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A documentary celebrating the history and cultural impact of Balanço do Rock, the legendary radio program that helped shape and promote the rock scene in Pará, Brazil. Through archival footage, interviews, and performances, the film revisits decades of local music history, highlighting the artists, bands, and broadcasters who transformed the show into a cornerstone of the region’s alternative culture. More than a retrospective, the documentary captures the passion, community, and rebellious spirit that kept the movement alive across generations.

The Doctor accidentaly arrives at Rio de Janeiro while trying to get to Alaska. Distressed by the event, he breaks out in a musical number.

Unofficial sequel to Takena Nagao's original two part animation.

This documentary brings a reflection on nationality, minorities, prejudice and identity, from the journey of journalist Leila Sterenberg through the land of her paternal grandparents.

In the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a couple try to fight against the time to accomplish their last promess.

A 15 year-old boy and his friends want to lose their virginity.

An old man seeks for a new purpose to his life, trying to get accepted by reluctant ambulance crew, assisting homeless people.

A man is kidnapped and tortured during the time of the dictatorship, years later he finds the person responsible.

Claudia lives in a quiet neighborhood with her pet, Max, the crocodile. In her daily life, Claudia divides her time between her work and her home, Max when alone at home find ways to go out and interact with the neighborhood.

A personal chase.

Benji tells us the story of the beginning and the tragic ending of his friendship with Nino. The contrast between what is narrated and what is seen questions the memories of important events in our lives. Benji's first sexual experience brings out his latent sadistic nature to which he never admits he has. He justifies the murder of his best and only friend through the lessons his mother taught him.

The parallels between the life of a human and his fish.

She is here, she is there, and the invisible are the others

A poetic film essay on Gigoia Island, Rio de Janeiro, and its people, fauna and flora.

Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their ancestors. Their memories, joys and sorrows become present as a possibility for a new fate, transforming the hard work of the washerwomen in a spectacle of life and fulfillment.

Three embroiderers wait for a bus in the hinterland. While this is not enough, they play with their magical powers.

Questions about film language.

Jorge is coming back to his regular life in the peaceful town of Olho d'Água das Flores, going to meet his parents. However, he is surprised by a drastic change in the region where he was born, known as the Trash Zone, a place that became the scene of a plague that has the power to resurrect the dead. Now Jorge will have to ally himself with the few survivors, like Dido, a countryman who may be Jorge's last hope to escape the terrors of the Zone.

The documentary narrates the painful pilgrimage of Severina, a woman living in Chã Grande, in Pernambuco's countryside, who is in search of her right to abort the brainless fetus that she carried in her uterus. On the day that the Brazilian Supreme Court cancelled the right to abortion, Severina was in a hospital to interrupt her four-month-long pregnancy. The surgery was then canceled and the painful journey of Severina and her husband Rosivaldo began. The story of this mother ends in a long and painful day which wasn't witnessed by the Supreme Court judges.

Brazilian filmmaker Octavio Cury travels to Syria and obtains a book written by his great-grandfather, an icon of Arab theater. From now on, his findings will emerge from an encounter between two worlds.

The autobiographical confessions of Rosaria Moreira, one of Brazil's most acclaimed illustrators, set the tone for her third independent short film, which explores a peculiar relationship between father and daughter.

YouTube sensation Felipe Neto brings the stories from his autobiographical book 'Não Faz Sentido!' to the stage in this comedy special.

Kisêdjê women’s manifesto against deforestation and river pollution. Filmmaker Kamikia Kisêdjê and the Kisêdjê Cinema Collective decided to send a message from their people to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The women took the lead making the statements, forcefully expressing their worry about the devastation of the Amazon and the future of their grandchildren.

Shot in a single day, "Monstrolândia" follows the challenge of capturing Brazil's via crucis of winning the London Olympic Games.

A blind man hears a strange melody while changing the channel on his television.

The documentary proposes a reflection on the Canudos War and its consequences through a very little known fact, that of a group of about 250 women and children who survived the war. After the decimation of Canudos, these women and children were left to their own devices.

"20 Anos" is a video album by Brazilian evangelical singer Aline Barros, recorded at the Municipal Theater of Paulínia on January 17, 2012 for an audience of two thousand people from all over Brazil. Tickets for the event sold out in four days. The DVD is directed by Bruno Murtinho and Ronaldo Barros and is produced by the singers of Roupa Nova: Cleberson Horsth and Ricardo Feghali. The CD and DVD were released by AB Records and distributed by Sony Music Brasil. The show had the participation of Michael W. Smith, Tom Brooks, Abraham Laboriel, and the family of the artist.

An intimate portrait of a body.

Experimental film about heavy burdens.

Talking about abortion in Brazil is still taboo, however, in recent years, protesters have protested against criminalization laws and highlighted the need to debate the subject.

Every day, a young student is watched by Eleonora, a mysterious woman with a cold, piercing gaze. The brief encounter between the two causes a sinister change in the girl's destiny, like a spell of predestination.

An intimate documentary about truth, memory, youth and places through the eyes of three close friends.

"Avante" is the first live album of the solo career of Brazilian music artist Joelma, released on April 28, 2017 through Universal Music. The show was recorded on November 9, 2016 at "Coração Sertanejo", in São Paulo. This is the record of the Avante Tour, made in support of her solo debut album "Joelma" (2016). For the record, Joelma invited the singers Ivete Sangalo and Solange Almeida, as well as her children Natália Sarraff, Yago Mendes and Yasmin Mendes.

He lives alone in his massive house with his wife, a sunflower. A man will found out about true inner beauty.

Film about murdered transgender people in Brazil.

Street harassing pressures. And a group of women seeks to invoke a urban wild spirit.

A short film based on Charles Baudelaire's poem "Le serpent qui danse" ("The Dancing Snake"), from his book Les Fleurs du mal.

We follow a day in a São Paulo full of trivialities.

The series Geografia da Arte analyzes the relation between artists and the places that inspire them. Two episodes will be screened. In "Ragnar Kjartansson + Iceland", one of the most important artists of contemporary art prepares a retrospective at the Reykjavík Museum of Art, exploring his connection with the country's culture. In "Henri Cartier-Bresson + India" we discover how the photographer met Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. His camera recorded the leader’s last appearance on night before his assassination. The photographs helped catapult Cartier-Bresson to international fame as a photojournalist.

Documentary about José Mojica Marins made by film students.

O Porto do Rio ( The Port of Rio) is a 85' documentary movie directed by Pedro Évora and Luciana Bezerra that shows the transformation of the port area of Rio de Janeiro, in the context of the urban renewal works promoted by the City for the Olympic Games. The film narrates through interviews with residents and technicians the cultural aspect of samba in the region to tell the story of the main port of slaves in the Americas as discuss ways to develop the region, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro.

Mia and Patrick live an escapist life in a paradisiac place. One day Mia disappears and Patrick goes after her.

Documentary about an occupied building in Santos.