

Tutóia - MA
31/10 - 06/11/2025

The festival
Yabá Filmes created the International Film Festival on the Western Coast of Maranhão, with the perspective of contributing to the promotion and enjoyment of the cultural, artistic, and tourist sectors of the region. The festival focuses on the creative economy of the area and on the "Polo Floresta dos Guarás," considering the potential cinematographic scenario of this region on the coast of the State of Maranhão. Beginning in Cururupu-MA, a portal of stoneworks on the Brazilian Atlantic coast, in its 1st edition, it forms alliances with festivals in Colombia and Portugal, bringing films and panels that contribute to the development of the sector in the host city.
In this festival edition we are going to talk about Memory and Identity. We have a lot of history to share, especially from our traditional villages. Come tell yours and get to know ours up close!





Tutóia
Cururupu is one of the gateways to the Selva de Guarás or Maranhenses Reentrances on the western coast of Maranhão. It is a scenery of natural beauties such as islands, beaches, bays, and mangroves, and serves as a backdrop for artistic and cultural manifestations such as "bumba meu boi costa de mão" and criollo tambourine, as well as a rich gastronomy with an emphasis on fish and shrimp. The city also preserves stories and legends such as the enchanted bull of Lençóis Island and the mulatta's pequi, which leave a lasting impression on the memory of Cururupu's residents and will undoubtedly leave a mark on yours as well.
Two of our exhibits were designed exclusively for Cururupu residents, connoisseurs, and culture makers, who will narrate their stories in movies through the eyes of those currently living in the city, thus preserving the memory of their past.
Partners




It will be held for students from IEMA - Full Unit of Cururupu, Confiar School and Gervásio Protásio dos Santos Teaching Center. Students will have the opportunity to watch, study and analyze films with dialogue and subtitles in Spanish to produce text and video content in Spanish. The objective of the MA BEACH FILM FESTIVAL is to contribute to the school by encouraging the kids to study the language. Our youth is ready to take off. And we to blow strong wind.
Soon we will announce the films selected for the pedagogical program.



Planetário Móvel
Com 7 metros de largura e 4 metros de altura, o Planetário móvel do Governo do Estado do Maranhão proporciona uma experiência imersiva sobre o Sistema Solar e seus astros. A iniciativa desperta o interesse pelo conhecimento do Universo entre estudantes, educadores, crianças, jovens e adultos em geral. Vinculado à Secretaria de Estado da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, o planetário é um dos raros equipamentos móveis dessa natureza em operação no Maranhão.
A Secretaria apoia o nosso festival, que este ano propõe, também, uma abordagem científica sobre a criação do mundo, promovendo reflexões e conexões entre arte, ciência e cultura.
News
Bom Dia Mirante
Litoral Maranhense vira palco de evento internacional de cinema
Imirante.com
MA Beach Film Festival promove o cinema no litoral maranhense


Honorary Guest
Tio Clems
Clementino Junior is a filmmaker, audiovisual and environmental educator, doctor and teacher in education, researcher at GEASur and founder of CAN - Cineclube Atlântico Negro and CineGEASur, film clubs focused on black leadership and authorship and environmental and human rights struggles. He made 29 films, two feature-length documentaries and 27 short films of different genres and languages.

Films

Festival Categories
The Festival intends to contribute to the development of public education and film production on the Maranhão coast, aiming to the decentralization of this important cultural product. In this sense, the Competitive Sections will be a great attraction for the public in question, and to capture international gazes.

Beach Film
Brazilian and international short films.
Star Beach
Brazilian and international feature films.
Hourglass
Cururupuense video-minute.
Salt Dunes
Regional short films.
Salt Dunes
Regional short films.

Curadores
Panels
Os painéis têm a perspectiva de incentivar a pesquisa científica e bíblica sobre a criação do mundo e a origem da vida, a produção cinematográfica, a formação de plateia, a distribuição e a difusão do cinema no Litoral do Maranhão.