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A mother's love is tested for strength by the physical and emotional demands of a newborn child. When a dragon awakens, a backup plan is required…

A manifest performance of the artist and activist Zahy Guajajara, who tell us her life story to relate the journey of indigenous peoples’ struggle for “R-existence”. She speaks about the Guardians of the Forests, a group of Guajajara who fight for the preservation of the forests. Telling us how they resist to protect the Guajajara indigenous people; ancestors; and rituals. The Guardians of the Forest in Arariboia – Maranhão also protect the Awá Guajá, Indigenous who don’t have any contact with western civilization. The intensified deforestation caused by the fires set by groups of hunters and loggers is exhausting their water and food reserves. Since Bolsonaro became president of Brazil, five of the Forest Guardians have been murdered.

In Aymara language, "thakhi" means “path”. It is this path that Natali takes from Brazil to Bolivia, from the present to the past. Between the departure of a long trip to an end that starts other directions. Sometimes in the Andean essence, the most important lessons are where the dualities live, in the detours along the way. A rediscovery of its ancestral existence.

After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective film that answers the questions: what does it mean to plagiarize images and how to do it in the distance? The mechanism is unusual: a director makes a short and sends it to the next director, who in turn makes his own short for the purpose of plagiarizing the one he received. And so the chain of plagiarism continues until it reaches the last one. Each one interprets in their own way what it means to plagiarize the received film. The first link in the chain is James Benning, one of the world's most patient filmmakers. His extensive plans are replicated in the following fragments. Disobedience moves the exercise away from literality and an exploration of the texture of the images begins. In its repetitive mechanism, we can see that cinema is, in addition to record of reality, an art of images and sound. (Santiago González Cragnolino)

The wave is an oscillating disturbance of beauty and alchemical greatness, a film that traveled to me.

Luan works as an application bikeboy and faces dilemmas and prejudices in his daily delivery journey in a big city. Without hesitating, he dreams of a better future.

Adoniran Barbosa bears the title of São Paulo's greatest samba singer of all time. Through the artist's personal collection, rare archive images and testimonials from friends and family, discover a multifaceted character who portrayed his São Paulo in songs and radio characters. Having the city as an auxiliary, the documentary draws a parallel between today's metropolis and the one lived by Adoniran.

Short film by Helena Ignez, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine.

With the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing, three friends struggle to maintain their friendship through phone calls, but a change in behavior has them questioning the true impact of the virus.

Sara is the protector of her brother Soma. In order to keep Soma's feelings from being hurt, Sara must face six rivals.

A man searches for his friend after his disappearance.

As a result of Alzheimer's disease, Dona Zélia's children come to the conclusion that she is no longer able to live alone and with that they decide to put her apartment for rent. Lucas, his youngest grandson, decides to film the dismantling of the apartment, in order to investigate his family history, based on the objects that made up the property.

In 2165, Michele's kidnapping puts the city-state Porto 01, the last stronghold of human civilization, in a state of war. The problem is that to save Porto 01 it will be necessary to count on the help of Jefferson, a high school student who lives in 1999.

Jonatan, aka MC Xerelete, dreams of becoming a famous funk singer and so providing the comfortable life that he sees in the media for himself and his father. Till then, both of them work as fishermen at the Guanabara Bay. Together, they face the responsibilities and obstacles that life throws at them.

A grieving young man is forced to move on with his life after his long-term girlfriend is brutally killed because of him in Rio de Janeiro.

Glimpses of memory. The ceaseless torment. Life. Death. Melancholy.

William and Olive are two young Brazilians passionate about animation. After hearing about the first animated film produced in the country, they go to the National Library to collect information about Álvaro Marins' "Kaiser". However, they accidentally release the character from his century-old prison.

A film made with a cell phone, a film made by 4 Belforroxenses, a film about Belford Roxo.

Chef André Mifano goes out in search of characters who keep alive old techniques of obtaining products such as pork in the can, seine fishing, fish brine and brown sugar. This knowledge that passes from generation to generation inspires Mifano to reflect on what is essential in his kitchen.

Looking for Jaci's beauty, Guaraci asked the only ones who could've guessed her whereabouts. But the only ones who could've guessed were busy working. Longing for Guaraci's shine, Jaci asked the only ones who could've guessed the light that warmed her. But the only ones who could've guessed were busy sleeping.

"Voyage to Morocco" is the second film of a series made from found footage on silent super 8. Combining images shot in Morocco in the 60's, texts by the writer Paul Bowles, Moroccan traditional music and a minute sound design, a narrator invents a memory for those images, rewrites its sense. A film essay about the experience of traveling, in geographical, imaginary and metaphysical sense. To travel is a pretext to speak about other cultures and look for diversity, but traveling to visit a friend may also be a farewell.

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.

In a barren and almost dead land, a man lights a candle and prays. a storm begins to arise. Nimbus is a fable about faith, religion and the power of nature.

The film accompanies Grupo Galpão during a period of social isolation. The actresses and actors were prevented from debuting in the theater for the 25th edition of the company, due to a worldwide pandemic for ten days for a first artistic experience in the virtual environment.

Infodemic, pandemic, pandemonium.

An experimental Brazillian action film with 30 minutes of length.

A narrative of the connection of Indigenous Peoples with the Earth and its Spirituality, from the point of view of the indigenous Olinda, who develops a project for environmental recovery in the lands of her people. With the indigenous worldview as a lens, Kaapora and other spiritual characters are the center line of the film's narrative and argument.

Wanderson Vieira is a musician from the city of Samambaia and in this short documentary, he tells us a little about how he reconciles his night work and dance rehearsals, with creating his career, launching his pseudonym Wander Vi, to achieve his dream.

A mass of water appears as heavy clouds, which fall on the mountains and flood the earth, then springs up and become rivers that feed the land through which they pass, following their course as a flow of energy organized in the harmony of their own chaos, until they encounter morbid obstacles.

Garrincha's Botafogo was losing by 5-1 the match against amateur team Carlos Renaux in 1958, the year Brazilian national team became World Cup champions.

Pedro remembers great discoveries of youth that may no longer make sense. Between antique absolute truths and the time that passed, only one thing remained.

The film features Joãosinho da Goméa as the main narrator of his story. With songs sung by him, provocative performances and diverse archives that highlight how important he is to religions of African origin. Queen Elizabeth II said that if candomblé had a king, that would be Joãosinho da Goméa, the King of Candomblé.

Pseudosphinx is the scientific name of the fire-caterpillars soon to become butterfies, or as they're commonly (and auspiciously) called: witches. These butterfy-witches are associated with several myths. Pseudosphinx is at the same time sphinx, meaning inhuman chtonic monstrosity that spells charades; and pseudo, as in artificial, insincere, deceptive, unreal, illusive, mimetic. Pseudosphynx keeps its meaning veiled, like a secret kept by those who save in their retinas the haptic impression of its fight. [Punto de Vista]