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Brazilian engineer Rafael Bridi is on a quest to find complete freedom... and his search has taken him above the clouds. Establishing a slackline between two hot air balloons over Praia Grande in Brazil, Rafael is hoping to break the record for the world's highest slackline walk. To succeed he will need motivation, discipline and mindfulness at almost 2,000m above the ground.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright. Once again, a film of love and longing.

Documentary made to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the legendary Paulo Benjamin de Oliveira, Paulo da Portela.

The film tells the story of 93 boys who were arrested in São Paulo and taken to Minas Gerais during the Military Dictatorship.

Chanter Tachico Guajajara shares the story of how his people learned the sacred chants that conduct their rituals and festivities.

Documentary about the Alcântara Family, descendants of Mestre Afonso who keep their roots alive in the streets and on stage.

Alumbrado is an invitation to the magical universe of a player enchanted by life and his dolls.

A film that exposes the reality of young homosexuals who live in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, suffer the effects of poverty and misery, but do not lose their identity, dignity and creativity. They are homosexuals, transformers, butterflies of Brazilian real life.... They experience the possibilities and the limits of gender and sexuality, face discrimination with their heads held high, with courage, and determination... They fight for the right to be different and demand, in many ways, that their difference be respected.

During one of the 2013 protests, amidst ‘the awakened people and their 1000 flags’, a protestor stands her ground.

Through home videos and shared moments, the film offers an intimate portrait of a loved one, shaped by the loving gaze of the person behind the camera

The world through the eyes.

Documentary about the resumption of popular participation, with the country's redemocratization, in public city planning policies. It gives examples of community councils and Neighborhood Friendly Societies in the health sector in Franco da Rocha, transport in Osasco and Santo André, community kitchens in communities and councils of employee representatives in companies such as Metrô and Emplasa, which still carried out training in auxiliary inspection system, with the presence of civil society, in the inspection of water sources and public transport areas.

The only musician to perform at the Modern Art Week of 1922, composer Villa-Lobos was the object of the biggest boos at that event. After that, he decided to spend some time in Paris, where he met characters like Jean Cocteau, Andres Segovia, Arthur Rubinstein, among others. It is from there that Villa-Lobos confronts his identity, starting to seek new directions for his work in his roots. This movie travels through the places where the musician went in the French capital, investigating the causes and effects of these encounters and the city in his work.

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.

Botswana artist Crawford Mandumbwa speaks openly about African politics, society, art and culture, and also addresses the question of why Africa remains with major problems of social vulnerability.

AMAR-TE is a poetic documentary that aims to delve into reflections on love, both through interviews and through visual and sound symbolism.

A meditation on the relationship between grief, nature, and fatherhood.

A gigantic wireless station has just been installed in Rio de Janeiro. An airplane flies over the Exposition, while a war fleet gathers in the harbor.

The documentary recalls the mobilizations in favor of the Child and Adolescent Statute, when hundreds of street kids occupied the Chamber of Deputies Plenary to symbolically vote for the approval of that law, in July 1990.

"Alábóòjútó Ilé: Festa de Ogum" accompanies the festivities of the Orixá Ogum, which took place between April 21st and 23rd, 2023, at the Mina Ilê Ashé Ogum Sogbô terreiro, in the territory of Liberdade, the largest Urban Quilombo in Brazil, located in the city of São Luís - MA. Among the daily preparations for the festival, the 39th anniversary of the terreiro is also celebrated.

In Nova Soure, Sertão da Bahia, the word "Natuba" resonates like an echo of a mythical past. The project aims to uncover the story behind this collective memory and understand the origin and meaning of "Natuba". Through a documentary, we plan to delve into the roots of the city, exploring the contrast between the idealized conception of "Natuba" and the historical reality.

The documentary addresses the protest graffiti engraved on the walls of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS). They are cries of revolt for the lack of security on campus, structure and quality of teaching. The graffitis are shown as forms of indignation, claims and also of communication against the apathy of white walls that stifle sociocultural conflicts.

A compilation of scenes from classic Hollywood films, in which a man is touching a woman’s elbow, attributes a deeper meaning to the simple gesture. It does not matter if the man is helping the woman to get on a train or if he is assaulting her; the gesture gradually becomes more and more sinister, emphasizing sexist subtext, ubiquitous in classic Hollywood cinema.

The day of the washing of Christ the Redeemer, on top of Corcovado, made by the brothers, Dilson and Floriano, who once a year face this difficult task.

Five delivery workers tell stories during COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

The plague and the bombs invented yet another distance that can't be traced in the map.