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- A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
- After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
- Downtown Recife's classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that's just part of the story.
- Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.
- Set in the beautiful and romantic city of Lisbon, the love story between a shy Brazilian man and a fearless Portuguese woman is haunted by stories from their past.
- Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love".
- Marcelo Martinessi's stunning debut The Heiresses is an immersive and emotionally compelling look into the lives of the privileged, through the tribulations of a hesitant woman in quiet crisis.
- A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
- Young housewife Helena is on the verge of fulfilling a dream as she prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. She hires a maid, Paula, to take care of her house and daughter. But when her husband Otavio is suddenly fired from his job as an insurance executive, Helena is left to support the family alone. As Otavio fails to find work and becomes increasingly alienated, business struggles to take off and the pressure on Helena mounts. To make things worse, she discovers that one of the building's brick walls seems to be crumbling. Helena begins to wonder if that may be the cause of all her problems.
- A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves, and her hopes.
- Caroline dreams of a life filled with adventure. Then one day, while living with her healer Granny and troublesome cat Mus, Caroline gets her chance. While looking through her granny's healing potions, Caroline stumbles across a magic formula that will make her fly. Jumping with excitement, Caroline turns an ordinary umbrella into her own personal flying broomstick. But magic isn't always used for good and when the evil leader of a manufacturing company finds out about the magic potion, she kidnaps Caroline's Granny in order to steal the recipe. When Caroline finds out, she jumps into action and starts off on the adventure of her lifetime to rescue her Granny.
- Two hapless cops find themselves in over their heads as they cross paths with dangerous criminals while searching for Celestina, a beloved goat mascot.
- The first kiss of a transgender teenager.
- Éder is arrested when he confesses to killing a man. Duca, Éder's nephew, is only 15, but decides to prove his uncle's innocence, since he is sure that his uncle is assuming the crime in order to get his girlfriend out of prison.
- Drama about a boy who denies the call of his culture to become a shaman, when he hears his dead father's voice asking him to celebrate the funerary feast, so his spirit can depart to the village of the dead.
- "Contra Todos" is a story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately to change their lives, but are unable to escape their destiny.
- Joana, 13, wants to find out why her great-aunt died at 70 without ever having dated anyone. As she confronts the values of her community in Southern Brazil, Joana realizes that all the women in her family have a secret, while something hidden inside her also reveals.
- Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another. The only variations seem to be in the weather. One day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay. She came upon the village while traveling through the valley, following the unused railroad tracks. She is a photographer, intent on capturing the village's special allure. Initially reticent, the townsfolk gradually open up to her, sharing their stories and allowing themselves to be photographed. Rita is comfortable with technologies old and new, and Madalena teaches her to knead dough by the light of an oil lamp. Only the village priest continues to find Rita's presence worrisome, especially when she begins asking about the locked cemetery.
- Sao Paulo, Brazil. Isabel, a 25-year-old girl, is kidnapped. The first ATM the criminals try to withdraw money from is broken. It's almost 10:00pm. The kidnappers realize they will not be able to get to the next one on time. What was meant to be an express kidnapping becomes an all-night imprisonment.
- TV SeriesFrom housing projects in Chile to the elegant renovations of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, this documentary series offers a vision of the universe of six of the most renowned architects from Latin America.
- A retired woman spends her days snooping everybody in her neighborhood as a police informant. When she thinks she sees a man murder a woman, but the death is seen as natural by the police, she decides to prove she was right.
- The film appropriates and discusses Brazilian reality based on dialogues, excerpts and scenes from Glauber Rocha's visceral films and his desire to 'remove the masks' from Brazil's third world saga.
- Christopher Clark, an eco-warrior, has established his unique Outpost of Progress in the heart of the Amazon rainforest - a utopian society based on the perfect balance between nature and technology, run and safeguarded by the forest's dwellers. Unfortunately, the situation is getting worse every year, and a new wildfire now threatens to destroy the Outpost. In a daring bid to capture the world's attention about the impending catastrophe and to urge the Brazilian government to create a protective reserve, Chris decides to take a bold gamble: organizing a spectacular Pink Floyd concert amid the verdant inferno. After all, in the mind of a dreamer, the realm of possibilities knows no bounds.
- Documentary about Helena Ignez, one of the main female personalities of Brazilian cinema. The actress and director ushered a new style of acting, and nowadays she directs independent films.
- Alice discovers a bizarre and brilliant land where she encounters even stranger characters. However the community is under threat from a local colonel who will do anything to take the land the community relies on.
