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Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life. It is impossible for her to disguise her pain when she attempts to narrate emotions.

Man with mental health issues sexually assaults pregnant woman.

Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.

Aspects of the Brazilian composer's life, highlighting musical excerpts from the "Série Brasileira".

Principal Dancer is a mesmerizing look on how a young artist's journey is defined by his ability to challenge his own limits and to reinvent himself. Brazilian hip-hop performer turned into Royal Ballet's principal dancer Thiago Soares unveils the backstage of the Royal Opera House, in London, as he rehearses alongside some of the most outstanding names in contemporary dance - and prepares to go back home, in Rio de Janeiro, where he'll face one of his life's most challenging presentations.

Cristiane Jordan, or Cris Negão, as she was called, was a transvestite who worked as a bawd in downtown of São Paulo known by her violent methods to control the other transvestites. Hated and feared by a legion, she also had her fans until she was tragically murdered with two shots in the head. The documentary is a dive into the transvestite universe through the stories of this legendary character of São Paulo's underworld.

Elora, a young transgender woman living in Salvador, struggles to be accepted and respected in a society that still imposes heteropatriarchal and outdated gender norms. When she meets Yuri, a man who challenges his own prejudices after falling in love with her, both find themselves facing deep dilemmas about identity, love, and freedom. Together, they question what it means to exist and to love in a prejudiced and unequal world, and how they will navigate their relationship within it.

A bride is kidnapped on the day of her wedding.

Thirty-five years after their first meeting, which would change their lives, Argentine guitarist Lucio Yanel and his Brazilian pupil Yamandu Costa reunited to redo, on a trip, the paths that originally led Yanel to the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. Aboard a motor home, with his guitars and memories, master and disciple cross the border of Brazil towards Corrientes, the Argentine's homeland, reflecting on the transformations brought about by the inexorable passage of time.

When Gabriel inherits an old house, he discovers a mysterious portrait of a man identical to himself. As strange noises and visions torment him, the line between reality and madness begins to blur.

The life of Gabriela, a 17-year-old teenager who lives in the small city of Virgem da Lapa, is marked by simplicity and the bond with her family. When an opportunity arises to move to Florianópolis, she must decide whether to embrace an uncertain future or remain by the side of her loved ones. Amidst the beauty of the Jequitinhonha Valley, Gabriela finds herself torn between her personal dreams and the desire to take care of those she loves.

Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.

A man and a woman relive moments of their lives transfigured on the landscape of a beach. Past, present and future merge in the cadence of the waters, which come and go revolving memories and old silences. So the characters go through a sort of trail of desire, leading the edge of the abyss of themselves, where all days born and die, the horizon of all passes, all eventides.

Having to deal with a terrible boss, librarian Bia receives some unexpected help to put everything back in its place.

A short film by Coffin Souza

In search of a new life, Anderson has left his Tikuna community in the Amazon forest for the bustling metropolis of Manaus. There he lives on the outskirts of the city with his sister and her sick child in a barren single room, and supports them through working various jobs. The environment is far from welcoming, but Anderson is driven by a burgeoning awareness of his two-spirited sexuality, which he feels can only be realized in the anonymity of the city. Anderson finds himself in limbo, questioning and rejecting certain tribal rituals, even as he fiercely defends his community and seeks to find peace with his identity.

Seeing his farm in ruins, swindler tries to sell it to the first interested person, who happens to be a man who fakes being a millionaire but in fact cannot pay for the estate.

A nameless woman waits for a mysterious man she is in love with. As time goes by, she moves through a range of emotions born from his absence and her solitude, reflecting on the stillness she finds herself in.

This is the story of Geppetto, an 11-year-old boy who likes to create his own toys. His father, Genaro, is the one who builds them using wood from fallen trees in the Enchanted Forest. But what Geppetto doesn't know is that the Fairy Godmother lives there, who has the power to give life to his wooden toys. The forest is beautiful, but all this wonder is under threat! Our characters will get involved in a great adventure to stop the evil Mr. Machado from illegally cutting down a single tree!

A young woman faces several obstacles to sleep.

In the Rio de Janeiro Central Station, the infamous pickpocket Mão Leve meets Honorina—a Northeastern girl looking for a job—with whom he falls in love. Willing to conquer her, the thief decides to abandon his life of crime, but soon finds out it won't be easy.

Only a fragment of the film survives. Taking advantage of Carnival season, Álvaro devises a Machiavellian plan to seduce a young woman. When she shows up at his house to deliver a bundle of clothes, he shows her a beautiful gigolo dress and invites her to the town's dances. They would only be for two or three hours. Liz accepts, and together they go out dressed as a gigolo, he as an Apache. Liz has fun with Álvaro, and at one point, they decide to go to the beach. Dizzy from champagne and dancing, she loses consciousness, waking up alone. Desperate, Liz runs to Álvaro's house and discovers that he has left for the north. Disoriented, she wanders the streets until she meets Maneco, an employee of Dr. Elzman. Maneco takes her to the doctor's house, and Liz tells him everything that happened. The doctor, fond of the young woman, decides to protect her.

Possessiveness, desire, paranoia and guilt are dark feelings in a loving relationship, where fear of loss and distrust can destroy life or lead to madness.

The raise and fall of a love story, in a mockery review of the Cinema Marginal [Marginal Cinema] from Brazil.

Since the 70’s, Cyro Matoso is making films without any kind of sponsorship and a highly limited budget. He has enjoyed many years working with culture, developing his creativity and, above all, creating his art.

Sara is a teenager who lives with the feeling of not belonging. At a party, she gets closer to Pedro, who shares her feeling of inadequacy.

The show brings together big names in Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) in a tribute to the samba musician from Vila Isabel.

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he went to see what it was all about. The result is Boys From The Suburbs, his first "most worked"Film.

One street and one couple.

The bright, cheerful Little Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her beloved grandmother, but in the woods she encounters the Big Bad Wolf.

The animal is in motion, it is impossible to hold it. The bodies vibrate, dance and desire.

A man has his routine reduced to his monotonous work and the suspicious relationship with his wife, until objects, places and people mysteriously disappear, making his life more interesting and, at the same time, dangerous.

Ruan follows a strange man through the streets of downtown São Paulo into a public bathroom, where he begins an oniric journey of pleasure and discovery.

After his grandmother's funeral, Paulinho returns to his hometown. A misunderstanding sets him on a journey to find a lost photography.

On the eve of the Feast of St. John, Francisca, who is a widow about to turn 75, is on the verge of exploding like fireworks.

A young woman with a personality disorder is forced to fight for her life when she learns a killer is stalking her inside her apartment.