2026 Features

Little Tragedies

In 2011, Daniel Nolasco left his small hometown of Catalão for Rio de Janeiro to study. He was the first of his queer friends to go. Ten years later, none of them live there anymore — some have died, and the rest have moved away.

DIRECTOR:

Daniel Nolasco

PRODUCER:

Cecília Brito; Daniel Nolasco

WRITER:

Daniel Nolasco

CAST:

Guilherme Théo, Geovaldo Souza, Lucas Drummond

RELEASE YEAR:

2025, Language: Portuguese

Brazil, Germany, 118 mins

Synopsis

In 2011, Daniel Nolasco moved from his small hometown in the Brazilian countryside to Rio de Janeiro. He went to college. He was the first of a group of queer friends to leave the city. Ten years later, none of the people who made up that group live there anymore; some have died, and those who are alive have moved away. The city is called Catalão, a place that everyone says is too good to live in.

Director’s Bio:

Daniel Nolasco born in Catalão, Brazil, the director studied film and audiovisual media at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and history at the Universidade Federal de Goiás. After making several short films, he directed his first feature-length documentary Paulistas which premiered at DOK Leipzig. Dry Wind (2020), his first fiction feature film, made its debut at the Panorama Section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival and later screened at Iris. His feature Only Good Things also screened at Iris in 2025.

Premiere Status

European Premiere

Awards

Winner: WIP Ibero-América Award (Málaga Festival)

Logline

Yn 2011, gadawodd Daniel Nolasco ei dref enedigol fach, Catalão, am Rio de Janeiro i astudio. Ef oedd y cyntaf o’i ffrindiau cwiar i fynd. Ddeng mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, nid oes yr un ohonyn nhw’n byw yno mwyach – mae rhai wedi marw, a’r gweddill wedi symud i ffwrdd.

Synopsis

Yn 2011, symudodd Daniel Nolasco o’i dref enedigol fach yng nghefn gwlad Brasil i Rio de Janeiro. Aeth i’r coleg. Ef oedd y cyntaf o grŵp o ffrindiau cwiar i adael y ddinas. Ddeng mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, nid oes yr un o’r bobl a oedd yn ffurfio’r grŵp hwnnw’n byw yno mwyach; mae rhai wedi marw, ac mae’r rhai sy’n fyw wedi symud i ffwrdd. Catalão yw enw’r ddinas, lle y mae pawb yn dweud ei fod yn rhy dda i fyw ynddo.

Bywgraffiad y Cyfarwyddwr:

Ganwyd Daniel Nolasco yn Catalão, Brasil, ac astudiodd y cyfarwyddwr ffilm a chyfryngau clyweledol yn Universidade Federal Fluminense a hanes yn Universidade Federal de Goiás. Ar ôl gwneud sawl ffilm fer, cyfarwyddodd ei ffilm ddogfen gyntaf Paulistas a gafodd ei dangos am y tro cyntaf yn DOK Leipzig. Gaeth Dry Wind (2020), ei ffilm ffuglen gyntaf, ei dangosiad cyntaf yn Adran Panorama yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Berlin yn 70fed ac yn ddiweddarach yn Iris. Dangoswyd ei ffilm nodwedd Only Good Things yn Iris yn 2025 hefyd.

Statws Première

Première Ewropeaidd

Gwobrau

Enillydd: Gwobr WIP Ibero-América (Gŵyl Málaga)

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