An educational short film, “Cativeiro” addresses the trafficking of wild animals. In the plot, a father buys a bird and gives it as a gift to his family. The animal, taken from the wild by criminals, was trafficked without a band. The bird falls ill, and the daughter takes it to a CETAS (Wildlife Screening Center) in an attempt to save it.
An educational short film, “Cativeiro” addresses the trafficking of wild animals. In the plot, a father buys a bird and gives it as a gift to his family. The animal, taken from the wild by criminals, was trafficked without a band. The bird falls ill, and the daughter takes it to a CETAS (Wildlife Screening Center) in an attempt to save it.
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
The story of two brothers, Tom and Jake, and their problematic relationship.
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.
“Snow gently falls on the blood-stained streets of a seedy out-of-time New York City. Steam envelopes the nightmare unfolding within its narrow alleys. Iron is the will of the one who would dare to resist… fight… survive.”
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.