Discoveries from Brazil World Cinema

A grieving father goes after the one responsible for the death of his daughter and discovers secrets that the young girl had hidden before she died. His search takes him to a nightclub where an enigmatic host promises to help him in exchange for something. Little did the father know the consequences of this agreement.

Ana is a dedicated student who appears to be fine, but she faces constant pressure from school and expectations around her. Little by little, the exhaustion and difficulty in expressing herself begin to show, even if no one notices at first. When the situation reaches its limit, a moment of listening within the school changes everything. The short film shows how young people’s mental health often goes unnoticed and how spaces for support can be the first step toward change.

Rosa dreams of an image. The mysterious dream won't leave her head. She becomes obsessed with the hazy memory of a figure that seems to abduct a young black man. In search of answers, Rosa dives into the night.

Roberto and Mitsuo return to Brazil on the same day, after a long season living abroad. Their lives intersect because of land negotiated by their parents in the past. Without money, the two see on the ground a possibility of getting financially right. However, some events make them believe the terrain is magical. Like a fable, the film shows us that in order to obtain some desires, it is necessary to give up others.

Last ride of an old beggar woman around the old São Luís city revealing the helplessness of both under the sign of an unjust time.

The lawyer Roberto leaves his career and his fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his entire family in a brutal massacre.

Wandering alone in an empty universe, a man encounters unexpected presences along the vastness of his path, needing to overcome them for his journey to continue.

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.

It is a documentary about the trajectory of the liberation of the Brazilian woman's body and exposes the differences of this trajectory to white and black women. The film presents interviews, archive images that illustrate some of the factors that contributed to this liberation in Brazil - such as music, dance, fashion and the contraceptive pill - and proposes a discussion about feminism through the deconstruction of the masculine. The film incorporates fictional scenes where men do not realize their macho and racist behavior and full of class prejudices, rooted and accepted by society.

Sandro is a young man who faces problems adapting to his new life in the big city, when on a trip to the beach his routine is changed after the sight of an unknown man.

A 70-year-old queer man who is losing his memory needs you to help keeping some of his most intimate and contradictory remembrances from a public bathroom in his past, where he had experiences of danger, pleasure, and shame.

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more than 20 years earlier. de Andrade dedicated the film to his father, who had sent him on the expedition.

Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away to Recife, where starts to work with sexual tourism. Then, she meets Mark, a German tourist, and falls in love with him.

BRAINROT is a secret experiment by Meta Labs: a test to see how long it takes for the algorithm to turn humans into lab rats. The physical mutations caused by a life spent staring at screens are normalized with the same complacency with which unhealthy consumption habits are accepted. Don’t let your child do homework with AI. The rat inside you is the target!

For thirty years, Carlos Escayola was the main politician of the small town of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. This farmer was known both for his political and cultural achievements (including the construction of a theater), and for the reputation of seducer, which earned him one of the greatest family polemics in the history of the region.

Documentary of the legendary 1985 music festival in Brazil.

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

Experimental animation scratched directly onto leftover film found in the trash with an old knife. Narrative without logic or coherence. Six people dubbed the film at random, recording improvised voices and screams on different audio channels, which were then superimposed. More than 700 frames were scratched with different designs to make up one minute.

General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend decides to help them, but things only get worse.

A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.

A film about love, also a memoir, about the trip made in the 1970s to Morocco by Jarda Ícone, an artist, sexologist, and octogenarian rocker, as she defines herself, and Lírio Terron, a human rights activist. In fact, a journey that is not over in their lives. Jarda Icon teaches classes on how women can obtain their own orgasm. With her group of disciples and friends Ana Brasil, Sheyla Fernanda, Caroline Sylvie and Lakshmi she develops self-sustainable feminist and artistic projects. The film is political, but not at all politicized in the traditional sense. It is an ode to the underground and counterculture movements, it is a hymn to freedom, and its title is also a tribute to Oswald d Andrade, one of the main names in Brazilian modernism.

Manuela, a trans woman, an artist, who, when attending a live model workshop, awakens to her own beauty and power, even though she has to face everyday difficulties, which require courage and determination.

