White House

Kasa Branca

A vibrant new perspective on favela life, rooted in community, loss and lived experience.

  • Director

    Luciano Vidigal

  • With

    Big Jaum, Teca Pereira, Daniel Braga

  • Brazil 2024. 95min

  • Digital

  • English subtitles

On the outskirts of Rio, a young man cares for his grandmother, who suffers from dementia. Here, young people navigate grief, friendship and survival within a tight-knit community. Vidigal foregrounds collective experience and lived territory, refusing familiar favela clichés. Vital and humane, the film signalled a new generation reshaping Brazilian on-screen representation – attentive to everyday resilience and the politics of who gets seen.

The screening of White House on Saturday 6 June will include a Q&A with director Luciano Vidigal.