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About the Rocinha favela, the largest in Rio de Janeiro. A camera tour reveals their paths and intimacies, while the speech of their residents points to the solution of the urbanization of the favelas, in contrast to the removal proposal, a threat that hangs over everyone.
Tikmu'un - Maxakali hunters go out with their dogs and allied spirits in search of a capybara.
Images of culture and writings of barbarism. Frames from a movie we still haven't pieced together.
Mery Lemos records, with affection, delicacy and humor, the story of her mother and so many other women engaged in the fight against child malnutrition. A tribute to the collective strength and programs that have changed lives in the country.
Documentary that portrays a day of activities by Osesp's lead conductor and music director, Marin Alsop.
By interviewing ex-guerrilla soldiers and political activists, the film seeks to recover memories from the time of the political process that led to the brazilian coup d'etat in 1964.
Two historians, the Brazilian Kalina Vanderlei and the German Sabrina van der Ley, met in Recife in March 2009 to investigate the roots and contradictions of the myth about the Dutch invasion of Pernambuco in the 17th century. Nassau (who ruled Dutch Brazil from Recife between 1637 and 1644) is defined by some residents of Recife as "the best mayor the city has ever had." To this day, that time is remembered as better than the present. But why would a people miss an invader?
Shot on the farm of the Director's grandfather, the short film "Remember me?" shows how certain places can be sources of great inspiration and nostalgia.
Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
Essay on love is, above all, an experimental film. A hybrid of fiction and documentary, it brings reality and fantasy to discuss that which is the most important thing for some, and the least important thing for others: Love. Love is actually in every place and human activity we look at: art, business, advertising, sports, entertaining, religion, education, politics, etc. What is this thing that is so present in our lives? Why we are so desperate in having, possessing, idealizing or despising love? Everyone talks about it. Creates songs about it. Declares themselves to be loving human beings... What do they mean with all of this? "Essay on love" gives you a glimpse on this subject. On how people relates themselves to the concept of love, and as a film, is an attempt to approach this wonderful thing that love is, through cinema.
Deep Brazil. Between drifting through a city in the interior of Mato Grosso on the banks of the BR-163, we follow moments of the routine of Ana Rúbia, who is preparing for the launch of the book “School Memories of Travestis”.
The combination of COVID-19 and the far right in power could spell the end of human life on Earth. Short film made for the IMS Convida program.
The rescue of a real character from the work of Mario de Andrade. Chico Antônio is a singer and poacher of the interior of Rio Grande do Norte. As he climbed the stems to reach the fruits, he sang and enchanted those who passed by. And Mário de Andrade was one of those spectators, because he loved the warm climate of the equatorial lands
The moment between nothing and everything.
A young indigenous rapper tries to find his identity amidst the genocide of his people.
The documentary deals with the different definitions of ethics in the daily lives of Brazilians in the early 1990s.
In 1987, Brazil was goin through a serious economic crisis. In this context, the Brazilian Football Confederation announces that it doesn’t have the resources to finance that year's Championship. The main clubs in the country then decide to organize an independent competition. It was the beginning of a war that still echoes today.
She is here, she is there, and the invisible are the others
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.
Child solidarity is stronger than death.
Documentary about the historic interview conducted by director Zelito Viana with Darcy Ribeiro about the Brazilian indigenous people in 1977. Actor Marcos Palmeira reproduces the anthropologist's lines.
The film tells the story of the LGBTQIAP+ scene in Teresina and works as a rescue of street culture. In all, ten characters tell their stories through the screen , building the web that leads to a marginal and parallel reality. A rescue that comes from the 80s, through names like Samantha Menina, Monique Santos and many other important figures in this process.
A documentary set in São Paulo, Brazil, about transsexuals who talk about theirs lives and problems.
Brazilian architecture in the 20th century influenced generations of architects worldwide. But there was a time when choosing an architectural style also meant choosing a vision for the country, amidst political power struggles.
Documentary of the unique Rio favela, whose property was legally acquired by the community, in the sophisticated neighborhood of Cosme Velho. Statement by the president of the Residents 'Association, denouncing the authorities for non-compliance with residents' rights.
The Official Film of Brazil's greatest Formula One driver, Ayrton Senna, who's sudden death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix sent shock waves around the World. It cemented his reputation both within the sport, and his native Brazil, as a legend. The film looks at his life and career using archive footage and featuring revealing interviews with the man, as well as those who knew him well; friends, family and competitors. It also shows how the Ayrton Senna Foundation, set up in his honor, is working to help under privileged and street-bound children in his native Brazil using sport as an incentive to learn. Written by Oliver Warman.
The rise of Brazilian surfing between 2014 and 2021 with names like Gabriel Medina, Ítalo Ferreira and Adriano de Souza. Athletes who changed the course of the sport's history and consolidated Brazil on the world surfing circuit.
Developed from footage filmed during a road trip between São Paulo and Caraíva at the turn of 2008 to 2009, "coração-PALAVRA" grows from a domestic record into an essay film about memory, time, and plural forms of fatherhood. Drawing on a home archive accumulated over nearly two decades, the film moves between past and present to explore what endures and what changes in relationships between fathers and sons.
A documentary about a doorman at his workplace, observing, through a television, different views of a residential building.
During the civil war years in Lebanon, Akram Zaatari recorded everyday life in a diary. Explosions, shelters, and also the purchase of a car and driving classes: “contradictions of the life that goes on in conflict areas”, says he. The diary was the first contact with image production, central in the videos and in the installations that he would later do. His work, bearing the marks of the country's changes, feature the key subjects of sexuality, politics and history. The film follows the artist in his country of origin and in Brazil, and brings as a bonus new testimonies from some of the main names in contemporary Lebanese art. Zaatari is an active articulator of the Lebanese scene, characterised by partnerships and multidisciplinarity.
Integrative community therapy was created in 1987 by Adalberto de Paula Barreto, a psychiatrist from the state of Ceará, Brazil. Since then it has spread, having a center in Piraquara, in the metropolitan region of Curitiba. It is a genuinely Brazilian practice: the community suffers and, through the diversity of its members, they find solutions to their problems.
A decadent and symbolist Portuguese poet, António Nobre died of tuberculosis at the age of 32 (1900), having published only one book (Só, 1892). A symbolist Brazilian poet, Augusto dos Anjos died of pneumonia at the age of 30 (1914), having published only one book (Eu, 1912).
Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.
In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from the turbulent final evening of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
The origin and trajectory of the Samba School Nenê da Vila Matilde is told by its founder.
Nothing Like Before delves into the creation of the Clube da Esquina Album (Brazil, 1972). Considered by many music critics one of the best albums of all time, it presented to the world musicians like Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Toninho Horta, Beto Guedes and Wagner Tiso.