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Behind the Scenes at Pupilo 15/09/2026

Pupilo Play undergoes restructuring and returns in the first half of 2027, alongside the 5th Chica Pelega Festival

Pupilo's streaming platform is offline for a complete restructuring. The new version, with a teacher portal and a re-catalogued film...

Calls and Opportunities 25/08/2026

5th Chica Pelega Film Festival opens submissions and honors the Contestado caboclo

Free submissions from Aug 27 to Sept 26, 2026 via FilmFreeway. The 5th Chica Pelega Film Festival — The Caboclo...

Behind the Scenes at Pupilo 22/12/2023

Cinema on Wheels: Paulo Gustavo Call turns Cineclube Pupilo into a Traveling Cinema

Adapted van, inflatable screen and strategic partnerships create a traveling cinema for western Santa Catarina.

Stories and Context 20/12/2022

Places of Memory – sites to recover the memory and stories of the Contestado

The more access we have to stories and memories about the Contestado War – or Conflict – the closer we...

Program 09/08/2022

IFC Fraiburgo hosts the Chica Pelega Film Festival on Saturday

On Saturday, August 13, from eight in the morning, the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFC) in Fraiburgo hosts the...

Program 08/08/2022

Timbó Grande hosts the Chica Pelega Film Festival

Timbó Grande, home to the last stronghold of caboclo resistance in the Contestado War, hosts the Chica Pelega Film Festival...

Coverage 28/04/2022

2nd Chica Pelega Film Festival sharpens the gaze on the peoples of the Contestado region

After passing through Campos Novos (11), Curitibanos (18) and Caçador (25), captivating 1,790 students from 70 classes of 26 state...

Coverage 24/04/2022

2nd Chica Pelega Film Festival closes in Caçador

The 2nd Chica Pelega Film Festival reaches its final destination. More than 1,300 students from 22 public schools and one...

Coverage 20/04/2022

Curitibanos revisits its caboclo identity at a Film Festival focused on the Contestado War

More than 100 years have passed and the Contestado War (1912-1916) is being revisited, debated and questioned by its descendants...

Coverage 12/04/2022

More than 700 public school students attend the 2nd Chica Pelega Film Festival in Campos Novos

The 2nd Chica Pelega Film Festival premiered last Monday, April 11, in Campos Novos, with three short films in four...

Stories and Context 09/04/2022

Olhar Contestado: Interview with director Fabianne Balvedi

Olhar Contestado is a documentary about an episode that took place almost 15 years after the end of the Canudos...

Stories and Context 09/04/2022

Irani (1983) and the identity filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla was searching for

Irani was the site of the first battle that started the Contestado War. Filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla, whose father was one...