Discoveries from Brazil World Cinema

A fun reinterpretation of the main landmarks and characters of the movement and what independence means for the people 200 years after the cry on the banks of the Ipiranga River.

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.

Monte Serrat is a short film filmed from the tale Three Lost Treasures, scored by Machado de Assis.

Chronological profile of Brazil's student activism, from the 30s to the occupation of UNE's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, 2007.

Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how the film industry has seen and heard Brazilian indigenous peoples since they were filmed in 1912 for the first time: idealised and prejudiced, religious and militaristic, cruel and magic.

On an interstellar journey, a group of scientists studies the last living vestiges of Earth. The artificial intelligence, Museo, becomes a portal to the crew’s diaries and a fragmented archive of humanity. On Earth, the one believed to be the last of the humans traverses a ruined planet that is slowly recovering, little by little, from the apocalypse it endured.

Sara is the protector of her brother Soma. In order to keep Soma's feelings from being hurt, Sara must face six rivals.

By approaching the process of sexual reassignment, the work mixes data and experiences, focusing on family relationships and the nuances of the feminine.

A documentary set in São Paulo, Brazil, about transsexuals who talk about theirs lives and problems.

An adulterous man hires a private detective to follow his adulterous wife.

A Brazilian crime film

Marcos finds Julia on a barren road and offers her shelter in a mansion belonging to his mistress. He discovers that she is running away from a psychotic husband and falls madly in love with her. When the caretaker of the mansion discovers a ransom is being offered to whoever finds the young woman, he tells her whereabouts to the husband, who ruthlessly pursues the pair.

Hanna Falls escapes a maximum security prison to go after the man who put her there, only to find out this action is what causes her imprisonment to begin with. Can an ancient crate passed down by Johnny's grandfather be the key to it all?

Armando Costa was one of Brazil's most successful authors, both in terms of audience and critical acclaim, responsible for shows like "A Grande Família" and "Malu Mulher." Despite this, he didn't care about fame or signing his works.

A single Love-gram car announcer wishes to find the love of her life. But will she be able to recognise the apple to her pie when he crosses her path?

A couple in a bed. The young man wakes up, coughs a razor, leaves to shave then coughs up makeup and puts on makeup. The transformation can take place.

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music.

A movie by Isa Albuquerque starring Juan Alba.

Friends Severina and Maria José struggle to survive in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. The first is a widow who sells flowers and the second has a lover who does little to help with expenses. Their children sell peanuts during the day. One day, the children get lost and are found again at Jaks' house, who offers to sell Severina certain suspicious merchandise, disguised among the roses.

There are limits to jokes? What is the politically incorrect humor? A joke has the power to offend? It is these issues that 'Laughter of Others' discusses interviewing personalities such as comedians Danilo Gentili and Rafinha Bastos, cartoonist Laerte and Congressman Jean Wyllys, among others. The documentary delves into the world of Stand Up Comedy to discuss the fine line between comedy and offense, between legal and what creates endless lawsuits.

A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images.

A day in the life of a group of stray cats, who live in a wealthy neighborhood

A woman finds herself in a distorted reality, walking through a labyrinthine space. Seeking to leave this place, she faces and gives new meaning to her memories so she can move on.

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.

A film director. A protest against the 6x1 work schedule. And there is always this guiding, meditative voice that controls the impulse to revolt, that isolates, atomizes the being. In this confusion, it's necessary to choose a side - or at least be aware of the side chosen. There is no not choosing.

The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Isaura, who survives his unexpected travels around the world, in search of news and fame.

After an exhausting morning, a young woman drifts off to sleep and slips into a dream world. As her fantasies unfold, an unsettling feeling begins to take over. Is it just a dream, or could it be a nightmare?

Documentary about the dictatorship and the politician Bolsonaro.

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.

Documentary about the rise and fall of Leandro de Itaquera Samba School, a cultural organization from São Paulo east end that had a major role during the profissionalization of Carnival competition in the city.

In a futuristic world where people wear masks, Lua tries to break out of the norm and show her true face.

A small community of peasants in the countryside of Brazil is fighting for the right to land, work, justice and dignity.

It narrates in a near-future Tokyo the wild love affair between Dirka, a Japanese-Brazilian girl who works as a nightclub hostess to pay for her ailing Japanese father's debts, and Vadim, a young Russian drug delivery driver. Dirka yearns to return to the vaguely remembered Brazil of her youth. Vadim is sunk by remorse at having got his brother killed back in Russia.

An egg race becomes a contest with lies, deceit and tragedies.

First feature film in Alagoas state, Brazil. A girl waits for a streetcar. A gentleman offers her a ride. In front of her home, he invistes her for a walk at sunday.

After some time distant, Marcela goes to her parents’ house to tell them she’s gonna marry her girlfriend, Bianca.

In Miguel Burnier, a small, deserted town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a few remaining inhabitants have been trying since 2005 to survive the purchase of their land by a mining giant. Tormented by unemployment, isolation and alcoholism, they try their best to keep their community together and to breathe new life into this village where the world seems to have collapsed.