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CINEMA CASINO is a film that looks at the aesthetics of traditional and pop dance forms experienced by young generations living on La Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. Concentrating on the expression of bodies in movement, the piece frames cultural manifestations historically linked to anti-colonial resistance alongside contemporary trends aligned with a consumer-based industry embraced by emerging economies today. The registered dance sessions involve individuals and groups that perform in a staged event at "Le Casino", a cinema and theatre hall built in the 30's that also served for meetings of the worker's union of the city's port.

Entre Rios talks about São Paulo's watercourses transformation process and the social, political and economic motivations that guided the city to shape itself as if they did not exist.

In the city of Sao Paulo, a new meditation about the Tiete River.

São Paulo: Three Visual Essays redeems key characters of the city, with photographs taken in 1862, such as the ones by Militão Augusto de Azevedo, then onwards through the 20th century, with shots by Alice Brill, and finally through the 21st century, with pictures by Mauro Restiffe, among others. The visual communication of the city is presented since the painted walls of the 19th century to its neon lights and billboards by the 20th and 21st centuries. It also accompanies the grand transformations the city has gone through. Within the course of a hundred years, São Paulo, which started out as a village, transformed into one of the world's greatest metropolis.

"The artist's statement, in his studio, where he traces the different phases of his work. Newton Cavalcanti speaks of his foray into painting, his concern with subtleties and color variations, the variety of themes he addresses and the vehicles he uses. is valid to manifest your art."

Susana Schnarndorf, a professional swimmer and mother of three, discovers a degenerative disease, which forces her to decide between the sportive career and the maternal role in the face of her last great battle: surviving.

"Merchandise" is a short film produced by the Carne e Osso Collective that addresses stories of women living from prostitution from the sight of a newcomer.

Fourteen Beijing residents sing a song and tell the story of how it has marked their lives.

In 2010 Marãiwatsede received the sad title of the most devastated area in the Amazon. The film tells the story of the Xavante people who had their land taken by the military in the beginning of the dictatorship, to create the Suiá Missu farm, considered the largest landowning in the world in the 1970s. The Indians are back and want to recover their territory. .

"I am extremely ambicious. I am ambicious in a way that no one else can see. Because money, confort, stability, luxury, is not enough for me, I want more. I want all I can take from this life". This Brazilian documentary chronicles the life of truck driver / artist Eduardo Marinho, following his daily routine, his lifestyle and his thoughts on life.

Um Dia na Rampa (1960), by Luiz Paulino dos Santos, focuses on a geographic space in the city of Salvador and tries to explain it from the social relations existing in it.

They are the queens of the night, divas of the gay world. With dazzling colors and endless joy, these artists fill nightclub stages with brilliance and capture society's imagination. Queens offers a glimpse into the lives of these warriors, where not everything is as it seems. The film also addresses issues such as gay rights and follows the drag queens at the LGBT Pride Parade in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.

Musical documentary about the trajectory of people of color in Brazil.

Our bodies are semi-permeable. All over the world, stories are being told about heroes who magically “close” their bodies, so as to become invincible. This film follows one such story, as it is told in Santo Amaro, Bahia (Brazil). Besouro Mangangà was a capoeira player, a black hero, who had closed his body. No bullets, no knives or daggers could pierce his skin. Bahian men explain how “closing the body” makes sense in their precarious and violent world, and why, in the end, this closure can never be accomplished. Soon the filmmaker realizes that his film is not only about the people in Bahia. He too is struggling with the porosity of his body, endlessly trying to strike a balance between shutting the world out and letting the world in. Competing for the RAI Film Prize and Basil Wright Film Prize.

Three mothers who lost their children violently tell their stories and in parallel we accompany two boys who break into a house to retrieve a flying kite.

Being a mother is not easy and, most of the time,women keep the responsibility of take care of their children.Clarice,Walkiria and Darlene talk about their challenges and their joy of being a single mother in contemporary society.

It presents the pioneering work of Casa Dibarro, its Fouther Mother, and some of their "children" who make up the house and the ballroom scene in Sergipe, showing that clay carries the fingerprints of those who shaped it.

