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Between rhymes, beats, and archival footage, three “MCs” talk about their experiences in the rap battles that take place in downtown São Paulo (Brazil) and reflect on the role of these artistic encounters as a form of expression, entertainment and representation.

Five-time Jiu-jitsu world champion, Tererê won almost every battle he faced on the tatami mats, but it was far from them that he suffered his worst defeat.

A portrait of the writer Hilda Hilst through accounts by artists, filmmakers, playwrights and intellectuals who lived with or studied the author's work.

A film about popular movements in defense of housing. Introducing: the State against the Homeless, in the capital of Brazil.

Inspired by fragments of poems by Sappho (Island of Lesbos, 600 BC), the first female author known to the Western World. The narrative alludes to Sappho’s poetic expressions and the multiple readings of her figure throughout history.

A story about a man who hopes to see something extraordinary. Based upon the book of Henry James.

Jean feels trapped in the logic of longevity that the pharmaceutical industry imposes on him and decides to plan a conscious suicide. He invites Helena to commit suicide to two. She, on the other hand, hesitates, knows that she will live well even if she needs to live alone, but she helps him in his intentions. The silence between them does not reveal distance, but intimacy. These are years of shared affection. Together, they will prepare all the details for the funeral. He dances death while she continues rehearsing life. In the process, the two realize that before the end, there is still a lifetime.

In Brazil, a diamond prospector sets out in pursuit of a thief who has robbed him and left him for dead. Along the way, he meets one of his adversary's former mistresses and tries to extract some information from her.

Free adaptation of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro. Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonathan is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art.

An elderly woman, permeated by the inexplicable feeling of the imminence of her death, leaves her home and family to isolate herself in a forest accompanied only by the nature that surrounds her.

Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the other candidate.

In the 70s, a dam and a hydroelectric plant were built in Sobradinho. The government at the time, which was commanded by the military regime, thought that that small town, in the northeast hinterland, would be ideal for the construction, because there would be no resistance from the locals. So, 73.000 people were displaced - it is one of the biggest forced migrations in the history of Brazil. Four cities and dozens of villages submerged. Mrs. Pequenita was the only inhabitant to ever return; there, she lives in a ghost town. She receives the visit of three social agents, who own old videos and photos of the region.

Nasi was always a controversial guy. Since his times with Ira! in the early 1980s, his name was among the most talented and also the most troublesome artists on the Brazilian scene.

They said there was a sugar cane field outside. And now all memory of the cane spread around.

Upon leaving prison, Brazilian Jonathan discovers that his ex-fiancee has disappeared, leaving behind a six-year-old son. The unlikely duo venture into New York's dangerous underworld of illegal immigration in a desperate attempt to find her

While writing an adaptation of the play "4.48 Psychosis", by English playwright Sarah Kane. Luisa (Ingrid Trigueiro) travels to a desert beach with her family. Immersed in the text, Luisa finds the work's impulses increasingly immersed into her own reality, driving her to the threshold of adaptation and delirium. Between theater, sketch, archival images, and complex memories and family relationships, Arthur Lins uses different staging references to compose a small tropical tale about complex creation process.

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.

In Rio de Janeiro, Noah Silva is a smooth-talking, used-car salesman whose 'do whatever it takes' approach to business and life begins to unravel at home and at work. After a series of wake-up calls, Noah is forced to confront the cost of his choices. He begins a difficult and deeply personal journey to restore his integrity while trying to win back the hearts of his wife and son.

Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.

After a party, Gabi is taken by surprise by a friendly girl.

In crisis after killing an innocent during action in the favela, a police officer is introduced into the unit of the "Ninjas" - extermination group that is dedicated to sadistically eliminating suspects of violent crimes.

After nights of heavy partying, a trans performer goes to the Botanical Garden of Lisbon to sober up again.

Three cannibal brothers are visited by their cousins and see a great gastronomic opportunity.

WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through migrants' stories and their reflections, the movie reveals how expressions, accents and memories form emotional and cultural bonds, showing how speaking connects us, differentiates us and, above all, brings us closer together.

Ícaro and Diego, a couple in a date, lose their way in one of São Paulo’s rich neighborhoods. They try to escape this alien place, while a strange creature prowls.

Savella travels to Italy. There, he discovers Rome, its landscapes and monuments. He remembers, among the ruins, where he came from and what motivated him to leave and return.

Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win the world. Your goal is to destabilize the system and their accomplices are the prostitutes and the destitute.

Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

In an atmosphere of shadows and entrails, two marginalized women find in the grotesque a path toward absolute love, rebuilding themselves through blood and desire.

Sol falls in love with Lola, a young deaf actress, and they begin a romance. Everything gets complicated when Lola starts living under the same roof as Sol's ex-husband, Miguel. In this curious triangle, they will discover that the death of one love can be the birth of another.

After her sister's mysterious death, Sofia comes across new evidence that might enlighten the case, while a demonic entity lurks in the darkness.

The personal trajectory and the international career of the singer, guitarist, and composer Badi Assad.

On a same night, five people from a small country town have the same nightmare. Upon the arrival of a pilgrim, the village is taken off its mediocre routine and the characters are thrown on the vortex of an uncommon situation. Each one’s truth will come to light, releasing them of the wicked hypocrisies, fears and diseases, compelling them to take control of their fate and rewrite their life.

A family has their home invaded by a thief, this incident affects everyone and makes them unsettled.

With executive production by Fernando Meirelles and direction by Fred Luz, actors Alexandre Rodrigues and Edson Oliveira are Buscapé and Barbantinho, two friends who meet again in today's City of God: bigger, more diverse and connected.

In 2008, Sergipe teachers engaged in legal struggle with the state government to prevent the loss of rights already won. 30,000 teachers from all over the state leave their schools and go on a long journey to fight in the capital Aracaju. The challenge is to convince the judges of the Court not to vote for the end of the teaching career. The trial is postponed twice and the battle lasts for a month. In the midst of this struggle between government and teachers, Professor Ana Rosa lives the challenge of being a mother, a woman and a union leader. She needs to reconcile the multiple tasks of professional and domestic life, but her husband's incomprehension and the macho vision of his own mother make his journey even more challenging.

What to do when drugs are found in a classroom of 10-year-old children? A parents' meeting will discuss such a taboo in a very unconventional way: by having a joint.

In search of information about his mother's student past, Marcos makes discoveries that strongly change his perception about her.

After running away from home in his youth, Túlio has grown adrift from his family. 40 years later he has to come home one last time to bury his parents and his brother and claim what now is his.

To help his cousin in an illicit scheme to sell lots in a disused landfill, Gilvan invades one of the lots, but comes into conflict with workers from a recycling cooperative who claim the right to the land he occupied.

A group of old friends gathers for a biannual barbecue at the host's house. Everything seems fine, until the carnivorous party takes an unexpected turn and the true relationships between characters are revealed and show that not everything is as it seems.

Stela, a young Brazilian actress, decides to make a work on the letters exchanged between Latin American plastic artists in the 70s and 80s. She travels to Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and Chile looking for her works and testimonies about the reality they lived during the dictatorships that most of these countries faced at the time. In the midst of the investigation, Stela discovers the existence of Ana, a young Brazilian artist who was part of this world, but disappeared. Ana went from southern Brazil, from a small town in the interior to Buenos Aires. Obsessed by the character, Stela decides to find her and find out what happened to her.

Ricardo is a well-educated painter who marries Ana, a poor market vendor, out of love. But Ricardo finds no inspiration for painting in marriage. Ana's demands for a more comfortable life and harassment from criminals lead him to become involved in a criminal scheme. Luckily, he escapes unharmed when the gang is apprehended. Discouraged and remorseful, he returns to spending time with old friends, but his anguish intensifies. One day, the police knock on his door.