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Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the group ended and that led him to attempt suicide, his solo career, rapprochement with his brother and member of the Mutantes, Sérgio Dias, culminating in the band's return in 2006.

“On one side of the Atlantic” is about the first of a series of movies where a dialogue is proposed between the filmmaker Milena Manfredini and her artistic and affective references. These are movies where the director spears on the sea letters in an attempt to blur geographical, earthly finite and temporal barriers. This release is also destined towards the filmmaker Christopher Harris.

On his own initiative, Hélio da Silva transformed a neglected area in his neighborhood by planting thousands of trees, creating the Tiquatira Linear Park. It is São Paulo's first linear park and stands as one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Bazuka, a collector of recyclable materials, dreams of flying. To realize your dream the only alternative is to build your own wings.

A prolific composer and one of the most celebrated poets in Brazilian music, Paulo César Pinheiro is the author of Canto das Três Raças and O Poder da Criação, among other samba, samba-enredo and song classics. Partner of Baden Powell, Tom Jobim and Edu Lobo, was created by Elis Regina, Clara Nunes and Maria Bethânia. Here, sitting on his couch, he reflects on human nature and leads a journey that evokes and involves big names in MPB, covering half a century of music, from the height of the festival era to the period of protest songs against the military dictatorship.

2003’s best-selling title…go figure when you have Hyperlite and Sidewayz teaming up to bring you the most progressive film to date.

The Popxop are singing allies of the Tikmu´un - Maxakali indigenous people. Periodically, they come to the villages to spend a long period of time. They sing the stories, the secrets, the paths and the visual of the Atlantic Forest. Bringing knowledge and experiences of joy, they guarantee the health of the community and celebrate shamanic encounters.

The director films the trains, and the unusual, ruined and desolate places they travel through. The landscape is deconstructed through a rapid succession of shots, and becomes an abstract motif: that which was a ruin thus becomes an Andalusian mosaic or Impressionist painting.

One hair salon. Seven haircuts. Seven experiences of exile. The documentary stars the owner of the salon, Fernando “Pablo” Mupapa, as he unfolds from the haircut ritual to open himself up to the voices and reports of immigrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Brazil. Through a connection with Africa, the dialogues between Pablo and his clients recorded by the filmmakers reveal assertions of identity and the dream of an anti-imperialist revolution.

During a video workshop at the Kuikuro village, an eclipse happens. Suddenly, everything changes.

Paratodos, speech to the University Council of the Fluminense Federal University in May 2007 against the privatization of Unitevê - university channel of Niterói and the dismantling of the University's audiovisual by the Rectory.

A naked body and a naked voice before the world.

Filmmaker Bruno Jorge makes an autoethnography by filming the characters who crossed his path during the years he lived with his family in a small rural village in the interior of Minas Gerais.

Experimental documentary from Abrahão Souza about coexistence between people.

Through documentary images, old photographs and interviews, the director presents the Santa Tereza cable car, not only as an original means of transport and tourist element, but also as an important part of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The commotion and details of a day for different people to watch a Brazilian team game, observing the peculiarities and the invisible thread that unites them.

A 70-year-old queer man who is losing his memory needs you to help keeping some of his most intimate and contradictory remembrances from a public bathroom in his past, where he had experiences of danger, pleasure, and shame.

Making movies is the opposite of isolating yourself. NOTHING I WANTED TO SAY is a feature film shot indoors during the confinement of the 2020 pandemic. While they are involved in making a film about isolation, two brothers, 21 and 19, exercise their gaze towards what is near. Four months confined in a 60 m2 apartment, where they share the loneliness, anticipation and anguish of this strange time. A reflection on isolation during the Covid-19 quarantine and on reconnecting with one's inner self.

According to Brazilian journalist and biographer Ruy Castro, Vinicius de Moraes directed a short film in the second half of 1962 titled Azul e Branco ("Blue and White"), about Portinari’s tile work at the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro—an endeavor that rekindled his longtime passion for cinema.

A short documentary that uses irony to approach the most fashionable São Paulo street in the 60s: the Rua Augusta (Augusta St.), with its classic personages and most frequented spots.

Cycling down the streets of São Paulo's West Zone, Munziger blindly follows his instincts.

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the 20th century to the present. An audiovisual anthology, all composed of archival images. The best way to get to know Ney is to be with him on stage.

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Brazilian artistic world. Starring actresses Zezé Motta, Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Zenaide Zen and Adele Fátima, as well as activist Lélia Gonzáles.

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry of Education on the chores of the men who worked in the sugar cane fields in the town of Feira de Santana, in the cocoa fields of Itabuna, and in the efforts of building households in Chã Preta.

Within the revelry of Rio's Carnival, Ilma writes to her son. How does she sense his presence in the crowd?

From the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to a cafés in Paris, Armenia Sings On in Our Hearts explores the diversity of the Armenian diaspora. When the massacres forced many Armenians to find a new home, they struggled to overcome numerous difficulties to maintain their identity and keep their culture and spirit alive throughout the world. The film spans several generations to explain the history of the diaspora and what it means to be Armenian today. Through food, music, and dance, viewers can embark on a unique, cultural journey that includes festive celebrations, insightful interviews, and stories that tell of the challenges and success stories in remaining connected to one´s roots while simultaneously redefining what it means to be Armenian.

Sleepless all night, Kobra remembers his life, from the poor childhood in the outskirts of São Paulo to the international recognition of his work. The events unfold between reality and dream. In an intimate journey, we get to know a rebellious, self-taught youngster doing graffiti illegally on the streets of São Paulo's suburbs, up to worldwide fame as a muralist and peace activist.

During the night lived in 2020 with denialism, an actor in rehearsal and confinement, his and the character who rehearses, one of the thousand offered by the novel “A lua vem da Asia” by Campos de Carvalho. How to circumvent the taxes imposed by space, time and bodies? Narrative and language are structuring devices in these conditions. What's the way out? A memory? The affection? The imaginary? Liberation takes place through the singular path, that of authorship, imagination and poetry.