is one of the largest and oldest events celebrating the plurality and power of the LGBTQIA+ community in Latin America. Created in 1993, this edition presented 142 films from 33 countries, shows, literature, exhibitions, and immersive XR (extended reality) experiences.
Long Play, a creation of French choreographer and artist Alexandre Roccoli, in partnership with CAPS (Psychosocial Care Center) and MixBrasil. The project proposes bodily and somatic practices to address physical and psychological survival as an act of resistance.
Kwir Nou Éxist, first presented this year in Paris in the Louvre gardens, is a multimedia creation featuring videos and archives that reveal the power and engagement of the local LGBTQIA+ community.
The Stop Homophobia Conference, an urgent debate against gender violence and in defense of civil rights, bringing together voices from Brazil and France.
Kancícà was an experience inside a dome, an immersion in African-based spirituality, connecting ancestry, art, and technology.
As always, a personality is honored. In this edition, the artist Marisa Orth was chosen for the Mix2025 Icon Award, a long-time partner of MIXBrasil and presenter of the iconic Show do Gongo since 1999, celebrating a career that combines humor, intelligence, and courage.
The program was spread across various cultural spaces such as CineSesc, CCSP, MIS, IMS Paulista, Teatro Sérgio Cardoso, and the Museum of Sexual Diversity, as part of the activities also broadcast online. It was a festival open to the public, where most events were free or cost an average of R$20.
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