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This short film shows an honest portrayal of love in Sao Paolo. A guy keeps wondering when will he ever find true love and asks his best friend the same question. They both look for love and as unexpected as it can be they both ultimately find it.
Teenager Joana feeds her soul with literature and rock. In 1979, when amnesty is granted in Brazil, she's forced to move with her family from Paris back to the country she barely remembers. Back in the city she was born in, and where her father was forcedly disappeared, she recovers pieces of memory from a fragmented childhood in Rio de Janeiro. Not everything is real, not everything is imagination. And as she remembers, Joana must write her own story in the present tense.
A biopic about Glauber Rocha, one of the most influential filmmakers of Brazilian cinema and a key figure of Cinema Novo.
Between what we plan and what we actually experience, what is left? Resíduos translates the constant equation between our expectations and reality through movement, telling stories of how humanity copes with the memories of the past, the actions of the present, and the uncertainties of the future.
On a street in Rio de Janeiro, a stranger serendipitously makes eye contact with Sun, a woman intensely contemplating the sea. SUNDRA, an autofiction, delves into the insecurities and ghosts of its protagonists, exploring the infinitude of life through art and the complex, ongoing relationship with emptiness.
There is a house by the river. In this house, a woman. Her eyes carry a sadness. In her solitude, the river becomes her main companion, her confidant, and finally her lover.
Women writers intertwine their work in the form of an anthology in this feature film. The scripts are adapted from tales written by Brazilian women at the end of the 20th Century to create four shorts filmed by directors of groups under-represented in the cinematographic industry of Brazil of 2024. Themes such as death, healing, the body, marriage and desire are tantamount in stories in which women revisit their past in search of liberty.
A film in yellow.
After neglecting the grief of losing her mother, Raquel is forced out of her comfort zone when she must visit her childhood home.
Nonendless search. Unbreakable cycle. Break point. End.
Young woman goes looking for her missing boyfriend, a photographer last seen going down huge São Francisco River, in Brazil. On her search, she is told many stories about that river.
The seductive con artist known as the Pink River Dolphin reflects on the recent events of his life after having a gun pointed at his head.
The magic of childhood, the lightness of love and the harshness of prejudice in a story full of sweetness. Two girl friends of 11 years are separated when one of their grandmothers finds them in a intimate situation.
21 sequence shots depict moments in a defining night of the Battle of Rua Maria Antônia, in October 1968, from the point of view of the students and professors of the Left-wing Student Movement, in the Philosophy Faculty building of USP.
On a mysterious night, Eva, a pregnant woman, faces an internal struggle as she spirals into self-destructive behavior, confronting her own motherhood before an unexpected event changes everything.
A dreamer boy tries to convince his father to venture out to explor the top of a rock, in Vidigal, which he believes is close to the sky, to communicate with his grandmother, whom he misses.
Three vampires, Nico, Phoenix, and Demitri, are feeling controlled by The Baron and feel that it's time to break free from the one who turned them into something they never intended to become.
A young woman copes with grief over her mother's death.
Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime.
A man tormented by his shadow gets tired of feeling bad.
A troubled family deals with disturbing and horrifying changes in their lives after a serious accident unravels dark mysteries from the past.
On a farm in rural Brazil in the 18th century, a new overseer arrives. He falls in love with one of the enslaved women, Mestiça, beloved by all the men. When a pair of silver earrings disappears from the farm and the overseer orders the leader of the enslaved women arrested, Mestiça decides to take revenge.
A cinematographic essay, without dialogues, about the months Nietszche spent in Turin, Italy, with narration quoted by his original writings.
Rafael, a young gay man, lives with his unemployed father who can't stand the idea of being supported by his son. The situation between them worsens when Rafael gets involved with his neighbor, triggering a reaction from his father.
G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.
A short animation that mixtures scenes from the films "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (1968)" and "Feliz Ano Velho (1987)."
A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.
Finding shelter in an abandoned mansion, a group faces the challenges of coexistence. Free from traditional power structures, the black women experience power, love, and the possibility of dreaming about the future, while the white women resist learning to help with household chores, take care of themselves, and face their mistakes. When an old threat resurfaces, however, they all must band together to survive.
Since childhood, Amélia has been tormented by nightmares involving the tragic death of her mother, Maria. In the early hours of her 23rd birthday, she decides to revisit old footage and memories left by Maria and ends up getting lost on the threshold between reality and dream.
In this project, Caio Omena delves into his mental health crises through media and his own personal experience.
After a heated argument, silence fills the apartment. An elderly man tries to resume his normal activities, but anguish and regret prevent him from moving forward. Suddenly, life reveals itself as it truly is.
The paths of a young woman raised according to the traditions, customs and culture of a capitalist and sexist society. Her life begins with a wedding, with a purchase where aggression, sexuality and silence meet in a long dance about what is right or wrong. Discovering the real world is just one step away, but is that step easy?
After going through a hiring process for a company based on São Paulo, Daniel, that came from another city, now needs to deliver them some important documents. However, he is blocked from the entrance because he is wearing shorts.
A boy arrives at the beach and decides to record an audio message for his friend. He talks about his fear, his loneliness, and this strange desire to disappear for a while. As the sea moves, he tries to understand how far this pain will go.
Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser.
The critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’ delirious science-fiction vision of free love in a post-apocalyptic wilderness besieged by flesh hungry zombies contaminated by an unnamed nuclear attack. Who is Beta? follows two statuesque survivors drawn irresistibly together only to be entranced by the arrival and sudden disappearance of a third, the bewitching raven haired Beta. With its cartoon-like depiction of extreme violence and desire, Who is Beta? offers a heady Pop-infused companion to Hunger for Love. Yet beneath its giddy play of surfaces, dos Santos' underappreciated film gradually reveals a darkly ambiguous metaphoric dimension. -Harvard Film Archive
The intimate journey of a man consumed by desire.
“Flash” is a post-industrial play with a touch of stochastic Freudian genealogy that has been to all the royal theaters and opera houses - then back to trashy punk clubs and now churches...
Bearing the scars of abuse from a past relationship, Izadora joins a yoga group with her friend Brena. Gradually, Izadora realizes that something evil resides in that place.
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.
An urban fable that portrays the process of adaptation of Astro, the protagonist, to the city of Rio de Janeiro. The daughter of a Brazilian mother and a Swedish father, Astro comes to Brazil to receive an inheritance and ends up staying longer than she expected when she meets Alice. ART and the CITY are narrative elements that work in the transformation of the character. A positive history and vibrant rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness. An rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness.
Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
This docudrama portrays the true story of Flordelis dos Santos, a strong and courageous woman from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She resided in the Jacarezinho favela, located in the northern zone of the city. From facing drug dealers to challenging judges, she had an eventful life. Her determination led her to shelter and care for over 40 abandoned children, showcasing her unwavering resilience.
In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution.
