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Mafê is a "digital influencer" who has questionable opinions about the social situation in the world.

A Brazilian production that portrays a journey of struggle, faith, hope and transformation through powerful life experiences.

In 2019, the leakage of messages exchanged by authorities in Brazil undermines the credibility of Operation Lava Jato. A group of journalists follows the unfolding of the case, in a sequence of crises that puts Brazilian democracy at risk.

During college, a nerd is unjustly accused of the disappearance and supposed murder of a classmate. Twenty years later, he convinces his best friend to go with him to his graduation reunion party to confront all the insecurities, anxieties, and ghosts that haunt his past.

After losing his house for the reconstruction of the London 2012 Olympic Park, Michael is very busy in a campaign of resistance against Olympic games, and accepts the invitation from Enrico to register the narrating voice of a documentary about the Brazilian situation. Michael, in the middle of an existential crisis, leaves to find shelter in the Brazilian culture. While Enrico tries to explain him his vision of a magnificent country invaded by giant events, Marie, his fiancee, reaches him bringing with her more commitments and responsibilities. While learning to become a narrator, Michael progressively abandons his fear of death, and prepares to resist against the Oppressor, becoming the "Ultimo Cangaceiro". Brazil, today like in 1571, is a land to conquer, a prize for a war between two society models: estate and multinational promoters on the one side, housing strength and human rights defenders on the other.

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

Accused of raping and killing five women, Rodolfo is convicted of the crimes. The young man, however, pleads not guilty to all charges

A series of surreal events highlights the malaise of a young woman facing the rituals of marriage.

This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular artists. As a bonus, it shows parts of Mazzaropi's last appearance on TV, on Hebe Camargo Show.

Manuela (Nathalia Dill) is a beach volleyball teacher, determined, objective and self-confident, always ready for fight. She never guided her happiness to a relationship and never planned to get married. But one day, an unexpected encounter takes place and she meets Leo (Marcos Veras), a successful, charismatic, extremely seductive, although very romantic, pediatrician. The two fall in love and start living a life together, but a disagreement cause their separation. During the fights and moments of nostalgia, and with the help of the manipulative Esther (Totia Meirelles), Manuela's mother, they will find out why they are inseparable.

The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

After not receiving in his house the pressed sandwich that he had requested, a mentally instable young boy feels obligated to commit heinous acts.

Inbetween fiction and documentary, this film sails through the brasilian street resistance following the parlamentary coup of state.

Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rented flat in Saens Peña Square, in the heart of Tijuca, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. An unexpected and alluring job offer may have a profound effect on the routine of this family and even jeopardize a 20-year marriage.

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Amidst the sparkle and the glamour five 3 - 5 year olds compete to be crowned Mini Miss Baby Brasil. Filmed entirely from the perspective of a 4 year old the film provides a unique insight into a young child's experience and their innate capacity for resistance in a world dominated by adult norms & desires.

Six years after I left my country, Brazil, I was sent an old sound reel in the post and I discovered a recording of my parent's wedding ceremony. I was twenty-six. It was the first time I'd ever heard my mother's voice as she died when I was a year old. I was terribly moved and I decided to go to Brazil.

A short film by José Salles

In the short end of pregnancy, a samba singer sees herself shared between two men that believes to be the father of her baby. Duelling men: a militiaman, a hacker and Shirley, a cross-dresser, best friend of the singer, who really plays the role of head on that family. Dreams, love, jealousy, life and death. Like in our songs.

Suddenly, the earth stars spinning faster.

This short documentary captures the history and the current state of decay of the Cine Brasília: a movie theater founded in 1955 that became an important cultural fixture in the town of Carazinho, Brazil. In the 2010s, it turned into one of the last independent movie theaters in the brazilian south due to its steadfast owner, who refused to let his family business die out.

