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Porto Alegre, 5 October 1984, front page of a newspaper: "Extreme left-wing activist holds up the home of an ex-consul of Paraguay, then commits suicide". The extreme left-wing activist was the director's father. The ex-consul was an ex-nazi whose past her father was investigating.
From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.
Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco was the first military man to command Brazil after the 1964 military coup. "Castello, the dictator" tells how the political leader considered a moderate was responsible for installing the Military Dictatorship in the country and enabling the continuity of the regime for more than two decades. In the year in which the coup turns 60, the film brings back the memory of the dictatorship and shows how Castello Branco influenced the destiny of the country and the lives of people born in the state of Ceará who resisted the regime.
A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses Cardoso by saying: "You blended horror, sex and humour very well. And particularly the editing is very good because the film never lagged or slowed down". Which film? This one!
Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts and honors the Bahian culture.
The collective Guahu’i Guyra spent three years filming their people, the Guarani-Kaiowá, original inhabitants of a piece of land in Brazil. Much of of their ancestral lands have been destroyed by monoculture and deforestation. In the small territory they managed to retake, a few families try to live according to their traditional way of life, devoting a lot of attention to each other and their environment.
Film shot in Super 8 in 1984. Filming took place in a neighborhood in the city of Amarante/PI, located on top of a hill, in the courtyard of Mr. João Bitu's residence, with participation by Raimunda Pau Pombo, Nazaré Cambão, Ely Sibita, Tio Zuza, Joaquinzinho, Chico do Boné, among other pagodeiros.
A group of friends hangs out at a bar, having fun and drinking beer.
Documentary on Mermaidism.
In the south of Mato Grosso do Sul, almost on the border with Paraguay, indigenous and rural producers are disputing land ownership. In a tense atmosphere, there are clashes, evictions, attacks and even deaths. The conflict comes from centuries, caused by errors of the Brazilian State itself. Now, both sides demand urgent solution. The dispute has already turned into a tragedy of great proportions.
From Gallipoli to Brest-Litovsk, witness WWI's turning points-naval clashes, mutiny, and revolution-shaping the fate of empires and the world.
Marked in history as the first Brazilian comic book, totally in nuclei, Turma do Pererê is considered a giant influence for several later authors, such as Maurício de Sousa. In addition to being the first to address topics such as ecology and social inclusion, a work is also referenced for perfectly aligning with the main political interests of the time.
The documentary goes through works composed by the Bahian musician between 1968 and 1987. Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, one of the most well-known members of the Tropicália generations, revisits some of his most famous works on this documentary.
In 2002 Petter Baiestorf launched the fanzine "Manifesto Canibal" with notes on how to produce films independently without any resources. In 2004 the anarchist publisher Achiamé ordered an expansion of the fanzine to be published in book format and, thus, the book "Manifesto Canibal" by Petter Baiestorf, Cesar Souza and intervention by Carli Bortolanza appeared. In 2007, already out of print, Petter Baiestorf decided to film the book in the format of an experimental short and what follows here is the result of this iconoclastic experience that kills the gods of cinema.
Abelardo is a documentary about José Antônio da Silva Ballestero who has been a projectionist for 53 years at cinemas on the west border of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. José Antônio learned how to do the work with his father, who also was a projectionist and encouraged him to work in the projection room since he was a boy. The film tells the journey of a humble man showing his simple passionate view of the cinema. The memories, the films and opinions are revealed through a very spontaneous and amusing language. The projection problems, when the TV started, the VHS, DVD, pirate, internet, and the new technology that is coming to replace the old way of projection. Abelardo captivates people with his sincerity and friendliness. This is a nice story of the difficult job of a projectionist.
An action sports documentary about empowering street kids and amputees, strengthening communities and creating a growing tribe of people to make the world a cooler place.
The creative process of the first crochet fashion collection fully developed by male prisoners in Brazil and presented at the country's main fashion event, The São Paulo Fashion Week.
The infamous Hospital Colonia de Barbacena (Barbacena Colony Hospital), biggest mental institution of Brazil, once compared to concentration camps of Auschwitz ,opens its gates to a production crew during the country's dictatorship period. This short documentary depicts how mental patients were treated inside the institution and how anyone could end up an intern there for no plausible reason.
Documentary that has as its climax the parade of the year commemorating the 1st Centenary of Brazil's Independence.
The film shows the creative process of a land art artist Jean Paul Ganem through his path over the last 20 years. The documentary touches everbody by its transformative power of the art and by revealing recreated landscape in agricutural fields in France and Canada, in the suburbs of Paris and Montreal, and now, also in the heart of São Paulo.
At the age of 80, Milton Nascimento announced his farewell to the stage, performing the last show in November 2022 at Estádio Mineirão, in Minas Gerais, where the singer participated in Clube da Esquina, a group with the same name, which marked MPB.
After discovering that he has HIV, Gabriel decides to tell everyone.
The world from the perspective of Añetete Village.
Documentary on Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell.
A documentary that explores how queer fashion, often born on the streets and in underground niches, has become a viral phenomenon on social media, shaping the aesthetics of global pop culture. Through the interaction between LGBTQIA+ influencers, content creators, and digital platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, trends that were once marginalized now occupy the center of the fashion industry. The film investigates how this evolution impacts not only the visibility of the queer community but also the consumption and creation of contemporary fashion
In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum; in the city of Porto, Portugal, the office of Álvaro Siza, architect and author of the celebrated project for the institution's headquarters, inaugurated in 2008.
Immerse yourself in the behind-the-scenes story of "Domingão com Huck", including Luciano's big career decision, the construction of a new Sunday program and everything that happens behind the cameras.
The fight for housing and the production of a great film. The memory of four women about a neighborhood in Vitória da Conquista and their encounter with the universe of cinema, in the 1990s.
Documentary on an elderly nursing home in Rio de Janeiro.
A psychiatrist and psychoanalyst from Rio Grande do Sul who lives in Rio, Carmem Dametto is 72 years old. Author of several books and an advocate of an unorthodox therapeutic approach, she currently sees her patients in an office located in her spacious home, which she practically never leaves. Her constant companion is her daughter Marcela, who always enjoyed swimming in the garden pool. Not anymore.
About family, friends and backyard: Antes de Metal is an invitation to build a bridge, which connects the experience of darker skin in the Zona Norte neighborhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro and Baixada Fluminense, and the processes of creating an audiovisual project on the streets, which comes straight from Morro do Urubu. A portrait, another portrait of a favela dweller.
Maria José Novais Oliveira, a black woman, resident on the outskirts of Contagem, already in her 60s, has become a film actress, with an award-winning career in Brazil and internationally. This documentary recalls the image of a unique woman who marked Brazilian cinema in the 2010s.
Protests against the violence of security guards and shopping mall employees in Brazil have mobilized thousands of people in recent years. This form of protest showed the barriers imposed by racial discrimination and social exclusion. Follow in this documentary the lives and memories of three black characters that went through traumatic racism situations and took part in the protests which recently took place in shopping malls. Discover the dreams, beauty, poetry, art and politics of a generation that has found new ways of dealing with violence by promoting an intense debate across the Brazil about how black lives matter.
The documentary addresses the issue of non-conformity, bringing into play expression, gender roles, sexual identity, and sexual orientation through a careful socioeconomic analysis.
A reinterpretation of Bumba Meu Boi blends biography and identity. Characters search for a rare ox and its tongue, dancing with enchanted beings in a ritual of desire, nourishment, and revolution.
