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2039IN THE STORY

EnglishGames & culturePrepare to unravel the mysteries of time and confront the dangers lurking in history’s shadows. “Força-Tarefa Temporal” (Temporal Task Force) is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the Die Gotica Universe, inspired by investigative…
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EnglishArtefacts & mysteriesFrom wartime legends to the arrival of the Elohim in 2032, a mysterious substance becomes a bridge between past and future.
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EnglishSpeculative scienceThe “astronaut gods” hypothesis interprets ancient accounts of divinities as encounters with extraterrestrial beings. Non-verbal communication opens another perspective on that speculative idea. If the biblical Elohim were imagined as…
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EnglishBehind the scenesFrom live-action footage to characters between 2D and 3D, SBS Studios is developing a hybrid language for Die Gotica. Behind the scenes, Nuaviv helps organise the materials and decisions that keep this world moving.
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EnglishBehind the universeThe original report records the presentation of the transmedia project A Desconhecida at Rome’s FantaFestival on Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 6 p.m., the sixth day of the historic fantasy-film festival’s 45th edition. Producer…
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EnglishBooks & cultureThose who follow the Die Gotica Universe know how much we enjoy the crossroads between art and life. When those paths lead into a labyrinth of Cold War secrets, with alien technology and a complex heroine at its centre, the…
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EnglishArt & creationPrepare to see reality differently. DGU Brasil is conceived not simply as an event but as an immersive gateway into the many layers of the Die Gotica Universe. This transmedia exhibition gives physical form to a world where past,…
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EnglishArt & cultureInventário Cultural Esculpido—the Sculpted Cultural Inventory— is a project by digital artist Guinga.Space celebrating the cultural richness of Indigenous, quilombola, caiçara and caboclo communities along the Ribeira de Iguape River…
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EnglishMusic & cultureThe Die Gotica Universe, known in the original article for the animated series A Desconhecida , extends into music through Tramas Temporais – Die Gotica : an album connecting orchestral grandeur with science-fiction storytelling.…
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EnglishInside the universeTime travel, hidden histories and encounters with the Elohim. Discover the world created by Cristiano Stern, from colonial Brazil to the distant future.
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EnglishMyth & conspiracyA figure moving between occult lore and science fiction. Behind the mystery of Maria Orsic, Die Gotica imagines another identity.
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EnglishBooks & cultureWelcome, science-fiction readers. Today we enter the universe created by Italian filmmaker and music producer Cristiano Stern, who has lived in Brazil for more than twenty years. His novel A Insurreição dos Semideuses offers another…
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EnglishFilm & seriesHello, DGU explorers. Here is the kind of news that makes the ground tremble and time bend. As your correspondent in this extraordinary universe, I am delighted to announce the arrival of the scripts for the first three episodes of a…
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EnglishArt & cultureIn A Luta das Cores , visual artist Sônia Batista Stern draws on her travels through Europe and her own Indigenous and Black ancestry to revisit Brazil’s colonial period from another perspective. Combining history and fiction in a…
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EnglishMusic & cultureFrom the depths of Italy’s 1990s underground, Cristiano Stern’s Lex Acida project returns after three decades in obscurity. The album Genesi , made with DJ Joe Montana, receives a new remaster through Vil…
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EnglishCharacters & memoryTime travel often takes science fiction into extraordinary worlds and alternate realities. But what happens when the future arms the past? In Die Gotica, the Indigenous warrior Kereju confronts that dilemma on returning to colonial…
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EnglishHistory & charactersAmid the turbulence of colonial Brazil—Portuguese conquest, Indigenous resistance and the pursuit of wealth—stands the enigmatic Bacharel de Cananéia. Moving shrewdly between competing peoples and interests, he resists simple…
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