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Documentary about the life and times of Brazilian great pianist Guiomar Novaes.

This short film shows an honest portrayal of love in Sao Paolo. A guy keeps wondering when will he ever find true love and asks his best friend the same question. They both look for love and as unexpected as it can be they both ultimately find it.

A family like any other, that lives, lives and works in a house that walks. This is the life of Charles, Zuleide, Gilberto, Cleide, Rogério, Claudio and Lobão, seven dwarf brothers, descendants of the mythical clown Pindoba, the smallest and funniest clown in the world. Together they form the circus Pindorama, a troupe that circulates through the northeastern hinterland, pouring out joy, laughs, giving us fraternity classes and winning the hearts of Brazil.

Defying the idea that ballet is an art form steeped in the history of the wealthy white elite, this documentary captures the dreams of two black children from the Favela in Brazil, who, despite constant prejudice and doubt, are both determined to beat the odds and follow their dreams to use dancing as an escape rarely found in their tough day to day lives.

Documentary about how the yellow jersey of Brazilian national team of football association has been created by Aldyr Schlee.

Film about the police brutality in dealing with homosexual public demonstration of affection. A gay couple is tortured and harassed because they are kissing on the streets of Rio.

Rafael lives with his grandmother in Copacabana. After some incidents he sees the world from a new perspective.

A man gets in a cab to meet a client. A bizarre car crash happens, and, throughout the story, the different characters seem to have some sort of connection with that fact.

A short and most personal experience on the flux of images and words. Brought to life like a dream, this world of images presents to you its own play.

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.

Narrated in the first person and based on the story of the director's mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, the documentary presents reflections and questions about the meaning of life and coping with death. The documentary alternates between footage filmed with her mother and reenactments featuring actress Laura Cardoso.

At the age of 93, shortly before her death, Anésia Pinheiro Machado takes the viewer on a journey through the 20th century, showing how she fell in love with aviation and the difficulties she had to manage to infiltrate a newborn environment and until then dominated by men. Anésia, in the interviews recorded for the film, recounts her experiences as one of the pioneers in aviation.

Monumental live document of one of the most popular German heavy metal legends of all time. Released to celebrate the bands 25th anniversary. Included are songs from all episodes of the band's journey and was recorded on May 7th in Sao Paulo's Directive Hall, Brazil. The DVD also features the documentary " A Journey To Brazil" as a bonus. Nuclear Blast. 2005.

In the Brazilian megacity São Paulo athletes from around the world run the traditional New Year's marathon. At the same time in an Amazonian jungle backwater 19-year-old Jô is running like a world champion. He has skipped town with the generous New Year's collection from the church and is being followed by the out-of-breath town sheriff Rui, a fan of the marathon. By pure luck he manages to capture Jô. Rui may have missed the race on TV, but not talented runner Jô. In the cell sit Jô and a dream. He trains Jô for a year until he is at his peak performance. They then make the long journey to São Paulo. Sheriff Rui sends his prisoner and marathon man Jô into the big race, the legendary New Year's marathon of 1999, the race into the year 2000. Surprises await.

A record of São Paulo Futebol Clube’s victory in the 2008 Brazilian Championship. Featuring interviews with manager Muricy Ramalho, captain Rogério Ceni, and key players Hernanes, Borges, Zé Luís, and André Dias, the film illustrates the 'Tricolor’s' resilience in a historic comeback that secured yet another title for the club.

Paulo is a young and beginner driver who, when taking a trip to work, is faced with a series of situations that will make him reevaluate.

After a bloody shoot-out, a gangster wakes up in a hospital full of zombies.

A documentary on Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza who, since 1996, has lived in Paris and suffers because he goes unnoticed, unrewarded in his native land. With the sound of his trombone for a background, the film takes him back to Bangu, in Rio de Janeiro, and retraces his trajectory.

Documentary discusses the definition, birth and consecration of artistic creation with testimonies from Eduardo Sued, Carlos Vergara, Beatriz Milhazes, Cildo Meireles and Ernesto Neto.

People who didn’t know each other, simultaneously exchanged houses for 24-hours. Each one brought a portable video camera and had total freedom to film whatever they wanted in the home of this stranger during this period. Each participant tried to elaborate a 'mental image' of the "other" while along with their personal objects and their homely universe. At the end of the experience, each one gave a personal report on how theyimagined the “other”. "Two way street" is a project that deals with the reality of the urban individual who lives alone. It is an attempt to disorganize a little bit these realities. Using a video camera the participants insert their personality (through sight perspective) into the personality of someone else that is absent. Solitudes confound themselves at some point in the flow of looking at and being looked at, of absent presence and present absence, and of identification and differentiation.

Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.

Many poor farmers and peasants from the Sertão, in the Nordeste of Brazil, dream of São Paulo, their Eldorado. José, the last son, leaves his parents to go to that city where his brothers already live.

Dudu NSD, dancing with the SONIC group!!!

The documentary presents the biography of filmmaker Leon Hirszman, director of Cinema Novo, who made 11 short films and five feature films between 1962 and 1986. A review of the trajectory of Leon Hirszman through his work and archive images.

Six animals live in a forest, they will have to prevent the witch from destroying their habitat.

From Ceará to Bahia, passing through Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Pernambuco (and with the counterpoint of the Northeastern diaspora in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), the documentary seeks to survey the contemporary Northeastern imaginary: a mixture of the most rich or archaic regional traditions with influences from the more modern mass culture of the era of globalization.