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"they lived and laughed und loved end left" — a filmed diary of 2013

Favela Olímpica unfolds in Rio de Janeiro on both sides of the wall separating the new Olympic Stadium and the favéla Vila Autódromo. Nothing prevents the co-existence of these two worlds but some judge them "incompatible" including Rio's mayor. His wish to reclaim these area reserved for Rio's poor since the 1990 sets off a lopsided power struggle as people with little means fight to keep their home. Meanwhile, the Opening Ceremony approaches . . .

If I didn’t blossom, if I remained unbloomed, it’s because my roots were poisoned. I know it's false, an induced error, but... this is me.

One day in a man's life. He is looking for his wife, he is looking for some answers, he is looking for a life.

The work mediated by digital apps and platforms is growing worldwide. But the advance of the “gig economy”, called in Brazil “uberization”, has aroused debates about the precariousness and intensification of work.

Short film based on a "two-line horror story" found on the internet.

David discovers that his boyfriend Allen is suffering from depression and, on the course of a day, makes him see the beauty and pleasure of the most mundane things.

If a virgin could carry a child in her womb through a miracle, why couldn’t a man do the same?

According to scholars , sleep paralysis happens during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement ( REM). In this situation, the person wakes up and sees a menacing figure in your room or have the feeling that your chest is being pressed.

After the untimely death of his father, the young huntsman struggles to defend the borders of his territory.

Brasília. Vital is a Brazilian federal police deputy who leads a special investigation group that aims to capture the international drug trafficker Beque Batista. Three other officers make up the group: Dani, Rock and Lua. In parallel, Vital need to take care of Leila, his pregnant wife, and does everything so she does not participate in the violent world in which he lives.

Recife, undergoing so many changes, was the scene of a party of joy and tension, sports and politics. A happy experience, but full of the contradictions that make Brazil be Brazil and here wins the face and the space of Recife.

Experimental film about heavy burdens.

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

The Brazilian police go on strike and so the crime takes over the city. People have to do everything to survive this day of crimes without laws. It'a "Brazilian Purge", based on true events.

What is being a “Bluesman”? It’s been the opposite of what “others” think. It’s going against the current, being your own strength, your own roots. It’s knowing we where neve an automatic reproduction of a submissive image created by them.

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.

Trans circus artist Lui doesn’t only play with gender, he plays with color, movement, and sexuality. He also wants his partner to see who he is beyond his gender, but isn’t sure that she does.

Collection of small moments from the daily life of the artist and quilombola leadership Nadir da Mussuca, who lives in the city of Laranjeiras and is one of the most important folklorists in Sergipe.

Threatened with death, three people in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico resist violence using weapons such as information, awareness and affection. Three countries, many lives, united by oppression.

The irreverent comedian Léo Lins presents his eccentric humor in this special live with themes like superheroes, sex and school.

A group of students wins a school prize, a weekend at a small farm.

Caio receives a birthday "gift" from his friends -- a night with call boy Fernando. During the three hours of their meeting, the two will go from an initial aversion to a mutual and almost improbable attraction, slowly discovering and confronting the reality of both.

40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.

Through virtual conversations, the film reveals a diverse panel of experiences of Brazilians living abroad. They are students who have moved in search of academic knowledge and professional training, and now have to deal with issues such as being a foreigner, the distance from Brazil and the impact of their choices. Made from the research material for “Bildungsroman”.

A film about the urgency and brevity of life. Desire and delirium in the approach of the olimpium of death.

Samuel is an ordinary man, with simple habits. But nobody imagines that he leaves home on Sundays with the excuse of working and stays in a hotel with the name of Isidoro. Because?

The methodical day-to-day activity of a young autistic boy changes drastically when he sees a girl passing by riding a bike.

Takes the viewer into a heated contest for a unique prize. In one corner, the undisputed champion: Music; in the other: the musicians. Ricardo, Catherine, Byron, Rodrigo and Rodney - all talented young musicians - vie for a place in a symphony orchestra in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The film reveals the conflict, passion and discipline that the artistic impulse demands.

A mixture of corporate film, archive footage, documentary and making of, the film is an attempt of the scientists from the 'Brazilian Institute of Alternative and Secondary Importance Research' to fight the lack of funding, the closure of the institute and to keep their dreams alive.

9 brazilian black women talk about the challenges of their condition in the contemporany Brazil.

I Will Never Shoot Again

The last days of the Feitosa family circus. Iracema and her family share their life experiences in a meta-documentary that explores the making of two types of artistic production and their respective crisis: Circo Young and LabCine Collective, responsible for this movie.

Katia Tapety became the first trans woman elected as a politician in Brazil - councilwoman for three times and one time for vice-mayor. This film is the result of a 20-day-living period with her in her small town testifyng some of her experience and the impressions of those around her.

A young man without a name, identity, direction, or choices, possessing a habit that defies societal norms, begins a process of self-affirmation, questioning his role in the world and that of everyone around him, starting from his rustic and grotesque appearance.

'Feeling Blue' is a visual representation of a morning soaked by depression. It is also the struggle and the poetic beauty of life shown through a dark point of view.