Raíssa Teles & Christof Brockhoff
Founders and expedition leaders, creating voyages at sea together for eight years.
Funding Proposal
Eight years of transformational expeditions at sea, now ready to become cinema.
Piratas do Amor is a movement born at sea, creating voyages, stories, art and experiences in service of a Culture of Love.
We are raising R$132,000 (approx. EUR 23,850) to turn eight years of voyages into the first cinematic chapter of Piratas do Amor and document the inaugural voyage of our canoe fleet in Bahia, Brazil.
We have carried this dream with love for eight years and brought it this far with everything we had. Now we are ready to open it to the world and invite you to be part of the journey.


raised (approx. )
Goal: R$132,000 (approx. EUR 23,850)
See what this funds and the full budget breakdown further down this page.

We live in a time of growing disconnection: from nature, from one another, and often from ourselves.
At the same time, people are hungrier than ever for what cannot be downloaded: real experience, real community and real nature.
Piratas do Amor takes the old pirate impulse to live by another code and turns it toward love.
"In terms of spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and it's time for a mutiny."


A movement that takes the sea as its teacher and the boat as the smallest classroom in the world.
For eight years, we have taken people on sailing expeditions across the Atlantic, through the Arctic and along the coast of Brazil. There, they stand watch, cook over fire, read the wind and depend on one another.
Aboard, we practice a simple code: choose love over fear, show up, break the pattern, believe in miracles, stay humble.
People step aboard as strangers. They step ashore as crew, carrying a different way of living back to land.
"The ocean is the only place on Earth where humans cannot build walls."
Eight years at sea

Eight years of photographs, films and stories exist from our voyages around the world. They sit scattered across hard drives, never gathered, never told as one story.
After years aboard larger vessels, we returned to the essence with two open canoes: Pira Veve and Teko Porã. Together, they form Flotita Bonita, our small expedition fleet in Bahia, where nothing separates the crew from the wind, the water or one another.
In March 2027, for the first time, the two canoes sail together: ten days circumnavigating the island of Boipeba, Bahia.
The material is ready. The team is ready. What's missing is the funding to bring it all together.


We are not making films simply to show how beautiful our lives are.
We want to develop a cinematic language for transformative experiences: stories that do not sell escape, but inspire people to reconnect with nature, with one another and with themselves.
Through real people, uncertainty and the force of the natural world, we want to make inner change visible and contribute to a cultural response to the fear and disconnection of our time.


March 2027 · 10 days · Boipeba, Bahia, Brazil
A carefully chosen crew. Two sailing canoes. Ten days on the water. No script.
The voyage becomes a living storytelling laboratory: sailing, paddling, fishing, cooking over fire, sleeping beneath the stars and meeting communities along the way.
The Flotita Bonita Universe

Eight years of material, gathered, protected and organized for the first time.
Who we are, where we come from, where this is going.
A visual invitation into the canoes and life aboard, supporting future expeditions.
Nothing staged. Real people, real uncertainty and the changes that unfold along the way. The proof of concept for a full documentary series.
The films and materials needed to approach larger cultural funds and partners.

Voices from the water
"A beautiful metaphor for navigating life. Piratas do Amor facilitates understanding our own inner currents."
"A feeling of togetherness with water and wind I've never felt anywhere else."
"Crazy, wonderful, intense and beautiful. One of the best things you'll ever do."

Founders and expedition leaders, creating voyages at sea together for eight years.
Brazilian production studio: Rafaela Rodrigues, Marcos Pacheco, Larissa Colombo.
Creative adviser. Director of Cangaço Novo (Amazon Prime Video), Grande Otelo Award winner for Best Brazilian Series.

We've already put over EUR 15,000 of our own savings into Flotita Bonita alone. This campaign funds what comes next.
Full line-item budget available on request.
Any funds raised beyond the target will remain dedicated to the audiovisual work of Piratas do Amor, strengthening the first films and helping open the chapters that follow.
If we do not reach the full target, we will adapt the scope to the funds available, prioritising the Living Archive and the first films while continuing to seek the remaining support.

Become part of the story
Flotita Bonita gives us a place to experiment, learn and create something that can later travel to other vessels, places and partnerships. These films will help Piratas do Amor reach larger cultural funds, develop a full documentary series and open the way for new voyages, residencies and scholarships.
By supporting this now, you are not simply funding a film. You are helping preserve eight years of stories, dreams and work, while opening the door to everything that can come next.
And truly, every contribution matters. Whether you add the price of a coffee to the treasure chest or help fund an entire film, you join the crew and help carry this voyage forward.
Every supporter will be acknowledged in the end credits of The First Chapter with the same love, unless you prefer to remain anonymous.
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Contact ChristofThank you for supporting us and helping bring the next chapter of Piratas do Amor to life.
With love and salt,
Raíssa Teles & Christof Brockhoff