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Xeu and Lidiane are going to have a child. She pressures him to sell his motorcycle and get another job. The news of the pregnancy and Xeu’s to a cousin in Maré brings instability to the relationship.

In a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, a passerby enters a dairy to have a coffee with milk. The owner of the bar and his accomplice have a long conversation with this customer, until he discovers that the dairy does not always have milk... Short film based on the short story of the same name by famous Brazilian writer Fernando Sabino.

A boy wants to be by himself and have fun with the magazine he just bought, but his family doesn't leave him alone.

Igor is a teenager with a lot of potential and energy, but without the motivation to stay in school. His case reflects the situation in which many students at risk of dropping out of school live. The short shows a day in the life of this aspiring actor and capoeirista, who lives in Morro dos Prazeres.

We follow the day of an elderly man,who seems absorbed in a spiral of sadness.

For one night, a man tries to return to his home, a place he believed was suddenly replaced by a pharmacy.

Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud’s team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the greatest samba drummer of the 20th century.

Inspired by the legend of The Sack Man, the story takes place in a small and isolated town, where a boy needs to pick up his younger brother while his mom is out at work. With the sack man lurking and a missing child, keep his brother safe will not be easy.

Tom is a young man who, overwhelmed by graduation from high school but with no college prospects, decides to kidnap his friends and reform their rock band from eighth grade.

Open City Radio broadcasts the "Wherever You Are" program on a weekly basis, where people try to communicate with missing relatives and friends. Behind the scenes of the program several life stories cross and become.

A lonely and frustrated old woman offers a young student a deal that is difficult to fulfill: a house and food in exchange for a fluid daily conversation.

Hélio Oiticica was one of the artists that most united reflection with artistic creation. His ideas and propositions, expressed not only in texts but also in statements and interviews, revolutionized art and culture, transforming him into one of the most important Brazilian artists of the 20th century. Foregoing voiceover narration and expert analyses, the film allows Oiticica himself to narrate his life and expound upon his art in his own words, and in extremely rare archival audio and visual material.

A man and his struggle against the inevitable corrosion process of the flesh and his attempts to dominate it, postpone it, ignore it. He is a Post-Exu, a pré-cyborg that cuts through the city like a rock and roll radical note. Welcome to the other side, the one that should not be seen, the dark side, the inexplicable. Welcome to the Sarcophagus.

A man tries to resuscitate a woman, who has been brutally murdered, replacing her internal organs with computer parts. Parallel to this, her killer is tortured in captivity by three violent and sadistic girls.

A valet parking attendant borrows a client's car to spend the day with his son, but gets into unexpected trouble.

We shot this during the Latin America tour in March 2019. This was also during one of my lowest points emotionally and spiritually, which allowed me to immerse myself in each performance as a form of escapism. The opportunity to travel and play shows in these countries has given me a new appreciation for the fans and people there.

Jean-Claude Bernardet, Brazil’s most important living film critic, is old and sick, but tries to reinvent himself through his long disintegration. Shifting between fiction and documentary, A Destruição de Bernardet uses unusual tools to trigger his memory and to make him tell his story.

Expedito is a retired man who has lost ties with life. Among other anonymous ones, he walks around the city of Rio de Janeiro witnessing conflicts of others.

A couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house.

Four different love stories in Porto Alegre.

Geraldine is a fairy who lost their wings by using unconventional methods in their missions. Her last chance to retrieve them will be the mission "Julia".

Everyday the routine is repeated. The father comes home, eager to spending some time with his daughter. One day, however, his routine is shaken and he must face the future.

Maria is a shortfilm about a woman who was fooled to the western world while she was young and naiv, found what she dreamt of, but lost where she came from. Maria is the return to whatever's left of childhoods pastures.

A film crew tracks a group of researchers and their breakthrough disease research. While battling through the rain-forest, things turn deadly leaving them fighting to survive.

Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’ The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan, Garoto follows a young couple who find themselves in an enchanted place where they experience an amorous and spiritual adventure.

Away from home, living alone in an old and gloomy apartment, Pérola feels the effects of the time passing, being increasingly taken by nostalgia and fear to a point where dream, fantasy and reality lose its borders.

Galinha Pintadinha, (English translation: The Dappled Chicken) known also as "Lottie Dottie Chicken" is a Brazilian project for children's music, created by Juliano Prado and Marcos Luporini. The songs are originally in Portuguese and are getting millions of downloads on YouTube. Some of the songs have been already translated into Spanish and English.

President Barack Obama visited Cuba on 2016, the first trip of a US president since the 1950s. In 2017, Donald Trump was elected signaling changes in relations with Cuban government. How to survive being who Cubans are?

Based on a correspondence between Brazilian artist Ione Saldanha and the filmmaker, this portrait was made for an exhibition at the MAM (Museum of Modern Art) in Rio de Janeiro. Ione Saldanha (1919-2001) was a contemporary of Lygia Clark, Sonia Delaunay, and Vieira da Silva, all of whom were her friends. She abandoned painting on canvas for more sculptural supports like batten and bamboos which she shaped with color. Matisse was constantly present in her mind and work for inspiration.

A poor brazilian homosexual guy dreams to live in France. He'll do everything to make his dream to come true!

A couple goes to a restaurant for lunch. The short film — finalist at the SWC Film Festival — expresses a sharp socio-ecological critique of microplastic pollution.

Memoirs of a Sunday.

Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.

A girl from a very religious background goes out at night to local discos.

Every morning Nivaldo washes his car, closes his eyes and cums.

Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.

Young engineer, Cristóvão meet Joana, a image technician. Together, they walk through their spaces, trying to share experiences and testing limits. But despair round, silent.

A Chinese girl meets a foreigner who came from far away. She tells him about her story, her life and her descendants. She and her family welcome the stranger. Until the time comes for him to return to his land. They need to say goodbye, not knowing how long that goodbye will last.

This documentary explores an unknown civilization of the Brazilian Amazon, who risk their lives to protect their forest. In order to save the exploitation of the environment by big corporations, they have to create legal institutions.

Brazil, 18th century. The colony of Portugal endures a decline in gold production. A Portuguese minority rules over a corrupt and autocratic society. Joaquim is an efficient soldier, famous for capturing gold smugglers. While waiting for his promotion to Lieutenant, he leaves for a risky mission in search of new gold mines - the only way to buy the freedom of Blackie, a slave he is in love with. Inspired by the true story of Tiradentes, the first leader of the Brazilian revolutionary movement.

In 21st century São Paulo, graffiti characters dance bolero from the 1950s.

In this humorous review of her journey in our world, Odete Lara reveals all her authenticity and lucidity in front of the cameras.

In a very claustrophobic environment, this horror movie tells the story of Alma: a shy girl who gets stuck with Eduardo inside an elevator.

One day in the land of Oz, Cap'n Bill enlists the aid of the Scarecrow to help him take young Trot to her new home in Jinxland, only to find it’s been taken over by an evil king.

Life is a great mystery, much larger than what would have us believe. By listening desires of their discoveries and their inner doubts, three young decided to start a trip on the surface of the Earth.

The world ends tomorrow, nothing has changed around here.

Avenida Brasília Formosa provides a sensorial insight into the contemporary reality of a neighbourhood that was tranformed following the removal of families to make way for the construction of a coastal highway. This is about film of encounters, memories and desires.