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The story of Kenneth Ofori, a Ghanaian who found a new home in Brazil.

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013, after a public vote on one of Brazil's biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and her family wonder what this says about racial roles in modern Brazil.

Once a year, a family gathers and challenges the weather to plant, harvest and produce manioc flour in the interior of Alagoas. A food that is the basis of Brazilian culture and the roots of a people. A silent tradition that gradually reaches its end.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marília, Marcelo and Mateus travel from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, their homeland. Unable to meet as many friends and family as before, what remains in the empty places is the memory from when they lived there. As they wander between past and present, their affection comes to light, for they know that soon the trip will come to an end and those places will remain only in their memories once again.

This film denounces the exploitation of natural resources by certain industries of extraction and transformation. This documentary is considered as the first Brazilian film on this theme.

Close your eyes and listen to the wind. The water flows, look at the river. This is Sergipe River and it’s yours too. Get in the canoe. On your journey along this river, what are you taking with you

Maria José's life story reveals not only the harsh reality she and her family faced, but also a portrait of the real Brazil. Like a butterfly that is born crawling, she finds her beauty where it is not convenient to be found and sets her flight free to the sky.

During the period of flooding that devastated Rio Grande do Sul, 600 Internacional employees dedicated themselves tirelessly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to revitalize the club's facilities.

Combining testimonials from characters who make the São Paulo funk scene happen with observational excerpts, director Kenya Zanatta addresses the multiplicities and contradictions of the movement. By tackling issues such as prejudice and the female presence, the film seeks to identify the social roots of a genre that was born and still finds its greatest creative power on the outskirts of large cities.

I'm afraid of planes and even living next to an airport, I couldn't film almost any flying around here. I have to fly in a few months and the film is a kind of tool to pretend that I have control over whatever happens. I'm already talking about myself, I'm sorry.

In the campsites, at the edge of highways, the option for staying at the fields. The tough survival and cultural habits. The typical chimarrão (mate tea) and country music, a factor of integration and resistance. The political organization: commissions, marches, assemblies and blockades. The position of the great farmers. The confrontation: the struggle for agrarian reform.

Brazilian and English anthropologists bring sounds from Togo, Congo, Mozambique (and other African countries) to musicians in Brazil, showing the multiplicity of sounds and rhythms that were born in Africa. The Brazilians are often surprised as they encounter these African sounds. The African artists who migrated to São Paulo talk about their artistic experiences and their experience in Brazil.

Documentary about the expectation for an Obama's historic visit to Cuba by the Cuban women's look.

Follows Brazilian sailor Tamara Klink’s solitary journey across the Arctic.

Footage of the creative process of Quasar Dance Company in 2013 in Goiânia for the creation of the show "Por 7 vezes" (Seven Times). The fabrication of those Olympic bodies (the work of high-performance dancers), directed by choreographer Henrique Rodovalho, reenacted the relationship between cinema and dance. Dance, offered to the film since Loie Fuller, is sublime, Apollonian, and Dionysically sacrificed to the ghosts of the image. As a former ballerina, the filmmaker returned to the dance hall and the stage, and what was documented as a process became, in the editing, a non-knowledge.

A satirical look at Lisbon’s housing crisis, now the third most expensive city worldwide. Mass tourism and a lack of infrastructures are transforming the city into a large construction site and a perfect spot for real estate speculation.

A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his old house in Butantã, São Paulo, Julio talks about his experiences, frustrations, joys and tragedies.

The movie shows the life of Roger Mancha, the coach of the Brazilian Skate Olympic Team. Mancha is one of the most important brazilian skaters of all time, responsible for elevating the level of the tricks in the country from the 80s and 90s. Mancha was part of legendary teams, like City Stars.

A documentary about the work of filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and film director Ruy Guerra. The audiovisual collage presents the director's trajectory, from his first experience with cinema up to his most recent thoughts on his work.

First Brazillian film, actuality film showing the Guanabara bay and a fisherman's port. Actually considered to be lost, reaming only 24 frames of the film

Brasília, 1999. An impeachment request is filed by the opposition. She accuses President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of having committed a crime of responsibility. Loyal government deputies fine-tune their arguments, while the opposition promises not to budge.

In this film Indians—and only Indians—talk about the contemporary threats they are facing today. They are no longer the Conquerors or the American Cavalry. Now it is industrial development that is wiping out traditional land. Shot on three continents: the USA with the Hopi and Navajo; Amazonia, and on the Bolivian highlands, and in Geneva where Indians of the Americas come together to create an international indigenous network.

The audience follows the creative process of the filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho in the documentary, from the research phase until the end of the filming of "Master, a Building in Copacabana".

In this documentary, we follow the story of Rosana, who is about to turn 60 and remembers her life journey.

“Vai na Fé” is based on a true story from the life of English screenwriter and director Macie Chandler — who also acts in the film — whose life changed after watching a match played by O Glorioso.

Funeral of Lieutenant-Colonel José Pedro

“Homecoming” (A Casa Torna) is a short documentary film about memory, belonging, and gentrification. Through personal archives gathered over more than 10 years, the film offers an intimate reflection on what remains and what is lost when a house ceases to be a home.

A forgotten house at the end of the valley. A lone man searching for answers. What begins as an ordinary hike quickly turns into a dark descent into the secrets of a family scarred by tragedy.

An invitation to rethink our relationship with the city of São Paulo, a vibrant and complex metropolis, but also marked by inequalities and segregation. This film takes us on a journey through the stories of resistance and struggle of marginalized groups, highlighting their voices and their daily battles for the legitimate occupation of urban space. From the colorful streets of Jardim da União to the community garden of Mulheres do GAU, from the warm theater of Cia Mungunzá to the ancestry preserved in Pico do Jaraguá, we are invited to witness the strength and resilience of these communities. Each scene reminds us of the richness of diversity and the need to build a more inclusive and fair city for everyone.

A dirty samba circle. Guided by the moment and edited from two shots without temporal cuts, the film expresses and vivifies in images the dynamics and traditions of Samba de Roda do Recôncavo Baiano, in Santiago do Iguape, district of the city of Cachoeira. With a handheld camera and free camera movements, he emphasizes the movement of the percussionists, the scream of the sambadores and the dance: “olha a hora de entrar na roda, a hora certa, viu!”