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Recorded in 1973, this TV show brings Elis Regina in an 'ensaio' (improvisation). The programme aired by TV Cultura rescues the living memory of the greatest MPB star through her testimonials on composers and performers. The images are black and white and with camera close-ups, it denounces the restless, strong-willed hands of Elis.

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.

Members of a secret society have a falling out. It is up to the highest ranking member to adjust the score. Cinema of cruelty, silence and freedom.

Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.

Two torturers meet for coffee after more than thirty years without seeing each other, to settle accounts from that time.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hua and Ayon, two chinese cousins, are secretly falling in love. Everything goes well, until the day Ayon gets a ticket to China to work in a family business. It's a reason to celebrate, for everyone but Hua. Sometimes a breakup can be like a countdown. In the streets of Tijuca, people celebrate the Chinese New Year while Rio's landscape changes in preparation for the Olympic Games.

A story of three teenagers on the slum of Salvador, Brazil. Café runs away from the interior because of a "family revenge" that persecutes him. Arriving in the capital, he tries to find her father, who is imprisoned in a local prison. Pépi lives on the outskirts, where she is raped by her stepfather and expelled from home by her own mother. Limão lives in a hole under a viaduct with Marta, who is very weak due to drug addiction. The three come together to survive, while the friendship grows between them. But the setbacks of everyday life end up leading them to different paths.

The Governor of Pernambuco, Sérgio Loreto, and politicians from his cabinet pose for the camera. The celebrations of the Centennial of the Confederation of the Equator included a Public Force parade (Infantry, Cavalry, and Fire Brigade), an open-air Mass celebrated by Archbishop Dom Miguel Valverde, and the laying of the foundation stone of the Palace of Justice.

The film follows the daily lives of residents of a community, made up of two favelas and a housing complex in São Paulo, which is about to undergo an urbanization process. However, possible urbanization generates resistance from residents of the most valued area of the neighborhood, in a movement known as “Not in my backyard”.

Alessandro and Adriana run a musical group at a public school whose activities were interrupted due to the pandemic. In an attempt to maintain a connection with children during the worst crisis in the country's recent history, they discover in the circus a new way of reinventing their craft and prepare for a great show.

Chitão is a man who ended up getting too much into the culture of social networks. So much so that, after being arrested for a bizarre psychotic break that made him nudge people on the street, Chitão was instructed to look for a psychologist to help him get rid of his Facebook addiction. However, things do not go as expected and Chitão begins to take the ideas of the social network and computers into real life.

Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).

-Dry-Body** or **Long-Nails** is a man who spent his life beating and talking back to his mother. When he died, he transformed into an evil creature that clings to tree trunks; anyone who comes near him receives a death hug as his long nails crush them in his embrace.

A lonely artist tries to complete a model, while facing the structural problems of her own house. In a tense morning, Jaci is tormented by the breath of a crack. As the ratio between reality and representation begins to crumble, she is taken on a journey of inner reconstruction.

The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.

A short essay on our inner demons. Baiestorf recreates the nightmare narrated by teenagers from various parts of the world, who have this dream on a recurring basis.

Five looks from the same man deal with the love, betrayal, fear, anguish, terror and justice that happen every day in the lives of all of us. Urban Chronicles shows that real life in the city can be much wilder than the existence of beasts in the wild.

The Century (O Século) is both the documentary of a performance and the documentary of an allegory. Without a human figure in view, scraps, debris, and junk are thrown dramatically from one side of an alley to the other, and then a volley begins from the other side.

It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.

Haunted by heartbreak, a depressed painter obsesses over his artwork. But when a prying neighbor appears at his doorstep, he is forced to uncover traumatizing secrets.

Carolina gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro. She will find, among them, the boyfriend she had during her childhood and with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.

The widower João declares his loneliness on a radio program and meets Maria, a recently separated woman who yearns for a new life together.

There are eight episodes in stories full of adventure and play in the neighborhood of Limoeiro, with a new car ride, lost treasure, art exhibition in the square, puppet theater, an unexpected escape from Cascão (again?), Characters Saltimbancos and a lot more.

Rafael wakes up in an abandoned hospital, blind and covered in bandages. Agonizing, he sets for a terrifying journey in the dark. Sofia, a doctor, follows him. Distressing images of recent events emerge from Rafael's memory, revealing his connection to Caio, Sofia's son.

The year was 1941, and the world was on the brink of war. In an effort to improve relations between the Americas, the Roosevelt administration called upon one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers to embark on a special goodwill tour. Written and directed by Theodore Thomas (“Frank and Ollie”) and produced by Kuniko Okubo, the documentary WALT & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy.

A messy home can attract more than just urban pests; it can attract low-resolution digital pests straight from hell... just watch to find out.

Belinho, a poque (homosexual) boy who lives with his father and supports him, is a great lover of France and dreams of being an artist like the cabaret divas he admires. After a turning point in his life, a fatality happens and leads him to live his biggest dream.

After the sudden death of his wife, Ezequiel lives sad and resigned in solitude. Until the day that an extra-terrestrial being appears in his life and changes the color of his destiny.

Far away, at a distance only an airplane can reach.

Nirvana falls into a coma after a boating accident. After she wakes up, doctors find that she can no longer distinguish between reality and imagination. Nirvana decides to escape before being taken to a psychiatric institution.

Geni and Thor are two dangerous and passionate fugitives who want to leave crime behind. However, they end up getting involved in the theft of a suitcase, which must be delivered to the mysterious woman at 6:17 p.m. at a gas station.

Emanuel, an obsessive faithful, believes himself to be the new messiah, sent to save everything and everyone from the greatest evil - sin.

There exists a line between resistance and satisfaction, faith and sin, pleasure and danger. These six short films explore how in all our lives, there exists the temptation to cross that line.

Caio and Fabrício share the same cell in a prison. They live together in a relationship based on physical, sexual and psychological violence. Caio wants to get rid of Fabrício's domination. The desire for revenge feeds and disturbs him. His past is revealed, enabling new ways.

On an ordinary afternoon at a train station, the lives of Nando and Breno are transformed by an unexpected encounter. Both living in stable relationships, they find themselves drawn to a sudden passion that challenges all of their certainties. As the attraction between them grows, Nando and Breno embark on a love affair that tests the strength of their marriages. Amidst a whirlwind of emotions, they are forced to confront their choices and question what they truly want from their lives.

12-year-old Barbara dreams of meeting her idol Venus, a one hit wonder from the 80s who has gone missing. When a mysterious person moves to her neighborhood, Barbara sees an opportunity to finally solve the mystery of Venus.

An experimental film from Paraíba that recreates the Last Supper.

Huang , a Chinese retired general, lives alone in the city center. Traditional and conservative, he hardly leaves the house. One day, Huang receives an unusual visit from his grandson.

Fortunato is an old watchmaker who, every night, returns to an abandoned train station where he relives an old nightmare.

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.

A couple decides to have a free pass to be with another person without it being considered cheating, causing them to question the terms of their relationship. Maia and Caetano have been living together for a year and, upon signing a cohabitation agreement for their health insurance, they experience the true impact of monogamy. During a game with friends, they both choose one that is permitted for themselves. However, when the hypothetical situation becomes reality, they rethink the limits and desires of their relationship.