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A street singer, a former prostitute and her jealous husband, two thieves, a teacher and two children. All strangers. All in the same place. Five stories that could be one: the search for what we call happiness.

Brazil's love motels are a sexual haven where fantasy becomes reality. When the filmmaker's own date never shows up, she gets a fresh idea for a film instead. The result is a kaleidoscopic insight into a parallel world of human desire.

The medium-documentary entitled "Faith in Prayer" is a dive between the Faith and the spirituality of three praying womans living in the hinterland of Itaparica.

A voyeuristic hunt during a trip to Rio de Janeiro with lots of sea, sun, sweat and personal encounters. Brazilian men care about their physique and they freely allow admiration of their sculpted bodies. The sensuality of those men creates blurry sexual identities. An outdoors gym in the Arpoador area unveiled to me the vibrancy of the country and the diversity of men.

Man with mental health issues sexually assaults pregnant woman.

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.

When the life of a bald man crosses paths with a 'specialist,' he finds himself in a somewhat unexpected situation. ‘The Method’ is one of the segments of the collective feature film TROPICAL SOV.

Manuela reports her husband to the federal police and enters the witness protection program. When he goes to prison, she leaves everything and tries to escape to Europe before he is released.

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

Empty was the only feeling she hoped not to have at the night full of emotions.

Film based on the book "O Gaúcho" by the writer José de Alencar.

The documentary tells the story of Sidney Magal's 50-year career. The most significant moments in the life of the singer, dancer, actor and voice actor who has become an icon of Brazilian popular music. The man behind the idol, from the point of view of the participants in the story.

A vision of the different forms of handicraft production in the interior of Paraíba.

An independent filmmaker decides to make a documentary about the mystery surrounding a humanoid rat who was an actor in the 1990s and suddenly disappeared alongside movie star Isa Vasconcellos.

Sensuality, beauty, sophistication, elegance turning into a great debauchery. Both sides: chic and tacky. Where does one start? Where does the other end? Black tie party with pool, "waterfalls", champagne and murder. A police farce full of humor to the sound of great hitz by Artie Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Alberta Hunter, Andre Previn and Gipsy Kings.

A journey back in time in the form of a cartoon with characterizations of the Trapalhões, from the time of the Roman Empire to the present day, through the Middle Ages, the Old West and the First World War. They begin the film by doing a stand-up show at the Teatro Scala, in Rio de Janeiro, receiving on stage the designer Mauricio de Sousa. From then on, the story unfolds in a cartoon, in which Os Trapalhões is chased by an evil wizard whose aim is to try to hold Didi's (always unsuccessful) hand to rule the world during the passage of the famous Halley Comet.

The filme relates how a victory - winning a scholarship to an elite private school - may become an obstacle race for an impoverished young person.

Elected major of the small city of Sucupira, after unfortunate situation, Odorico must open the city cemitery and face acusations of being corrupt, to end his term on good terms with the people.

The DVD Isso É Calypso Tour Brasil: Ao Vivo em Recife features Joelma reviving a vibrant energy with her greatest hits live, recorded at Classic Hall in December 2022 and released in 2024.

Tellerium's founders find themselves in the place where it all began: a secluded oriental restaurant. But as they repeat the tradition and open their fortune cookies, they realize that there is more to what they bargained for.

Elias, in transit.

In an empty and melancholy world, a man finds himself still trapped in his routine. Until suddenly, a podcast program appears in his life and makes him question his place in society.

Franjinha, the inventor kid in Monica's gang, tired of reading the comics, invents a new device to read the stories: a kind of a story-processor, that swallows the printed pages and projects the scenes in movement, on the wall.

Ludmila, Larissa, and Luísa are inseparable best friends with unique and conflicting personalities in college. At a party, Ludmila kisses Luísa's boyfriend and manipulates Larissa to hide her secret. Without anyone finding out, Ludmila goes on with her life acting as if nothing happened, but she will need to face the consequences of her choices when an unknown threat invades her home to reveal and judge her lies.

Álvaro Cordeiro, a failed and depressed writer, fights against a creative block that keeps him from writing his next book. Leonel Carraça, producer of popular television works, discovers Álvaro and invites him to write his next novel. The writer resists the invitation, believing that his talent is to write the classic "great literature." However, financial difficulties make him accept.

In the largest city of Brazil, Lora is a free woman, full of life, who revels a different way to think about the situation of homeless people.

In this short film the director reflects on the feeling of being on the wrong path in your life, that you have no control over your own life. But coming to the conclusion, it's life, we all go through it, and without these moments of fall we don't learn to live.

The drought in Sao Paulo is the starting point of the journey. Uneasy with the images of empty reservoirs of hydrodams in southeastern Brazil, a filmmaker seeks to understand these pharaonic constructions, now built in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Among the Xingu, Tapajós and Ene rivers, echo the voices of riverines, indigenous people and fishermen and those affected by the arrival of so-called development. A boat movie and a reflection on the impact of our lifestyle.

Sergio and his father, Simão, haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, Sergio returns to his hometown, São Paulo, hoping to watch the games with Simão, as they used to when he was a kid. It seems to be a perfect plan for a father-son reunion: a whole month together, their schedule based on the World Cup calendar. But as the days go by, their relationship starts to wander into unknown territory and their pact to watch the entire tournament together turns into a dangerous ritual…

Mari is a talented but insecure chef who dreams of running her own restaurant. She goes through a challenging professional time, taking orders from an authoritarian boss who inhibits her talent. One day she meets Caio, a charming young man who provides the conditions for her to realize her dream. Caio shows Mari that she should trust herself and open her own restaurant. However, things are not always what they seem to be.

A writer goes into crisis and can no longer produce. She then embarks on an existential journey of self-knowledge between space, time and infinity.

Ariana dreams of being a singer. Her boyfriend decides to sign them up for the school's cultural competition to present a musical show. In addition to her fears and insecurities, she will need to face a rival, who will do everything to disrupt their presentation.

Everything seems to be normal in this family dinner. However, what looks like harmony, soon becomes a stressful situation, when secrets are revealed.