🎬 Humans of Film Festival, 2025 Retrospective :: Not Dead + Cactus Pears

The first official collaboration between Filmhuis Cavia and Humans of Film Festival is here! For this retrospective and preparation for the next HoFF edition, we will show the films that were awarded in the previous edition. On Friday we will screen the films that got the ‘Honorable Mention’ from the jury, and on Saturday the two films that were awarded in the festival.

Humans of Film Festival hopes that, through the conversations and films, its contribution will encourage festival visitors and residents of the West district to understand one another better. The festival also aims to strengthen community cohesion in the neighbourhood and the city, broaden perspectives, and raise awareness of human rights, empowerment and social justice.

Not Dead (Morto Não)

Alex Reis | 2025 | Brazil | 15’

The birth of a young black couple's first child brings happiness, but also agony. The father experiences and expresses his dilemmas regarding the arrival, coexistence and departure of his beloved firstborn. 

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Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda)

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade | 2025 | India | 112’

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.