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An excerpt from Neville D'Almeida's debut feature "Jardim de Guerra" (1968), focusing on the Black Power speech made by a character played by Antonio Pitanga.

She still believes in love and tenderness, and therefore overcomes the violence and rejection of being a trans woman with courage and lightness. While waiting for that bus that never stops, a casual and intense meeting happens: Begins the love...

The third and last part of the trilogy where we see Moacir as a film director: the film and the scenes that Moacir conceives and shoots - scenes entertained, tragic, dramatic and romantic - with its particular cinematic and aesthetic style. On the other hand, we see the behind the scenes of the construction of this film: a documentary that shows Moacir conducting his fictions, in everyday familiar situations.

A sensitive look over multiple sclerosis.

“Earth” (that is any something) “has no escape from heaven (that is nothing)” (Eckhart von Hochheim) Revém Natura, formed part of a larger research called CI.NE (Natural Expanded Cinema) – an attempt to produce a bio-centered, bio-rhythmic cinema, in contact with the non-human. A practical experience of incorporation of Amerindian perspectivism in the cinema-system. The experience of situating this system – from the Super 8 film (thrown and recovered from the sea) and its devices (screen, projectors) - in a sympoiesis (doing with) with the living system, with the water, the sea, the “environment”. A simple attempt to demolish the false split nature/culture, a suggestion of anthropophagic cinema, “anthropophagy: swallowing the environment” (H. Oiticica).

Konãgxeka, in the Maxakali indigenous language, means "big water" - It is the Maxakali version of the flood story, sent by the yãmîy spirits as a punishment for the selfishness and greed of men. The illustrations for the film were made during a workshop held at Aldeia Verde Maxakali, in the municipality of Ladainha, Minas Gerais.

Cold and silence. As a company, only loneliness. Immersed in a gray world, Jacinto realizes that the simplicity of the gardener can bring the warmth and happiness that your life needs.

A short film that tells the stories of six transvestites who carry out different professional activities not linked to prostitution in the state of Pernambuco. The documentary shows how their lives can be as ordinary as anyone else's.

In Rio de Janeiro, a young doctor, seminarian and surfer touched the lives of those who knew him with his example of faith and charity.

Two teenage boys are cursed by a witch to swap bodies after an accidental encounter. To break the spell, they must work together before the switch becomes permanent.

Provocative and averse to traditionalism, Nelson Leirner's work is one of the highest expressions of contemporary art in Brazil. Following the artist through streets, popular stores and the setting up of an exhibition, the film reveals the ideas and path of a questioner.

A young business man is the new promise on the countries' politics, but a group of journalists uncover a secret from his past putting his nomination at risk.

In debt with a dangerous loan shark, Paulo plans an insurance fraud to get money. However, a series of events puts his plan in jeopardy.

In a movie theater, a man wakes up and looks at the screen. "What's that?", he asks his girlfriend. "A movie", she replies. Is it?

Após 4 anos de apresentações lotadas por todo o país, Rafinha Bastos lança o DVD de seu primeiro show solo de stand-up comedy: A Arte do Insulto. No espetáculo que o projetou, Rafinha destila humor e muita polêmica. O ator judeu e gaúcho não poupa as próprias raízes – e nem as alheias. Em cima de um palco, apenas um microfone, um banco, muito sarcasmo e ironia. Rafinha Bastos diz o que pensa, em um show sem frescura, sem censura e sem limite. Ah… e nos extras, um documentário de 30 minutos com o primeiro show do comediante em sua cidade natal: Porto Alegre. Muito legal! Pelo menos foi o que ele e três carpinteiros suecos disseram.

The memory and strength of five priestesses mães-de-santo who build the religious cultural identity of the Bode Community, in Recife. Ceremonies, terreiros, maracatus and social works are revealed in this dive into the female universe. These women generate a personal and social transformation in the development of their surroundings and also of that community with the local population.

Marina catches some flowers and eats them.

This documentary feature looks at the work and lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects and issues, from supply shortages and constant blackouts ('apagones') to family life, love, sex and music. Visiting each person in their home and studio, the film explores the varying styles, techniques, themes, philosophies and ideas present in their work. Through this is revealed the many obstacles and difficulties that are faced on a daily basis and the feelings each person has towards the place they call home.

