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Upon arriving in Pernambuco, north of Brazil, Mika (25), a young middle-class girl from Rio de Janeiro, gets close to an outsider group who lives luxuriously. As time goes by, Mika finds herself hiding her latent prejudices, which makes her develop a constant feeling of fear.
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
Mel and Zeca face a dangerous mission to find Max, who has mysteriously disappeared. In search of their friend, they end up in the kingdom of Ondion, a colorful magical world, where they will have to face the villains Rumorum and Juks.
The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
How do you find beauty when everything seems dead? Midst a world that refuses to slow down, cemeteries emerge as a refuge of silence and reflection. The workers of the Vila Mariana Cemetery reflect on life, death, and the invisible, while searching, among remnants and absences, for what insists on remaining.
Two friends meet again after a long time apart. Diego sets out to find the truth behind Léo's sudden and long-ago disappearance.
Mixing archival footage and interviews with the band and its crew, this film celebrates the 40-year history of legendary rockers Paralamas do Sucesso.
In a Brazil taken over by a new dictatorial regime, Íris, a young hacker whose father was taken as a political prisoner, discovers an online challenge from a secret organization known only as 'Cicada,' which will set her on a journey that could change the course of the country... and also uncover what really happened to her father.
A young girl runaway from home to join the circus.
Julia and Sérgio set out in search of Rebeca, a missing cycling activist, moving through Brasília, a city marked by silence and unresolved histories. Their investigation leads them to forgotten tragedies, where ruins, memories, and unsettling presences begin to intertwine. Blurring the line between the real and the fantastic, Mapas unfolds as a journey through ghosts of the past that continue to echo in the present.
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.
Inspired by the illegal universe of the Brazilian animal lottery, a fearless young man must win a deadly race to save his sister in a dystopian future where each animal in the game is now represented by a runner vying for a prize.
Rosa is tired of living without purpose. What would she do to take control of her own destiny?
Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.
Lucy is a woman from Rio's upper middle class who, after seeing her husband leave home to live with his lover, starts a relationship with another man, even though she is still officially a married woman.
In a Rio Grande do Sul marked by challenges and prejudice, Maria, a transgender woman, finds herself on a difficult journey: motherhood. Alongside her husband, Dário, she takes on the responsibility of raising their son, Zezim. As she fights to build a dignified life and keep her family together, she faces the weight of racism and discrimination, confronting both social and personal barriers. Her story reveals the transformative power of love, courage, and the struggle for a place in the world.
The film will talk about women redefining their lives at 50, covering topics such as menopause, changing professions and separation.
Antonio runs away from home and tries to spend the night at his ex-girlfriend's apartment. There he finds a brazilian girl, an unexpected guest. Johnny is struggling to stage his first theater play in Lisbon. His friendship with the young light technician will make him face his real problems. Débora is passing by, finally returning home. When she goes to the theater, she falls asleep, and is awaken by the protagonist. Three dimensions of the same story.
Julia lived a normal life until she was strangely hypnotized by the refrigerator in her supermarket.
In this semi-autobiographical drama, filmmaker Diego Bauer plays a fictionalized version of himself confronting his past and present during a drastic weight-loss journey. As his body changes, he revisits memories of childhood, family, and social stigma, while questioning masculinity, desire, and belonging. Alongside this process, he reflects on his bisexuality and attraction to male and female bodies, exposing confusion, vulnerability, and self-acceptance. Blending fiction and confession, the film follows his attempt to reconcile who he was with who he is becoming in a society obsessed with norms and appearances.
Jacob, Mairun and João are 6 years old and are making their carnival costumes for the school party. Ana does not participate in the activity because she believes that carnival is a sin. This situation causes surprise among her little friends who start a conversation about their different religious backgrounds.
Yasmin sees her life change forever when a gigantic pyramid looms over her town, causing almost everyone to disappear. Now, she must face a series of highly unusual challenges alongside a group of completely clueless survivors - while dealing with some absolutely annoying aliens.
O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s voyage to the New World in 1500, with a score especially written by the renowned composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. One of the earliest examples of Brazilian cinema, this film depicts the perilous journey of Pedro Álvares Cabral’s armada from Portugal to Brazil. Though somewhat rudimentary compared to other films of the period, The Discovery of Brazil distinguishes itself with its scenes of indigenous people and Portuguese explorers on the beach, and in the imaginative lighting on board the ship. But the real star is the beautiful cantata by Villa-Lobos that permeates the film.
Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
Between longing and regret, Isabela finds in technology an unexpected possibility: reliving memories through artificial intelligence. As she dives into the past, she is faced with recollections that both confront and transform her. But to what extent is remembering enough?
The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.
Elizabeth is a transsexual woman who finds herself exhausted from enduring the prejudiced pressures of her mother Morgana, a megalomaniac widow who dreams of living in the potiguar political elite to which she belonged before her husband and former politician died. She insists on getting her oldest daughter Carol married to Darcy, the son of the leading candidate for the state government and a family friend. In the midst of all this, Elizabeth awakens a strong, hidden feeling in her sister's suitor.
Two best friends since childhood radically change their life plans after an episode of betrayal.
Making amateur films is hard, but these guys combine business with pleasure, filming with their children and nephews, making it a family affair. See from their point of view a vision of underground cinema that you've never seen before.
After her mother's death, Ana returns to her reclusive father's house and comes across the paintings he creates to cope with grief. She soon discovers how these artworks reveal his deteriorating mental health and blur the boundaries between art and nightmare.
Five friends meet for lunch. Nothing could be more mundane, but for some reason, no one stayed for dessert.
Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.
Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Playboy contest.
In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.
Célia is just a simple woman who lives in São Paulo, until she remembers her dreams and an old passion when she receives in the mail a dress from the time she used to dance at school.
A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.
Three inseparable friends go through the impossible journey of inevitable separation.
After managing to prove her innocence, a woman from the outskirts of São Paulo will have to go after those who were really responsible for her arrest to get answers, even if it costs her life.
A city in permanent darkness becomes the stage for four actresses rehearsing a play. As performance and reality converge, a mysterious presence emerges from the void, turning the rehearsal into a ritual that exposes hidden revelations in the night.
José Eduardo, known as Zé, owns a small football school and wins a trip with his wife and blogger daughter to Cartagena in a raffle. José Eduardo, known as Edu, is a successful businessman who is going on vacation with his wife and son. The confusion begins when, by mistake, Zé stays at Edu's luxury hotel, which, in turn, ends up at Zé's simple inn. This exchange provides experiences that the two families were not used to, but which ends up uniting them even more.
