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- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorGlauber RochaStarsJoel BarcellosDi CavalcantiMarina MontiniGlauber Rocha films the funeral of his friend Di Cavalcanti, one of the most important Brazilian painters and artists of all time. The director/writer pays his tribute to Di by narrating an eloquent speech, referencing poets such as Augusto dos Anjos e Vinicius de Moraes, along with images of Cavalcanti's work and the funeral as well - with the latter event being a spur of the moment to the director who rushed with his camera to the place when he heard the news.
- DirectorAndrea TonacciStarsFrancisco ArrudaBaguNelson CamargoThe tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsMateus ColaçoThe short illustrates a Brazilian folk song in which a being or entity is always predating another being, but is in its turn predated by some other animal, until the circle closes. It begins like this: an old woman is quietly weaving and a fly disturbs her; a spider eats the fly; a mouse eats the spider; a cat chases the mouse and so on...
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsPaulinhoRiva NimitzHenrique CésarA few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
- DirectorLinduarte NoronhaThe real story of Quilombo Olho d'Água da Serra do Talhado, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, which became institutionally isolated from the rest of the country. Quilombos were runaway slave communities in colonial Brazil.
- DirectorEdgard NavarroStarsBertrand DuarteNilda SpencerSchizophrenic tramp performs outrageous acts in the streets of Salvador, and in the end tries to fulfill his ultimate dream: to fly over the city, as a superhero would.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsFerreira GullarStatistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.
- DirectorHelena SolbergA critique of the social values of upper middle class women in Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorMário CarneiroPaulo César SaraceniIn the brazilian city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, fishermen struggle to sustain their community. A big industry installs in town, changing the way and the culture of this small village.
- DirectorZózimo BulbulMetaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through the internal transformation of being, in a game of images of concretist inspiration.
- DirectorGeraldo SarnoGeraldo Sarno tries to understand, in this documentary, why people leave the Northeastern region in Brazil way to São Paulo.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsVerônica AlvesIvan SoaresGabriela SouzaMother gives Daughter a box full of old, colored little vinyl records. Daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.
- DirectorRogério SganzerlaStarsVitor LoturfoMarcelo MagalhãesTwo teens decide to go to the movies. However, since their tastes are very strict, they end up not seeing any film.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeEduardo EscorelRoberto PalmariStarsJoana FommCássio R. MartinsDavid JoséComedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Status Magazine contest.Segmento - Vereda Tropical (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade)
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsLuciano Arrais AndradeGraça AraújoPedro BandeiraIn tropical Recife, in northeastern Brazil, temperatures drop to impossible lows and the inhabitants have to adapt. This 'mockumentary' gradually turns critical, looking at the climate, urban development and social interaction from every angle. Does a ray of sun pierce the clouds, after all?
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsNelson CavaquinhoNelson Cavaquinho is caught rambling his impressions of music and life in his home in Bangu's quiet day-to-day life, walking through the simple neighborhood and, mainly, singing with his choked voice.
- DirectorOzualdo Ribeiro CandeiasStarsIsabel AntinópolisCarlos BiondiPamira Balbina de AlmeidaMan leaves the country and heads for the big city, where he wins a lottery.
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsRoberto MirandaOrlando ParoliniOne of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and friend Orlando Parolini.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoJosé Pedro GoulartStarsJoão AcaiabeSirmar AntunesZé Adão BarbosaDorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsManuel BandeiraThe camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsFerreira GullarImages of Brasilia in its sixth year and interviews with different categories of people living in the capital. One question structures the documentary: could a fully planned city, created in the name of national development and the democratization of society, reproduce the inequalities and oppression that exist in other regions of the country?
- DirectorGlauber RochaIn 1966, José Sarney was elected governor of Maranhão for the first time. To register his inauguration speech and his political pledge to the population of the state, the politician invited the main figure of the Cinema Novo, the great filmmaker Glauber Rocha, to capture everything and turn into a great event. However, Rocha's nervous camera and combative spirit end up capturing a lot more than what Sarney had expected, by showing the contrast between the eloquent words spoken about progress and the harsh reality faced by the poor people.
- DirectorArthur Omar[The Sound, or Treatise on Harmony] (1984) - 35mm - 16 min. A film about the desire of listening. An intermingling of voices from childhood, dreams, history, sex and politics. A visual essay about the universe of sounds. What is sound? What is the sound experience? Sound placed and replaced as Energy. Nothing more should be said. The final conclusion, while the spectator flies over an infinite sea, talks about spreading fragility open. That is the Sound.
