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The short film "L'Ottimista Sorridente" was Luis Sergio Person's graduation work when he was studying directing between 1961 and 1963 at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Italy.

A reconstitution of the life and work of Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation. The film makes use of rare recordings of his voice and quotes from his memoir.

Documentary that uses metaphors to deal with industrial development in Brazil. From the attempt to build a national industry to the almost immediate invasion of foreign capital.

The importance of cashews in daily life in the northeast.

On the dry ground of the caatinga and on the rocky slopes of the sertão, the goat survives. Organic parts of the country landscape, linked to the economy of certain regions, provide milk, meat and skin for export.

Documentary about the building of the Rio-Niteroi bridge, in Brazil.

Collection of 15 black and white films by Jean Manzon, released between 1962 and 1963 for IPÊS (Institute of Social Research and Studies). IPÊS was created in 1961 and used to produce propaganda against the then president of Brazil, João Goulart, who was finally deposed in 1964 by a civil-militar coup.

After studying the writings of Fidel Castro, the main character pens his own piece critiquing the Suplicy law and the war in Vietnam. When his text is published in a school newspaper, the military police descend upon him. Kaput captures the counterculture spirit of 1960s Espírito Santo youth, portraying drugs, love, dancing, and rock n’ roll.

In the mid 1960s, while Brazil was being ruled by a military dictatorship, a young man, living in the city of Belo Horizonte, begins to approach a subversive behaviour.

Um Dia na Rampa (1960), by Luiz Paulino dos Santos, focuses on a geographic space in the city of Salvador and tries to explain it from the social relations existing in it.

The day of the washing of Christ the Redeemer, on top of Corcovado, made by the brothers, Dilson and Floriano, who once a year face this difficult task.

«Lasting barely ninety seconds, the images from 'Solo' show a lone woman who is masturbating with a statue of St Anthony in a domestic and religious setting. It was shown just once at the 5th Jornal do Brasil Mesbla Amateur Film Festival, in 1969. The masculine gaze of the time merely declared these images “iconoclastic”, “erotic” and “comical”. Ashamed by the negative response to her work, the director decided to self-censor, hiding her artistic past and her films from the world» —Izabela Silva.

Inspired by the book by Vicente de Souza, written based on popular legends about the image of Senhor Bom Jesus de Cana Verde. Funded by parishioners from Siqueira Campos, Senhor Bom Jesus was the first color feature film from the state of Paraná.

Belém, capital of Pará state, northern Brazil, turns 350 years old. Líbero Luxardo honors the city filming the Círio de Nazaré, the foundation of Federal University of Pará and his own film's release.

The big city. A man lost in the middle of it. Buildings, isolated people, no conflicts. Newspaper headlines report tragic events: suicides, homicides. Movement, agitation, and entanglement define the city once again. The man reappears in his room. There will be a romantic encounter, but with it comes farewell. The empty city reappears.

A hungry homeless man begs for money to a young woman in her family garden.

A group of school students sets up a rebellion that threatens to kill their teacher.

The only film by Yugoslavian-Brazilian journalist Vladimir Herzog, this cinéma verité short subject is the result of a film course taught by Swedish documentary filmmaker Arne Sucksdorf in Brazil, in 1962. A report about the so-called "Marimbás", who aren't exactly fishermen, even though they live of the sea, have their boats and do their fishing on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. The film briefly presents their stories, methods, and how they manage to sell their products to costumers right there on the same spot in which they fish.

Directed by Sérgio Sanz.

Five young men who have stowed away on an ocean liner are forced to work alongside the crew to cover the cost of their shipments. In order to visit European countries during their stay on the ship, they put on musical shows starring themselves.

A comprehensive view of the situation of different ethnic groups in Brazil. In the testimonies gathered in the streets and neighborhoods of various capitals, black, white, mulatto, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese express their opinion and describe personal experiences involving relationship, racism, miscegenation and cultural exchange.

Rare footage of Alberto Santos Dumont making his sucessful experiments in Paris.

Brazilian re-reporting of Algerian news coverage from France.