Those who move
Over the course of one night, René navigates through her vibrant yet solitudinous life as a Brazillian immigrant in Lisbon. In every encounter, she faces a revolving dilemma about her future—to remain illegal in a city that feels increasingly unfamiliar, or to return to a home she once escaped. As the night unfolds, the external conflicts and her internal turmoils intertwine, revealing the complex
emotions of belonging, displacement, and the pull between two worlds.
Stephanie Ricci (1995, Brazil) studied Film at EICAR (France, 2015) and FAAP (Brazil, 2018). She holds a postgraduate degree in Writing Arts from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2021, Portugal) and is currently doing a master's in Film Curating at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (Spain). She specialized in Screenwriting at Roteiraria (2022); Hybrid and Performative Dramaturgies at Teatro Cemitério de Automóveis (2019); and Documentary at the International Film Academy (2014). She wrote about Culture for Folha de São Paulo's newspaper between 2017 and 2018, and since 2021, she has taught Film to teenagers at Daqui Pra Fora (São Paulo). Among other projects, she wrote and directed the short films Those Who Move (2025) and Freedom is a Word (2019). Today, she also collaborates with European and immigrant cinema as a screenwriter, script supervisor, and assistant director.