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
Daniel Nolasco was born in the city of Catalão, Brazil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Fluminense Federal University and in History from the Federal University of Goiás. He has written and directed more than 10 short films, screened and awarded at festivals all around the world. His first documentary feature film is Paulistas (2017). His second documentary, Mr. Leather (2019), was screened at festivals such as BAFICI, Frameline, Montreal International Documentary Festival, FicViña. Dry Wind (2020), his first fiction feature film, premiered at the 70th Berlinale and participated in more than 80 films festivals. In 2025, he directed his second fiction feature film, Only Good Things (2025). Little Tragedies is his third fiction feature film.
