Events
Repplika Second screening at the BFI London
The short documentary Replikka, co-directed by Indigenous filmmaker Piratá Waurá (Xingu territory) and director Heloisa Passos, will debut in the UK at the BFI, as part of the BFI’s Brazil on Film season. The screening forms a double bill with the feature documentary The Father and the Shaman (O Pai e o Pajé, dirs. Lawaretê Kaiabi, Felipe Tomazelli and Luís Villaça, Brazil, 2025).
Synopsis
On the borders of the Xingu Indigenous Territory in Brazil, a sacred cave is vandalised, threatening the collective memory of the Xingu peoples. Replikka is a meditation on memory, identity, loss and rebirth, as a full-scale replica of the cave is conceived, produced and installed in the Ulupuwene village to pass knowledge on to a new generation. The film invites us to reflect on the ancestral wisdom of the Wauja people and how technology and Indigenous knowledge can come together as an act of resistance. Directed by Piratá Waurá (Xingu Territory) and Heloisa Passos (São Paulo), the film is built from ritual and dream, spoken entirely in the Indigenous language Aruak, and made with the support of young people from the village.
Replikka UK Premiere at BFI London
PPP Award-winning Replikka makes its UK Première as part of Brazil on Film season.
The first Brazilian short co-directed by an Indigenous filmmaker - Piratá Waurá with Heloisa Passos - to win Best International Short Documentary at Hot Docs screens alongside feature documentary The Father and the Shaman, with a Q&A to follow with Felipe Tomazelli, co-director of The Father and the Shaman, and Yula Rocha (PPP), producer of Replikka.
Link for the tickets below.
London Action Climate Week: The People’s Table
The People's Table: Food for Thought, Climate Action, and Policy by the Brazilian Embassy in London in partnership with PPP
Long Table conversation — an open space for sharing stories, experiences, and frontline advocacy, led by People's Palace Projects and youth leaders from Brazil and the UK.
Confirmed participants: Magda Gomes, Instituto Águas do Amanhã Marcele Oliveira, Presidency Youth Climate Champion of COP30
Aawaaz: Audio Drama Across Borders
A Seminar & Listening Session on UK–Pakistan Creative Collaboration, which will explore the power of audio drama to connect cultures, languages, and communities.
As part of the Aawaaz: Audio Theatre – Reviving Sonic Stories project, this seminar brings together artists from Pakistan’s National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) and UK-based creatives to share insights from their collaboration and preview original audio stories developed in Urdu and adapted into English.