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The streets of Latin-america's big cities are crammed full of cars. Justified by poor public transportation or having chosen isolation, people drive one car each. Outside, a diversity of urban characters take the traffic light, a mere traffic control device, and turn it into their own meeting place.
Ana and Fernando live a relationship that has already fallen into routine. Dissatisfied with the situation, Ana has an extramarital relationship with Amanda. One day, having her plans thwarted by Fernando, Ana decides to meet her lover for the first time.
Larger-than-life actress, cabaret performer, activist, and proud sex professional since the age of eleven, Luana Muniz - arguably one of Brazil’s most recognizable transgender personalities, shapes a new reality for a new generation of transgender sex workers in her hostel by providing a safe working environment in the dangerous neighborhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. Queen of Lapa explores the day-to-day lives, quests for love, housemate rivalries in a turbulent political climate under matriarch Muniz’s watchful and guiding eye.
A document of one of the greatest cultural events of Latin America in an innovative way, the film mixes documentary and fiction to pay homage to the artists of the contemporary Brazilian theater, who come together in the city of São Paulo every year to celebrate the coming of the spring. The fictional storyline shows the shooting of the documentary which is directed by a foreigner director and his Brazilian second-rate crew. They join forces to make a successful film based on the event.
Tan needs to cry.
In the early 20th century, José Diogo, a man born and raised in Porto Alegre, decides to visit some relatives who live in an isolated rural area in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. Upon arriving there, amid festivities fueled by barbecue, chimarrão, and wine, he is enchanted by the beauty of young Sofia, but also discovers that these people live in fear of the stories of a werewolf that inhabits the region. Incredulous, he decides to investigate and ends up uncovering a terrible secret that will bathe the nights of the full moon in blood. A typically Brazilian werewolf story, based on Gaucho folklore, but told in a different way.
To record their debut album, the duo Agridoce moved to a house in Serra da Cantareira. The idea was to be isolated from the world, in a pleasant environment and close to nature, in the spirit of the Agridoce sound. In addition to Pitty and Martin, Rafael Ramos (producer), Jorge Guerreiro (sound engineer) and Otávio Sousa (photographer and cameraman) spent 22 days working in a harmonious atmosphere and without any rush. In May, “Multishow Registro: Agridoce – 20 Passos” arrives in stores, the record of this season through the lens of Otavio Sousa. There are recording scenes, relaxed moments, music videos and songs that didn't make it onto the album, such as “La Javanaise”, by Serge Gainsbourg, “Alvorada” and “Bday”, composed by themselves.
In the southern region of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, the most populous indigenous nation of the country silently struggles for its territory, trying to contain the advance of its powerful enemies.
This performance, in which all players are against each other by playing with the LogicAcaso (neologism for Logic/Chance), defeats the question of the winners and the losers and values the exercise of individual and collective freedom. After a while, a second ball is thrown into the field and the game is played with two balls. In addition to New York, this performance also took place in Recife in 2012 and in Belo Horizonte in 2013.
The documentary Rádio Nacional performs a precious sewing, with more than 40 testimonies, and with it weaves the rich plot of the greatest mass communication vehicle of all times, until it abruptly suffered the 1964 coup.
Four stories portray the human being and his existential dramas. Bruno's life turns upside down when he is forced to take care of his newborn son as Helena, his wife, is afflicted by postpartum depression. Ronaldo, a 56-year-old man receives news of a terminal illness, as he prepares to receive his 80-year-old mother. Teenager Marta, 17, is plagued by the dictatorship of female beauty, and reaches her limits to achieve a perfect body. While the nurse Jorge meets Ana, they fall in love and end up having an extreme relationship that culminates in an unwanted pregnancy. The stories reveal the fragility of the human being in the midst of social relations.
On the streets, people wander loose, almost free from any attachment like astronauts in space. From that analogy comes 'Moon Street'. While to the spaceships the moon works as reference, in Porto Alegre some cosmonauts find their north on Garibaldi street. Taking over professor's Edward Nkoloso dream and his Zambian space program, this documentary tries to bring the moon and the street together, claiming for a democratic space (urban and cosmic), away from the domain of powerful countries and avenues. How do the urban cosmonauts perceive the stars? The dispute? The dream? Neither USA, or Soviet Union, we searched for space through the free eyes of the forgotten, and many times invisible , street astronauts.
Eight people dressed in overalls, carrying mirrors (1mx0.40m) and walking in the rank of the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM-SP) and in the site of the Biennale, interacting and reflecting the audience. According to Paulo Bruscky: “the artists, with their mirrors and their silences, collect fragments of landscapes and passengers of QuotidiArte. The art in transit and in all senses.”
Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1988, Lari Basilio is an autodidact guitarist. From her early childhood, Lari started showing love and interest in music then, she began studying organ at age four. Some years later, her father taught some chords on an acoustic guitar and it would lead her to a passion for the electric guitar. Later, she moved to the electric guitar and ever since she has started studying by herself. From playing in the church to playing in some bands, she started writing songs. In 2011, she started working on her instrumental five-song EP, named Lari Basilio, and so began her professional career. Lari has stood out because of her technique and versatility, innovating the instrumental music with her different style of playing. It was proved by the public when her video on YouTube for the 1st Santo Angelo’s Cultural Contest was a record in views in the best time.
The short film “Partir” is a documentary organized by layers of time. Assembled with old files, images and music, Partir shows the story of a family. Current images of the demolition of a property, family heritage, are joined to archives in super-8 recorded by the father, in the seventies, and assembled with a soundtrack with lyrical songs performed by the mother between the 1970s and 2005. Between the scenes demolition, children play and dance with their mother's songs, recorded inside the house.
Three young black friends from Heliópolis favela go out seeking for refuge in downtown LGBT+ night scene of São Paulo
Partnership between the rock band Madame Saatan and the music video director P.R. Brown.
When he became a teenager, Roberto decided that he no longer wanted to attend his parents' church. This created a serious problem with his father, who began to constantly threaten him with the verses he made up in the name of God.
In Light Study, a male avatar from Grand Theft Auto V stands unwavering, gazing into the camera for nearly thirty minutes as weather and light conditions shift subtly yet continuously, painting the scene with an ever-changing palette. The camera remains mostly fixed, with slight movements adding to the contemplative stillness. Dominant wind sounds blend with ambient city noises, creating an immersive backdrop. The artist discovered this scene by accident when the game idled into screen-saver mode. He noticed the light changing on the avatar’s face from morning to night and back. Fascinated by this passage of time, he recorded the scene, furthering his exploration of digital realms and their parallels with our experience of life and time.
Ines is 21 years old and dreams of becoming an actress. In order to fulfil that dream, she decides to leave Brasília for São Paulo to appear as an extra in a popular soap opera. However, with no place to stay, she ends up staying at the Tiete Bus Terminal, the second largest in the world.
Malunguinho was the leader of the Catucá quilombo, in the 19th century. Despite being killed in 1835, he is worshiped to this day by followers of Jurema Sagrada, an indigenous-based religion with African influences of Northeast Brazil.
The characters of "Marcas do Pastado" live new adventures following the story with surprises and fun and exciting facts. The film explores the culture of Sertão Piauí and shows the daily lives of people in a striking and funny story.
A documentary about Barão Vermelho, one of Brazil's most famous rock bands during the 1980s, following its steps through archive footage and interviews with all of its remaining members and associated parties.
Chance and irony, watchword and chaotic order of chance, anticapitalism in cries of the collective in motion contrasting with the blasé movement of individualism.
"Cine Fantasma" follows a series of urban interventions in public spaces, focusing on projection of the glamorous movie theatres of the past on the places they used to be.
After learning kinetic art in France, Matilde Pérez (1916-2014) returned to Chile in 1961 to practice this trend but found herself ahead of her time. The testimonies of specialists and friends to Matilde generate a provocative speech about a culturally deficient country, narrated through the rescue of the work and the life story of an artist who questioned the established and was condemned to isolation.
The 2011 Copa do Brasil (officially known as the 2011 Copa Kia do Brasil for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd edition of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national football cup tournament. It began on February 16 and ended on June 8. This edition's champion was Vasco da Gama, with Coritiba ending as runners-up.
Beautiful paper bags have been an essential part of their relationship. Now, the boyfriend wants to remove them to see each other's faces. However, the girlfriend isn't ready for this next step
A body was found at the university in the morning. After the investigation team arrives, the gates are closed and no one can leave. Who's the killer? What is the secret Julia wants to tell André? What the woods of the university hide?
Renata Falzoni's film shows the reality of a Brazil that pedals and resists a scenario of motorization and priority to cars and motorcycles on the streets. From small Afuá-PA to the megalopolises of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the bicycle is the choice of thousands of Brazilians and "Elo Perdido" investigates the factors that build the resilience of Brazilian cyclists when adopting a sustainable means of transport in cities.
César Benjamin was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thanks to the ardent campaigning of his mother Iramaya, working closely together with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International, he was released five years later.
Arthur and Rafael are boyfriends. After 5 years of relationship and a betrayal by Arthur, the two are breaking up. Arthur discovers that he may have contracted the HIV virus when he betrayed Rafael. While Rafael suffers from the end of the relationship, Arthur will enjoy his single life and be with other men. With the help of Wesley, a mutual friend, the two get together to discuss the future of the relationship and try to reconcile.
A quilombo surrounded by concrete and buildings. What used to be a river, today is an avenue that runs fast, invading ancestral territory. Born from this land, Julia, Maria Luiza, Maria Luzia and Sara have their lives and bodies marked by Quilombo dos Luízes, located in the Grajaú neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte. They are women who narrate their memories and dreams, in resistance to the official history.
A literary adaptation by Ivan Cardoso