- The documentary begins with the 2012 discovery of silent registers of members of the GRIN (Rural Indigenous Guard) parading in uniform in 1970. It proceeds as an investigation into this all-indigenous militia group, founded and trained by Brazil's most recent military dictatorship, whose ranks were never formally dissolved. From study of archival material and present-day meetings with former GRIN members and their families unfolds a bifurcated reflection on the legacy of the dictatorship and the place of indigenous people in Brazilian society, one in which past and present hold equal weight.
- Gathered in an artistic process, seven young dancers are ushered to a dive into their ancestral ties.
- Zeca Baleiro guides us on this musical journey to his home state. With testimonies and performances by local artists from different musical genres, we discover a pulsating and little explored sound panel.
- During the Second World War, a cooperation agreement between the Brazilian and US governments led to the transportation of around 60,000 men from the Northeast of Brazil to the Amazon Region to work on the extraction of latex destined for the American arms industry. Half of these men died before they could return home and many others are still awaiting recognition as "national heroes" and the pensions equal to those of servicemen they had been promised.
- Documentary about old people living on a hill downtown Rio de Janeiro called "Morro da Conceição", one of the oldest parts of the city. They tell stories about their lives, the city and the country.
- Fatima, Brandy, Ana and Cecilia are all Latin American women affected by violence. Set in Mexico, Honduras, Brazil and Argentina, this documentary recounts their stories of vulnerability and strength.
- Younger brother of Henfil and Betinho, Chico Mário became a great guitarist and discovered in music his way of expressing himself and looking at the world.
- A murder, on Christmas Eve, spawns a fortuitous connection between melancholic and misfit characters of the São Paulo nightlife, setting in motion a vertiginous search for justice amidst the underworld of Brazil's largest metropolis. Through contemporary political lenses, "The City" of Abysses updates the invention, irreverence, and dreamlike filmographies from other times, transforming a past inheritance into something unique and singular. Whether through irony or foreboding, the film's sepulchral atmosphere also reflects the marks of a time that was yet to come.
- Component of the vocal trio "Os Tincoãs", the singer and composer Mateus Aleluia developed his musical career between Brazil and Angola. Back in Brazil around the 2000s he retakes his artistic production in an acclaimed solo career. Following the process of composition of his second album, the documentary "Aleluia, The Infinite Song" addresses in the construction of the imagery around the artist's life and work.
- In the middle of Rio Carnival, Patrícia and Paula live their meetings and mismatches.
- Souza Dantas was a Brazilian ambassador to France. With the outbreak of World War II, on his own he began issuing visas to Jews allowing them to flee to Brazil, saving them from the Holocaust.
- Much has been written about João Cabral de Melo Neto, but few are the audiovisual records of the poet. The film was made as from five encounters registered in 1999, where the writer speaks of literature, football, the 'sertão' uplands, music, bullfighting, and the flamenco, his great passions in life. Statements also show Recife and Sevilha, cities that he loved and that were to be unreconcilable for their countless differences had João Cabral not lived in them and had not his personality and his personal history not reflected on the streets and on the people.
- A Falência is filmed in mid-1966, in the midst of the great economic crisis that led to the disappearance of hundreds of Brazilian companies and the unemployment of approximately 200,000 workers across the country. The film is divided into 4 sequences: the last days in operation Fábrica de Tecidos Confiança, in Vila Isabel; the interior of the abandoned factory; the judicial auction of the company's assets; the conversation of the employees at the barber shop in worker's neighborhood.
- Xico Stockinger migrates to Brazil after World War I. He dreams of becoming an airplane pilot, but his Austrian origin prevents him from graduating when Brazil enters World War II. He started as Bruno Giorgi's apprentice when he embraces a new dream: art. Xico's unfailing creative capacity along his life echoed among his coeval and still does so in society. Xico Stockinger shows his story, mingled with historical events, his techniques and works. A documentary film on the importance of perseverance and the need of self fulfillment.
- A feature documentary on the life and work of Brazilian conductor, teacher, musicologist and composer José Siqueira. Founder of some of the most important Brazilian orchestras, including the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra, Siqueira was part of the 3rd. nationalist generation of Brazilian composers who used folklore as a source of inspiration and emphasized their northeastern roots in their work. An artist and leader of the musical class who showed the world the strength and diversity of Brazilian culture and who remains unknown in his own country after having his history erased by the Brazilian military dictatorship.
- Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.
- Inspired by Wilson Santos' story, a quilombola from Brazil's Northeast region, the film shows the trajectory of a musician and percussionist who founded the Orquestra de Tambores de Alagoas, dedicating his life to music and the dissemination of popular percussion as a tool for the social inclusion of young people.
- The documentary portrays the path of Evangelista Ignácio de Oliveira, the Vanja, a scientist and inventor from Pernambuco of humble origins who never studied in schools.
- A little girl and her father build a scrap metal robot to save the world.