The whole life of man is but a point in time. HALF MAN, HALF GHOST is the latest exploration by Davi Pretto after his first feature-film CASTANHA. Pretto shows us an old man’s slow disappearing process, in a far and remote area in the south of Brazil. A man that represents an old style of men that inhabited this region, but no longer exists. Somewhere between an ethnographic documentary and a fantasy, a journey into darkness and oblivion.

Mother and daughter discover a miraculous cure for their illness, but the price to pay involves sinister human sacrifices...

Bruno, a curious boy, is delighted by the arrival of new neighbors and tries to get to know Ana, the daughter of the newly arrived couple. Ana's father is strict and prevents a friendship between the two. Determined, Bruno finds a way to talk to Ana secretly through a toy called "Telephone." Little by little, Ana shares her difficult reality, marked by fear of her violent father. Bruno tries to seek help, but no one believes him. Ana's father discovers everything and cuts off contact between them. Undeterred, Bruno tells his mother, who reports the situation. When the police arrive, Ana's family has already left. Days later, Bruno continues his life, but cherishes the memory of his friend, feeling that, in some way, they are still connected.

After studying in the capital, the young Cate, 18, returns to her small town in Minas Gerais, to teach in elementary school. Enthusiastic, free and communicative, she conquers the students in the act, but its leading behavior does not appeal to conservative teachers of the 40s. Every day she brings new ideas. While they discover the pleasure of learning, the school friends also have the first lessons about love, friendship and freedom. And the schoolmistress not only winning students: the most beautiful boys in town fall in love with her. Created by Tia Cida and niece of Bishop Aristides, Cate grew up with his uncle's godson, Beto, who became a priest and return to the city after studying outside.

The Bony Lady (La Flaca) is a film about Arely Vazquez, a transgender woman and leader of the Santa Muerte (Saint Death) Cult in Queens, New York. During her yearly celebration to the Bony Lady (‘La Flaca’ as she likes to call her), Arely faces a lot of challenges to fulfill a promise she made ten years ago.

A prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.

The film “Angicos”, which deals with the story of Paulo Freire and his literacy program in the small town in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, had the script completed by director Felipe Hirsch, according to journalist Mônica Bergamo.

Lucas is a quiet, ruggedly handsome, stoical man on a mission. As he crosses the country to locate an obscure forgotten plot of family land from his late mother’s will, Lucas encounters strange places, eccentric new friends, random dreamlike circumstances, plus a long lost brother and a surprise romantic/erotic situation with a young motorcyclist.

Pedrobó, an energetic, adventurous boy, decides that he will accomplish the feat that Icarus couldn't: reach the Sun. In his countless attempts, he will understand that ambition and frustration are very close feelings.

Intrigues and mystery involve the murder of Vitor, a member of an important family, just when he was trying to save his economic empire from bankruptcy. In court, a beautiful woman becomes the center of the entire plot.

A charming con man and a debt-ridden doorman see the death of a millionaire as their chance to get rich. But the perfect scam turns into a series of disasters for the duo.

The erotic mishaps of a family: the voyeur pervert father spies and harasses all the maids in the mansion and watch them have sex. The wife is a sex starved woman, who has sex with a young boy working in the house, then steals her daughter's boyfriend and the daughter finds a new one in the park immediately. And father watches all three group have sex in different rooms in the mansion.

A crime story about choices and priorities, where guilt ends up taking the leading role.

The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To get the job, he has to perform 12 hard tasks in São Paulo.

The birth of a young black couple's first child brings with it happiness, but also agony. The newborn's father experiences and expresses his dilemmas regarding the arrival, coexistence and departure of his beloved firstborn.

A Documentary about the Brazilian Filmmaker Carlos Diegues and His Works.

Young explorer Pilar travels to the Amazon through her magic net. After meeting Maiara, a riverside dweller whose community was destroyed, Pilar and her friends seek to reunite her friend's family and prevent deforestation.

João is disenchanted with life and spends his days working at a video store. Without warning, a new client appears and makes him a proposal.