Brazil is one of the countries that most kills women in the world. In Porto Alegre, feminist collectives fight against this reality and support those who need help.
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Brazil is one of the countries that most kills women in the world. In Porto Alegre, feminist collectives fight against this reality and support those who need help.
Through a poetic language, "White Noise" seeks to reflect on the whitening processes that Brazil suffered for 130 years, after the abolition of slavery. How it affects our offspring and makes it difficult to search for the identity of black people in a historically racist country.
A philosophical inquiry about the miracle, through the interview with three specialists that seek to understand the specificity of these phenomena.
The daily life and development of young models of an agency located in the Jacarezinho favela, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Documentary about the dictatorship and the politician Bolsonaro.
A man takes romantic interests to the same spot, creates hopes and dreams on them, but he always seems to end their relationship before things get too deep.
Constructed as part of the dramaturgical structure of the play Black Brecht: what if Brecht were black?, presented by Coletivo Legítima Defesa in 2019, this film/video-intervention makes use of editing, internet content and the powerful sound performance of Roberta Estrela D 'Allow to expose the plunder of the territories of the Global South by the countries of the Global North.
“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.
World Cup, garden, ritual. In the midst of an intense - and common - day in the village of the indigenous people Enawenê-Nawê, in Mato Grosso, Kularenê tells us how, when they left the same stone, Indians and whites took different paths: the first guided by Wadari, his ancestor, and the others by Lareokotô, grandfather of whites and father of technology.
Two teenage boys are cursed by a witch to swap bodies after an accidental encounter. To break the spell, they must work together before the switch becomes permanent.
A virtual stroll inside the cultural center Casa do Povo (São Paulo, Brazil), ending at the basement floor of the building, where an imaginarily restored version of the Teatro de Arte Israelita Brasileiro (TAIB) is located.
Vila das Torres was a self-built community based on one of the largest urban gardens in Rio de Janeiro, below the energy towers of the Light Company and next to the train lines. Eight years after its removal for the construction of Parque Madureira, former residents report their memories.
Documentary aimed at the discussion of gender diversity, class and race within São Paulo’s LGBTQI+ community.
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.
Lucia decides to call for a male prostitute to spend the afternoon with her. But her clumsiness hides her real intentions.
Global travel with nothing but a bum bag. Sharing the realities of 'true minimalist travel' and a choice to live simply. A travel adventure with a difference, there’s no luggage! Experienced traveller and amateur filmmaker Benjamin Luke Mitchell (Lost Yet Free), explores the possibilities of freedom if one opens up their mind and leaves the backpack behind. No packing or carrying necessary, the philosophy here is to live simply, without restraints. Our curiosities spur the way, and an ultralight approach allow us to access places and global gifts beyond the reach of a big, heavy sack. This is a personal quest, an introspective story about a man learning how to confront that continual feeling of bewilderment.
Cultural, metaphorical dialogues that seek to reflect roots in the interior of Brazil and the current moment of Brazilian cinema in these places.
Brazil is going through a political crisis which even representatives of our institutions reproduce speeches that seek to criminalize social movements by framing them as terrorists. The short "Teto Pra Quem" seeks to question the brutality of common sense fueled by the conservative wave by opposing it to the reality of thousands of families and their struggles in the pursuit of one of their most basic human rights: living under a roof.
"Denied Legacy: Slavery in Brazil in an Incorrect Guide" is a professional analysis of the work "Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil", written by journalist Leandro Narloch in 2009, which brings not only factual errors, but problematic interpretations about aspects of the history of Brazil.
Inbetween fiction and documentary, this film sails through the brasilian street resistance following the parlamentary coup of state.
What is the most valuable thing you keep in your memory box?
The film portrays the power of the collective that transforms people marked by the barriers imposed by HIV and follows six HIV-positive characters in different social contexts.
A documentary on what makes videogames great, and on how the perfect game would be for a series of people, from casual to professional players.
A woman is always late, but she has a good planning. Or does she?
Complete performance from the 2019 festival presented in 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround on Blu-Ray & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound on DVD, LPCM 24/48 Stereo on both formats,
A Frenchman who lives alone prepares dinner in celebration of his mother's birthday.
In the language of a film-letter intended for the future generation of his family, the author rescues his mother's story through photos and videos to prevent the next generation from going through the same ignorance he had about her.
Although in trouble, Cecilia and Julia see themselves faced with a true nightmare and now they have to work together to get over it.
A documentary on Brazilian artist Siron Franco.
A visual essay on ethnicity, gender and misogyny.
In Rosario Square in Caruaru, the church rosary should save the skin since the body is not safe. ABOUT LIVING takes a look at the ways and paths that implies prostitution and the speech of a woman with body and skin turned by the tears of everyday life, passing through the dangers and tastes of those who face this life and survives the misfortunes of survival.
There was this little mouse. Every day he approached the wall and looked up. In fact, he really wanted to climb the wall. But the wall was very high.
In a riverside community, a father and son struggle to stay on their land.
12 confined actors in a house dispute a reality show that aims to find the next great artist. In order to stand out to this reality, actors will have to go deep inside the game into unethical techniques used by producers to reach audience.
In 2014, Geovane, a young resident of the outskirts of Salvador, was taken by a military police car in broad daylight and never seen again.
Based on the life of the inmate and Brazilian muay thai champion Fabio Leão. Born in Vila Kennedy, a suburb in Rio de Janeiro, Fabio was involved in drug trafficking and banditry since the age of 14. In prison, his redeeming passion as a teenager for the ring led him to teach sports to fellow inmates. Everything blends in with his love story for Luciana, a lifelong partner.
Considering the research of the Brazilian Forum of Public Security (2017), Black people in Brazil are still more than half of the population of the country. Between 2005 and 2015 the number of black people murdered increased by 18% and this also made us the majority of homicide victims, accounting for 71% of all registered bodies. 'Jah Intervention' is a symbolic walk to exhaustion. The intervention proposes the preliminary warm-up that precedes a fight of titans in a boxing ring. The intervention consists of the movement of the performer sensing the sudden fall when affected by perforations by bullets of semi-automatic weapons.
Super Tinga is a comic book superhero of Brazil who won a monument in the city of Porto Alegre and his success surpassed the American continent and arrived in Africa where reality and fiction mix me
A young business man is the new promise on the countries' politics, but a group of journalists uncover a secret from his past putting his nomination at risk.
Vidas Entregues is a documentary about food-delivery app workers that work using bicycles. The objective of the movie is to bring a debate about the precarization of work conditions, low payments, and also lack of work and social rights. Besides fighting the romanticization of unemployment and absolute needing, the true responsibles for pushing millions of people towards working to this apps under the guise of entrepreneurship.
In the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a couple try to fight against the time to accomplish their last promess.
Documentary about a kissing competition that took place in Santos.