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A documentary about the production of Hugo Carvana's successful film "Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo", from 1973.

Filmed during Rogge’s stay in the United States between 1927 and 1928, the film moves through the streets of Hollywood, Los Angeles, aiming to reveal to Brazilian audiences the inner workings of the major studios, as well as famous actors and actresses, local culture, and curiosities. With the flavor of a cinematic newsreel, this nearly century-old “Paranaense” film reveals, behind its informative intertitles and peculiar portraits, the interest of businessman-turned-filmmaker Arthur Rogge in the development of a local film industry.

A cine-essay about the ego death and consciousness rebirth.

An affluent but bored housewife and mother pays for her kinky sex fantasies to come true. |

Diogo, a cowboy, meets Rodrigo, a boy who dreams of becoming a cattle herder, when he drives a large herd of cattle to the Ouro Fino farm. They become friends and witness the injustices that occur in the region due to the greed of Major Batista, the owner of the property where they take the cattle.

On mythical Augusta Street, in San Paulo (Brazil), a journalist who seeks answers for his angst dives into the world of prostitution and neo-Shamanism rituals.

An obsessive fan breaks into the dressing room of her idol Irene after a show, and has her worldview called into question after finding out the singer’s just a regular person.

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.

It's carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Saulo is a gay werewolf who visits the enchanted lands of beauty and chaos in search of new prey. It's on the last night of the carnival festivities that he meets Gustavo, a new crush who could be his last prey. “Carne Fresca” is a carnival fable about werewolves and hunters in a marvelous city.

Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.

Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.

A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.

Diana is a successful and happily married woman. At least that's what she thinks until she finds out that her husband is cheating on her with a young aspiring dancer.

Documentary about violence in games.

Freak society of mutants is shaken by the birth of a normal being and starts to exploit him financially. Movie partially shot and never finished.

Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.

When a child is forced to become the house's adult because her father is sick and her mother is dead, there's an inversion in the natural order of things. Childhood becomes a saga. And the frustrated parenthood turns into a conviction.

Maria Fernanda (Julia Testoni), a young entrepreneur with bipolar disorder, ends her partnership with her friend Sandra at their advertising agency. Through their phone conversations, we discover that the real reason involves a crime they committed at their former job.

Every day Benjamin drives his car through the city streets and intersections.

Invented by the post-New Wave, the exercise is well-known: put a filmmaker in the frame, make him talk about his career, evoke his admirations, rummage in his methods, and add words to silences, spoken images to seen images. It’s always very instructive. As is the case here too. Chantal Akerman, passing through South America, talks about herself for an hour, and it’s fascinating. Even if her recalling of the relationship between the cinema and time makes up only a few rare minutes.

In powerful images, alternating between documentary observation and staged sequences, and dense soundscapes, Luiz Bolognesi documents the Indigenous community of the Yanomami and depicts their threatened natural environment in the Amazon rainforest.

Six new stories emerge in the new feature film from the Stranger Tales franchise, bringing the theme of Demons and Possessions.

Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only runs through the career of these artists, but also paints a portrait of a generation that rose alongside them and that works with art till this day.

After taking a pill that makes him relive memories, Elias returns to the last moment with his first love, ready to face, years later, the true reason for their breakup.

Jonas Aquino is a 16-year-old boy who is unhappy for not being popular on social networking websites. Until his virtual profile comes to life and becomes everything Jonas has always dreamed of: a good-looking guy with several friends and 'likes.

The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.

Future memories take shape on an ordinary night in Goiás. In the backyard of her grandmother’s house, Caju, a 10-year-old child, will spend her first sleepless night with the friends of her uncle Tiago, a rebellious young man.

Racked with anxiety in the chaotic political landscape of 1990s Brazil, Clara finds solace in starving herself, experiencing both rapture and torture. In this elliptical non-fiction film, anorexia becomes a way for Clara to challenge womanhood and find a place in an uncertain, surreal, and brutal world.

One man seeks revenge, the other, redemption. Their paths cross in the dusty warehouse of a local militia, where 100,000 reais is hidden somewhere inside.

A view on the issues of misogyny, feminicide and how it affects and harms women around the world. The documentary presents the stories of real women who survived the abuse from their spouses, and a performance from three actresses who play the victims that didn't make it.

The growing desire between Sandro and Maicon.

Hammurabi tells the story of Vitão, a boy who works as a delivery boy. Outraged by the poor working conditions, Vitão decides to steal one of the deliveries from the Arab restaurant Hammurabi. This seemingly simple robbery triggers a chain reaction when a dealer receives a message to fetch packages of drugs from the same building as Vitão. Due to a simple typo, the dealer ends up going to Vitão’s apartment and putting the boy in the middle of a much bigger mess than he could have imagined.

In a lazy evening, two friends are chatting online when a sinister apparition starts haunting one of them.

Andréia, trapped in abusive relationship with deceitful Pedro, discovers motorcycling. She transforms her life, finding support from free-spirited Michael. Together, they journey through challenges, pursuing an authentic, passionate life.

Everything that can be imagined can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected of dreams is a puzzle that hides a desire, or the opposite, a fear.

Fernanda Paes Leme (herself), a famous actress and TV personality in Brazil, feels overwhelmed and unaccomplished despite her thriving career. Just as she decides to play a Hamlet adaptation to find a lost sense of meaning, she has her social media accounts stolen by an identical doppelganger. Business flourishes as a quarantined Fernanda investigates who stole her identity and why, as she tries to redefine herself personally and professionally.

A brief occurrence at the hospital waiting room.

'Inexorável' is an intense narrative that delves into the complex relationships between genders and the tensions of a journalist's workplace in the midst of an urban violence scenario. The story revolves around a woman (Érica Carneiro) whose determination is as tangible as the emotional intensity she carries. As an investigative reporter at a downtown newspaper, she is committed to uncovering the truth and exposing injustice.

The depressed Miguel hosts a dinner with a childhood friend, but is surprised by the presence of his ex, Leticia, who redefines the night by bringing up an old sexual memory.