Discoveries from Brazil World Cinema

Images complement what is always lacking in words. The poems complement what is always present in the city. Freely inspired by the poetry Cidade City Cité, by Augusto de Campos.

A fantasy-suspense that asks us if we live a routine or an eternal déjà-vu?

Dr. Drauzio Varella has a hypothetical conversation with his friend Hector Babenco, a filmmaker who died in 2016. The importance of friendship is addressed in the documentary based on the death of a friend — and shows the decrease in happiness and the irreplaceable void left by this game.

Upon arriving at the building where he works, Pedro finds the janitor, Hilário Garcia, dead inside one of the elevators. Inspector Canovas, in charge of the case, discovered that Hilário was Portuguese, widowed, with an only child living in the United States. Several suspicious people are detained and interrogated and, during the investigation, a guard and a girl are killed. With the help of the North American police, Inspector Canovas discovers that Hilário's son, Antônio and his wife Vanda, had already returned to Brazil. The two are located in São Paulo and detained for investigation. At the police, Antônio confesses to Carlos, his brother-in-law, that he was responsible for his father's death. Based on these statements, Canovas concludes that the caretaker was murdered because he discovered that his son and brother-in-law made a living from various suspicious businesses and were acting outside the law.

A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists.

Milton Nascimento comemorates 50 years of his career in a grand show full of big hits!

Early documentary by Eduardo Coutinho dealing with the water shortage in the city of Ouricuri in the seventies.

A tailor's son ran away to become a juggler. A retired magician sees his troupe's downfall. A former aerialist will become a grandmother for the first time. Fire, knives, applause. At the circus, they saw the world.

The language that is born from the intersection of cultures, is a pretext to speak of the genesis of Latin America. A road movie that does not seek an answer on the way, but rather to break all possible certainties of what it means to exist at the edges of cultural definitions.

Ana's family finds herself threatened by the leader of the most violent faction of the prison where her fiancé is imprisoned. Their future is in the hands of only one person: herself.

Emma is a young girl hunted by a monster in her dreams that leaked from reality.

The movie follows Fernando, a 16-year-old teenager from the conservative countryside of Sao Paulo as he decides to meet up with an online hook up after being mercilessly teased by his friends for being a virgin. Fernando hides his homosexuality from everyone and ends up meeting his date, an older man, in a remote area of the woods where they are both out of sight. The sexual encounter promises to be a romantic one but ends up being a traumatic episode that will undoubtedly haunt Fernando the rest of his life.

Vicentina struggles to cope with the death of her son Wesley after a tragic bus accident, in which he was the driver. As the investigation unfolds, evidence suggests that Wesley’s actions may have been suicidal. Vicentina then embarks on a journey to seek out the victims’ families and apologize, while confronting her own grief and uncertainty.

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.

In a fictitious country, the newly elected president and first lady are faced with supernatural powers that put their love to the test.

Documentary about three people living in the North part of Rio de Janeiro, in poor neighborhoods: their lives, dreams and intimacy. They don’t know each other, but have one thing in common: they’re rappers, and dream of becoming professional musicians.

Two hands over a light.

Travel through time without leaving your place.

Experimental documentary about the life and work of obscure samba musician Vassourinha (1923-1942), born in São Paulo, who only recorded six 78rpm records, dying at 19.

João, a 10-year-old boy, takes refuge with his older brother in the basement of their house while they experience their parents' fight coming from upstairs. For the youngest, everything is just a misunderstanding, until a shot changes his perception.

A remote island town is terrorized by 32 feral children who emerge out of the surrounding jungle. The children shatter the peace, speaking an unknown language and defying social norms, sparking widespread panic. As Daniel, the town’s official, struggles to restore order, his search for answers spirals into obsession. Tension reaches a breaking point when the children vanish, abducting the town’s youth, including Daniel’s stepdaughter.

In a night of uncertainty and celebration, Francisco faces caos and loss with the abscence of his broom, who's enganged with political protests, transforms the wedding into a million of emotions and painful decisions.

Documentary focusing on contemporary black race status in Brazil, with interviews intertwined with staged scenes.

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.

October 13th, 1977. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista hadn't won a major title in 22 years, 8 months, and 7 days. PLACAR magazine, launched in 1970, was in imminent danger of closing. Winning the Campeonato Paulista was crucial to the survival of both: the team with the second-largest fan base in Brazil and the longest-running sports magazine in Latin America.

After losing his scholarship to the course, Márcio finds himself faced with his last chance to enter medical school. As the Entrance Exam approaches, the young man is immersed in a universe of competition, paranoia and violence.

In a time marked by longing and uncertainty, at the beginning of a social isolation, two friends disappear. The pandemic becomes a backdrop for the loss of innocence and the rescue of long-lost things. Ingenuous is like a farewell gift from the only link that united these two missing figures; two strangers who get lost, or maybe, just maybe, just met.

Willian sells rings on TV. One night, while he waits for the bus at the stop, Willian falls into his deepest pleasures...Willian is in great danger.

On April 26, 2014 Douglas Pereira, a dancer, was killed by the police. The film documents the protests following his death.

Barber likes to help everybody in town. Now, he's trying to help a young couple in love defeat the girl's tutor, who is against the romance.

Follows the trajectory of Miro, a worker who leads a simple life until a series of violent events shake his wife, Solange. He then decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion, based in France, to protect his family.

During a carnival, near the border between Argentina and Bolivia, a young Malambo dancer prepares for the most important competition of his life. When his ex-felon father returns, he jeopardizes everything by dragging his son into the criminal world.

Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.

Comedian Sérgio Mallandro is going through a bad phase in his life. Money is getting tighter and tighter, and he even tries to work as a ride-hailing driver, but he can't because, even in disguise, he always ends up being recognized by his passengers. Then an opportunity arises to return to television, but the comedian ends up in trouble and can no longer say any of his famous catchphrases. Mallandro now needs to reinvent himself to get one last chance at his artistic career.

Eugenia, a young Bolivian middle-class woman, decides to separate from her husband, leave her job and move to her father's house in another city. She wants to start a different life. As time goes by she gets disappointed with her surrounding environment until one day she receives a notice that will put her long-awaited independence at risk.