Discoveries from Brazil World Cinema

In a distant province, Prana is chosen to marry Ozu, leader of her village. When young Kalki arrives at the place, they fall in love, but Ozu won't let this love being consummated.

An enchanted journey through three extraordinary houses built by Master José Zanine on the seaside hillside of Joatinga, in Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by a stunning musical score, specially created for the film by maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim.

In a grocery store, a cashier named Samanta falls in love with a regular customer. She tries to get closer to the girl during each encounter, while also juggling her mother's demands and the responsibilities of her job.

Experimental short-film made by brazilian students about the trópicalia and cinema novo movement. The narrative revolves around the song Géleia Geral from the album Tropicália ou Panis Et Circensis and also around the political, artistical and social time from that period.

Ceará, 1889. Father Cícero Romão Batista ministers to the faithful in the parish of Juazeiro do Norte. Among them is Maria de Araújo, a simple and religious woman who, on receiving communion from the hands of father Cícero, transforms it into blood.

Duda hates Ben and conspires with her boyfriend Daniel to have him seduce Ben to out him and ridicule him, but things spiral out of control.

The daily life of four trans men in their adaptation processes with their fears and desires.

Reporter Julião Siqueira, tired of being a joke at the station he works for, teams up with cameraman Yasmin to investigate a human trafficking complaint involving drag queen Lohanny and Nordrags agency. For this, the two will head into the world of Drag Queens.

The award winner Brazilian photographer Luciano Candisani embarks in a new journey, interested by the story of a group of women who take their living from the sea. He will cross the world to portrait the story of the daily work of these heroines and bring awareness to a vital necessity of modern times: sustainability. Candisani leaves to an island in South Korea called Jeju, where he meets the Haenyeos, the women from the sea. These brave women follow a century tradition: they dive in the sea in order to harvest marine goods.

An intimate and fictional tour through the cravings contained and corroded words of the writers Clarice Lispector and Maria Telles Ribeiro.

The rock singer Duda forces his record label to make a video-clip in Cabo Frio to release his new album. The director Rago travels with his girlfriend Lilly to make the clip as a favor to his friend Dr. Fantástico. Along the shootings, Duda flirts and shags with with Lilly while Dr. Magalhães, who hates rock'n'roll, sabotages the filming.

In this bio-documentary, you will get to know Claudia Wonder, a Brazilian transsexual at the forefront of LGBT rights activism and alternative music scene for more than thirty years.

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.

I was teaching Vicente how to handle the camera. He taught me how to see the world.

The film is narrated by Riobaldo, who takes us into his life as a gunman and shares his experiences and conflicts. Throughout the plot, he becomes involved with several charismatic groups and leaders, including the feared Hermógenes. Riobaldo's heart is won by Diadorim, a brave and mysterious young man who becomes the love of his life. Through Riobaldo's narrative, the author explores the complexities of the human soul, delving into the duality between good and evil. Adaptation of the acclaimed masterpiece "Grande Sertão: Veredas", written by Guimarães Rosa.

When the flowers of the Mari tree bloom, dreams arise. The words of a great shaman lead to an oneiric experience through the synergy between cinema and the Yanomami dream, presenting poetics and teachings of the peoples of the forest.

Homosexuality, abortion, moral depravity, UFOs and extraterrestrials.

With the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing, three friends struggle to maintain their friendship through phone calls, but a change in behavior has them questioning the true impact of the virus.

The troubles of a separated couple, the adventures of a bookseller in the home of a lascivious woman, and the confusion of a businessman from São Paulo.

A silent, black-and-white train journey through Eastern European winter landscapes takes a man to a Croatian village. An arrival in the cinematic tradition of 1920s avantgarde, with the railway and industrial modernity as a favourite graphical motif, which takes him past a fish market and a strange procession, and finally home to a small family, where the grandparents drink tea, smoke cigarettes and chat cheerfully. The image of a young woman burns itself onto the celluloid - and into the filmmaker's consciousness.

The Locomotiva reveals a philosophy that inspired the life and work of the most controversial manager of Brazilian football. Eurico Miranda attracts hatred and passion from Vasco fans and all football lovers.

In a séance, Menezes' great-great-grandfather is brought back to life in present day (1936), over a century after his death at age 26. A free-spirited womanizer, he starts causing all sorts of trouble for the wealthy, respectable family of his descendants.

Follows former customers and employees of one of the most famous brothels in Brazil called the Casa Rosa as they come back to the house where it once stood in all its glory. Revisiting the old bedrooms we get to know stories of men and women of all ages and their experiences inside the house. A film about memories, morals and negotiation.

The director's affection for the Londrina Esporte Clubeb (LEC) and his grandfather is transmitted through this short documentary that shows an important match for the championship. During a trip the director managed to kill the longing of the two...

Colonel Ustra (1932-2015) is the only military man convicted as a torturer during the dictatorship. Today he is exalted as a hero. But what is the truth? Through internet searches, Brazil's past is being reconstructed and collides with the present.

Marcelo has just been dumped by his boyfriend, who doesn't answer his messages. In a desperate try to get his attention, he puts the life of their dog Greta at risk.

In a bus trip, thoughts, dreams and memories mix together as the day dawns

A simple trip to Angra dos Reis turns into an unforgettable moment for nine junior year high school students.

On the brink of eviction, Uli and Vic, two young artists, turn their final days in the house into a film.

Andor Stern is the only Brazilian survivor of the Holocaust. In this documentary, he goes back in his memories to relive the deportation to Auschwitz at age 16, and the daily conquest of a free life.

Clara is a restless woman who is on a hiatus in her relationship with Vivi. Clenched by passion, Clara is sucked into by Bento, a mysterious and obsessive being.

A couple meets and stays together for a whole day.

When a con man on the run gets mistaken for a poor church's visiting priest, he is tapped to lead the parish in a grand caroling for the holiday season.

​An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.​

It was supposed to be a romantic afternoon on a “deserted” island in the Uruguay River, but a couple of wealthy ecologists had a bad luck because they ended up finding not love and peace, but hungry zombies wanting guts and brains under the command of a priestess. diabolical, and this couple will have to fight for their survival in that place. Parallel to this, a serial killer dressed as an old lady drags a "blonde" from the city to her isolated shed to serve as a victim in her sadistic tortures.

Starting from the recovery of a Keith Haring work by his friend, artist Kenny Scharf, this documentary examines a little known period in the life and times of the artist: his sojourns in Brazil. Between 1984 and 1986, he visited many times the Serra Grande region of Bahia . There, he lived with many other artists, exchanging his busy New York City street interventions for paintings inspired by local sights and people. Talks with intimate friends, archival footage and rare drawings by Haring compose the fabric of this film, which also focus on the his activism in struggling against Aids.

A day in the life of singer and songwriter Tim Maia. The Brazilian musical icon discusses themes such as his childhood, love, his musical influences, and life outside of Earth.