The documentary explores archive footage from behind the scenes of the Brazilian team that won the fifth world soccer championship in 2002. Years after the title, players, journalists and artists are face to face with the old videos and remember the days they spent in South Korea and in Japan. 'The Family' offers to show how simple people with such different backgrounds form a time when the main secret was the sense of collectivity.

Rio 2016 official film, "Days of Truce" is an original portrait of the Brazilian experience in hosting the Games and a powerful manifesto that explores how the Olympic values are relevant in our modern society.

Helping to preserve a sonorous language that is steadily disappearing, this film is part of a longer multimedia project exploring the tradition of church bell ringing throughout cities in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In its tender, drifting exploration of the art and meaning of the bells, the film patiently reveals the quieter, inconspicuous details and tangential stories of those within resonant range.

When Felipe and Vinicius meet in the chance of a clichéd bump into each other, we revisit love and the relationship between two people, punctuating moments in the relationship in which feelings lead us to a cyclical adventure of discovery, repetition, and pleasure.

The paths of a young woman raised according to the traditions, customs and culture of a capitalist and sexist society. Her life begins with a wedding, with a purchase where aggression, sexuality and silence meet in a long dance about what is right or wrong. Discovering the real world is just one step away, but is that step easy?

Short Films featured at the 2017 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. TAILOR (Calí dos Anjos | Brazil) - GUAMÚCHIL SEEDS (Carolina Corral Paredes | Mexico) - TIMELESS (Raúl Zendejas Escandón | Mexico) - GRIEF (Cecilia Cartasegna | Argentina) - MISSING (Carlos Trujano | Mexico) - MOTHER (Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia) - THE FUTURE IS IRREVOCABLE (Silvina Estévez | Argentina) - ROSINHA (Gui Campos | Brazil)

The force of the accident. Two apartments. Two changes. Through a forgotten book, a meeting.

Lisbon dawn. Before we leave, let's meet.

In a conversation between two generations of soccer fans, stories about the two World Cups that took place in Belo Horizonte are told. It was there that one of the biggest upsets in the history of soccer happened, England's defeat to the USA in 1950. A match in which the English believed they had already won, even before playing. The same thing happened with Brazil, in the sad match against Uruguay, which resulted in the "Maracanazo". In BH, 64 years later, an unprepared team believes it can beat Germany. Unprecedented scenes of a group of fans echo the perplexity that crossed the country during the 7-1 defeat of the Germans over the Brazilians, which led to the "Mineirazo".

Fragments of the approximation between two boys shows the naive curiosity of Celio for Dario, the assumption of Sofia by this approximation and the previous interest of Dario for Celio.

Behind the hatred there lies A murderous desire for love

Neneide talks about female empowerment and how the group “Mulheres Decididas a Vencer” started working with bees in a settlement in Rio Grande do Norte. Izanete resists agribusiness that occupies extensive land in Rio Grande do Sul, where he produces ecological milk and bread for school meals. For Efigênia, gardening is therapy and working in the fields in Minas Gerais, independence. Maria dos Santos recalls struggles for land tenure and gender equality and against malnutrition in the quilombola areas of Bahia. Four seeds of solidarity economy, cooperativism, feminism, agroecology.

A couple lives isolated in a country house at th top of a hill, full of natural beauties. Their routine is changed when an unsual group of mannequins seems to gain life, and start to watch over them.

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.

In Rio de Janeiro, close to the mythical Maracana stadium, venue for the grand final of the World Cup 2014, we find an ordinary football field in the Sampaio neighborhood. There, football happens as a genuine expression of Brazilian culture. With the games on Sundays, the annual slum football league has 14 teams. Each represents the colors and rituals of their community. Geração x Juventude contest the final.

The search for an end to the story of Rubens Paiva, kidnapped and killed by the military dictatorship.

It tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente". The documentary is a historical record of a stronghold of cultural effervescence that remained in the affective memory of Rio de Janeiro.

In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of the official criminalization, they became part of the collection in the Museum of Civil Police. The documentary The Sacred within us deals with the past of persecution towards traditional terreiro communities, the "Black Magic" collection found in the Police Museum, the difficulty of access to the collection by religious, researchers and the population in general, as well as the struggle for to release the sacred objects that have been in the possession of the Civil Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro for 100 years.

Brazil, May 2018. Presidential elections are approaching as the economic and political crisis intensifies. Amid the chaos, the class of truck drivers, responsible for the supply of large cities, starts a blockade on the roads, aggravating tensions. However, amidst the demands for better working conditions, there is also a discourse for the military intervention that distorts.