Alcindo Wherá Tupã, man of Spiritual Medicine, Guarani Nation, in Pindoretama ("brazil"), bearer of the ancient Wisdom of the Sacred Fire, which is disappearing. Featuring scenes from a healing ceremony, never before released on film, this documentary aims to reflect the situation of the Guarani and highlight the 109-year-old xeramõi (elder)'s refined sensitivity, which allows him to perform spiritual and physical cures, together with the Sacred Grandfather Fire.

An experimental reinterpretation of Brazilian traditions in which a battle is decided by cooperation rather than conflcit.

In the light of political debates, the film seeks to reflect on the historical paths of the seven Brazilian constitutions. Through fragments of films and archives, it proposes to anthropologically analyze some particularities of each constitution and its relations with nationalism, the state, democracy and power.

The history of reforestation that took place in the mid-19th century, on the top of Tijuca. With the clearing of the primitive forest to plant coffee plantations, the springs in the region dried up and affected the water supply of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Correcting the ecological imbalance, Emperor Pedro II expropriated the local farms and appointed Manuel Gomes Archer for the task.

A young man from the periphery recites poetry in the midst of a community shooting, where the police state kills blacks and the poor with war frequency.

All the photos, never printed, were lost due to a damaged memory card. What a funny name for such a card. I can remember those lost images more than most of the photos I took during that time.

Facing many problems, such as impaired hearing and speaking, abnormal bone formation and poverty, Brazilian black naïve artist Moacir lives in the National Park of Chapada dos Veadeiros, aloof and oblivious of outside world, and was discovered by director Walter Carvalho in the 1980s. He spends his days drawing marvellous works with his crayons, depicting human and fantastic beings, fauna, flora, his own inner visions, mystical themes and sex, with a trace of impressive primitivism and beauty. The film registers his daily life.

The documentary portrays the lives of 5 seamstresses from Blumenau facing dilemmas, pain and sequelae that their day-to-day work has left in their lives.

The rest is noise.

It is a documentary that traces the course of different Venezuelan refugees who arrived at different periods in recent years in Brazil. From Pacaraima (Roraima's border with Venezuela), Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, passing through the shelters of Boa Vista.

Documentary that uses metaphors to deal with industrial development in Brazil. From the attempt to build a national industry to the almost immediate invasion of foreign capital.

The story of the most famous sound technician in cinema and television in Brazil, known as the "noise-man".

Paulo ‘Galo’ Lima gained the media spotlight in 2020 as a leader of the first anti-fascist delivery man movement in Brasil. In 2021, he was arrested after the action that set fire to Borba Gato’ statue in São Paulo, which has agitated protests as a symbol of colonialism and racism. Discover the true story of Galo.

A film from Espirito Santo

The Phantom Dancer appears in the collective imagination as the symbol of the essence of Theatro José de Alencar. Her spirit, which reflects her moments of glory, floats in the imagination of those who experienced and still cultivate her grandeur. The ghost of a majestic past intertwines with the stories and legends of the place. In memories, curiosity enchants those who are in the midst of their nebulous existence.

Ache- B is a consecrated artist, gives his perspective on migration and art and how these two have influenced his life and have allowed him to leave a mark for every corner of Latin America he has visited. Through his paintings and his passion for her, he manages to rescue the different cultures he met in his travels in Latin America, acquiring a connection with the people and the place.

The Copan Building is the subject of the documentary *Copan 60 Horas*. Director and screenwriter Cristina Aragão and her team immersed themselves in the charming residential complex, a city icon.

Every year, the most important folk festival in Brazil takes place on the island of Parintins, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. As the celebration is prepared, faith, ritual and religious syncretism begin to reveal themselves as the invisible forces shaping the spectacle. Blending observation and myth, the film unfolds as a fairytale documentary, where reality gradually takes on the texture of legend. At its center is the mythical figure of the Bumbá Ox, a symbol born from the deep coexistence of different peoples – Indigenous communities, Black Africans and Europeans – whose traditions merge in the Amazon to form a unique Brazilian cosmology.

"Tributes to Governor Fernandes Lima with..."scenes (...) on June 12th (...) including part of the games held in honor of that governor."