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In an urban reality seen only in black and white, a boy from a conservatory works alone in the school's abandoned fine arts department. Until the boy is accused of schizophrenia by the institution, for gradually starting to see colors and act outside the norm, because he is an artist.
Through the eyes and voice of biologist Janine Benyus, the non-fiction feature “Biocentrics” takes the viewer through different corners of the planet to reveal the birth and the principles that guide biomimicry, a methodology of innovation inspired by nature. As a hub connecting ancestral knowledge, diverse cultures, natural technologies and initiatives that choose the continuity of life as their premise, the charismatic activist proposes a common agenda, a new posture and a tool, which is the vanguard of contemporary science, to face the global challenges that lie ahead and putting life back at the center of decision-making.
Os Paralamas do Sucesso embark on a journey to the parts of Rio de Janeiro that were the most significant in their history. It was in this city that the band's career began. The artists recall the songs and sounds that they used to draw inspiration from, and the new rhythms that were changing the history of music. From Vovó Ondina's house to Circo Voador, Herbert, Bi, and João recall stories, relationships, and feelings in different parts of Rio, taking us on an exciting journey. We will get to know about their first steps in music, when all they had was their dreams and they still couldn't imagine that their efforts to make music would turn them into one of the most important bands in the history of Latin music.
"Close Encounters" is a TV show that features a controversial topic: an alien abduction case. Viewers will be taken on an emotional journey as scientists and experts debate and analyze a report from an alleged abductee. But not everything is what it seems! With the exception of one, the guests are actors hired to defend points of view opposing those of the only true ufology expert present on the program. As the show progresses, the discussion becomes increasingly fantastical and surreal. The guests begin to fantasize about the reality with immense innocence of what is about to happen.
Klaudia travels to her childhood home in Brazil to visit her old father. They exchanged deep and passionate letters for 20 years. However, their correspondence was interrupted by her father’s brain accident. Affected by aphasia, he could no longer speak, losing his former strength as a psychoanalyst and becoming a more distant father. Do human beings need to communicate with their environment? How do we communicate? Can affection build a language beyond words?Can the camera be a communication device between two beings that cannot speak?
You've just received a VHS Tape from a mental hospital about a job opportunity, that's showing you how the hospital and the job works there, but something it's very wrong with the video and especially with the hospital.
That Child with AID$ tells the story of Brazilian advocate and artist Lili Nascimento, who was born with HIV in 1990. Lili has worked to expand narratives about living with HIV beyond the limited images and ideologies that permeate the AIDS industry.
After a fertilizer accident, flower shop employees Narciso and Callie must join forces with the robot Ad-eb to face a colossal plant.
A young man living on the outskirts of São Paulo realizes that he will have to put his dream of becoming a designer on hold.
Pocó is ready to be born and live the best day of his dog life! However, he is sent to the wrong family, forcing him to return to the Island of the Ilús, a mythical place where all animals live before they are born. Unwilling to accept this, Pocó wants to meet his real family, even if it means discovering a secret passage at all costs, a passage known only to Rinco, the leader of the rejected animals' clan. His best friend Oli helps him on this journey, even though Pocó has no idea that she is a spy for Gakra, an evil reptile who intends to invade the island and shake up the entire animal kingdom.
A pictorial portrait of the legendary sambista, Assis Valente. The film traces his biography in a sensorial way, capturing a world divided between joy and despair.
A journey through the unconscious of the central character, who visits, in past colors, important signs of his life.
A documentary that seeks to map the current scenario of Brazilian horror cinema to answer the following question: what's so appealing about working with the genre and producing some of our biggest nightmares?
A little girl believes a monster is hiding in her closet.
Silva Gama Film Festival
Result of experiments on 35mm film. Images extracted from 'The Man Who Was Turned into Juice,' directed by João Batista de Andrade.
On January 28, 2008, a film crew entered a building to film a documentary. On this day, I was Eduardo Coutinho's assistant.
On a sunny day, three individuals reflect on the space they inhabit and the people around them.
João, a young man, diagnosed with depression, uses a camera to talk about his own issues.
Sometimes music plays at the right time. Sometimes that music changes your life. A short film about random encounters in life and each step of a relationship's journey.
A security guard hears strange noises during his night shift and starts investigating to find the source.
Childhood friends decide to get together after discovering that one of them has cancer. After that, drowning in their problems and addictions, they receive help from an alligator and decide to form a club.
Rafael, a young gay man, lives with his unemployed father who can't stand the idea of being supported by his son. The situation between them worsens when Rafael gets involved with his neighbor, triggering a reaction from his father.
A play on the Portuguese word for “to run”. Tetsuya Maruyama’s film, informed by his background in architecture, examines the corridor, a space many wish to eliminate when designing a home, but one that is essential for functionality and connection. A single-take meditation through time on an oft-forgotten domestic space.
Guilherme struggles with romantic relationships until he meets Eli, but everything starts to change when Lucio discovers their relationship.
A short documentary about Brazilian LGBTQ+ immigration in Portugal. Marginal and dissident subjectivities are presented in a film that combines performativity with reflections on invisibility, resistance, and freedom.
After she suddenly decides to take a break from smoking weed, Mari goes through the most unsual abstinence crisis.
Just one week after the inauguration of the new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, supporters of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, invaded and vandalized the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brasília: the National Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Supreme Federal Court. Unhappy with their defeat at the polls and guided by fake news and conspiracy theories, many of the pro-Bolsonaro invaders believed that the Armed Forces would overthrow the newly inaugurated government. The images of destruction made headlines around the world. In this special documentary, reporter Camilla Veras Mota and video journalist Giovanni Bello went to Brasília to speak with witnesses of what happened that day and, with the help of experts, piece together the pieces that made the January 8 attacks possible.
A documentary about the cinematographic scene in Campo Grande, in Brazillian Midwest throughout the professional career of director Marineti Pinheiro.
Eva questions whether, since the beginning of time, aesthetic pressure has corrupted human beings.
In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play “A Invenção do Nordeste”, this is a re-editing of Brazilian films essential to the foundation of the Northeastern imaginary.