"Do what you want because everything will be legal".

On her first day at Animated School, Any Malu has to go through several classes and challenges to decide what kind of drawing she wants to be. The girl does everything not to be classified as an extra.

Paola and Ziel grew up in the Karapotó indigenous territory, in the interior of the Brazilian state of Alagoas, but in their youth they ended up following different ways. The film is a reunion in the city of Recife, in a ritual of healing and affection, reviving bonds of friendship

After his self-esteem is "upgraded" in a neurolinguistic session, shy Gabriel is finally able to put into practice his dream of becoming a successful youtuber and perhaps win over Bianca, his childhood sweetheart.

Mumford & Sons - Live at Lollapalooza 2016

Pierre works as a foreman in the work of a multinational in the jungle, clearing forests and planting pines to make paper. But his life changes when he falls in love with Ana, a rural teacher worried about the problems that the abuse of agrochemicals is causing in the population.

For seven years Aly Muritiba worked in a prison in Brazil. There, he was part of the Alpha team. After studying film and making some shorts, Aly returns to his old job to be reunited with his former colleagues and make a film about the Alpha Team. The Team consists of 28 people, men and women of different origins and backgrounds, that work as caretakers and custodians for over a thousand criminals in a Brazilian prison. Walkiu becomes the leader of the team and hopes to do a good job. But as time goes by he realizes that his hands are tied.

A film-letter that tells the tale of an unlikely and recurring discussion about the perception of herons in the urban environment. (Un)intentionally, it raises questions about how we see ourselves as residents of "less affluent" areas of Rio de Janeiro.

Agripino and Sandoval roam around their workplace, Machiavelli Incorporated, a venture which they plan to expand whatever the costs.

Rogério Sganzerla’s lost film. The only existing copy was lost in 1992 and the negatives are lost. It tells about the history of Betty Bomba, an exhibitionist woman.

Enaldinho and his gang go out to have fun in a paradisiacal park. The class takes advantage of everything the place has to offer until strange things start to happen. Some people mysteriously disappear during the night and, when they reappear, they are different. They seem to be totally out of vital energy! Enaldinho leaves to try to find out who or what is doing this... He then discovers that the victims are being taken to a mysterious cave and there has their energy drained, turning everyone into Zombies... Who is behind all this is "Zap", a frightening alien who needs people's energy to be the fuel of a destructive weapon that can enslave the entire planet. Enaldinho and his friends need to prevent "Zap" from realizing his plan and saving the world from this dark force.

As Jack begins his gender transition process, Brazil is plunged into a wave of extreme conservatism. The film follows the transformations in his life and in the country, crossed by an extreme right-wing government and a devastating pandemic. Through an intimate account of the daily life of Jack and his friends, we see a network of affection and solidarity flourishing in the midst of an adverse context.

Although in trouble, Cecilia and Julia see themselves faced with a true nightmare and now they have to work together to get over it.

In Pau Brasil, a small, lost village in the heart of Brazil, the families of Joaquim and Nives live side by side. Despite living in the same perverse structure of social oppression, they deal with life in radically different ways.

Live concert that showcases the Brazilian singer Marisa Monte's exceptional talent and charisma. Recorded during her acclaimed 2001 tour, the DVD captures Monte's dynamic stage presence and her ability to blend various musical styles, including samba, MPB (Música Popular Brasileira), and pop.

In a mysterious proposal focused on introducing the character, Jane Bond enters the dark corridor through the illuminated door. Her silhouette and her eyes are visible with a light source in the corridor. A retelling of a scene from the film "007 - Skyfall".

Dayane suddenly leaves. Her mother Marluce, her sister Mariana and her fiancé Antônio stay. Between the incessant search, silent resignation and silent denial, this touching family drama from Ceará is located.

William is a middle-aged writer who lives alone in a small, untidy house and can't settle down doing what he loves. Confused and distressed, he flirts with death. With the rope around his neck, about to jump off a chair, the man looks around at his house and sees little “magical” objects that remind him of his past and passions, thus making a decision.