- DirectorMaurice CapovillaStarsValdir de MoraesAntero de OliveiraVicente FeolaIn the wide world of sports, soccer is a passion for Brazilians and in this documentary viewers are presented with testimonies from players Vavá, Pelé and Zózimo the great accomplishments of the sport and also the dream of young and poor boys who dream of a better social status.
- DirectorSergio BianchiStarsIsaac BavarescoAlbano CavallinMiguel Aires dos ReisA short documentary that deals about the problematic of native tribes who are being killed and exterminated by the local authorities, in the Mangueirinha reservation in the state of Paraná. Three tribes (Kaingang, Guarani and Xetá) are followed by the director where they their stories.
- DirectorNara NormandeStarsNara NormandeTayra and I grew up on a beach in the north east of Brazil. We were inseparable. The sea breeze brings me back happy memories.
- DirectorMarcos MagalhãesA hungry cat runs out of milk, and is convinced to take a certain soda. Will he be another victim of globalization? Does he have salvation?
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsMagdale AlvesPedro BandeiraGabriela SouzaMiddle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-Set.
- DirectorEdgard NavarroThe act of defecating, filmed in an explicit and impactful way, introduces the parodic story of a demonstrator who evacuates in various institutions in Bahia.
- DirectorAndré Novais OliveiraStarsGabriel MartinsMaurílio MartinsA man waits on the top of the roof with his friend while filming the street hoping to catch a certain person on tape.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFrans KrajcbergSocorro NobreAfter reading an article, an inmate in Salvador identifies herself with Franz Krajcberg and decides to write a letter to the Holocaust survivor.
- DirectorIvan CardosoStarsPaulo AutranClóvis BornayHugo CarvanaA film tribute to the legacy of filmmaker Glauber Rocha, the works of Hélio Oiticica, and how they complement each other.
- DirectorAdirley QueirósA locksmith strike is triggered. Much more than a possible awakening to a class consciousness, the strikers rediscover a city and a time that no longer belong to them.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoTrying to understand the work on the mines of Sabugi, Paraíba.
- DirectorPaulo Gil SoaresStarsBenevidesSérgia Ribeiro da SilvaGregórioDocumentary about the origins of "cangaço", a peculiar form of banditry originally from the Northeast of Brazil.
- DirectorJuliana RojasStarsSabrina GreveGilda NomacceMajeca AngelucciSilvia is a young teacher at an elementary school. One day, her class is interrupted when the students notice her double walking on the other side of the street. Silvia tries to ignore the apparition, but this strange event begins to permeate her daily life and transform her personality.
- DirectorAndré Novais OliveiraStarsMaria José Novais OliveiraNorberto Novais OliveiraAnother day in the life of an elderly couple from the suburbs.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosThe different accents of some inhabitants of the city of Brasilia.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoThe short documentary reveals about the workers from the Port of Santos - the biggest port in São Paulo, and the locals who live in the area, during the late 1970's. It shows about those people activities and their social movement back then.
- DirectorJairo FerreiraStarsJosé Mojica MarinsRogério SganzerlaJúlio BressaneWhile wandering around the hotel where filmmakers and critics are staying, they compose a fresco about the general dissatisfaction surrounding Brazilian cinema by asking: which films would be truly a horror?
- DirectorCarlos ReichenbachStarsEnzo BaroneLindolf BellOsvaldo CalfatDocumentary that uses irony to approach the most fashionable São Paulo street in the 60s: the Rua Augusta (Augusta St.), with its classic personages and most frequented places.
- DirectorTiãoStarsInaê VeríssimoMaria NadirJosé HumbertoSoul in vacuum, desert in expansion.
- DirectorOlney São PauloStarsIbere CavalcantiJanet ChermontSonélio CostaA couple is arrested and tortured after taking part in a political demonstration, being sentenced to death.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoStarsJose Luiz FrancaThe faces, gestures and talks from beggars and other crazed figures from São Paulo marginalized and underground streets are presented during the festivities of the Carnival season. The images are presented along with texts from philosopher Frantz Fanon.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsJúlio BressaneLeovegildo CordeiroNunes PereiraA parodical interview with Radar, a known pornochanchada film editor, conducted by a cine-club reporter (played by the film director) who analyzes the career of the other man - who edited hundreds of those films, at the same time he's presents his manifesto on the defense of those innocent and harmless entertainment for the masses.
- DirectorOzualdo Ribeiro CandeiasThe region of Boca do Lixo in São Paulo and the people from the cinematographic environment that circulated there are recorded in photographs by the director Ozualdo Candeias.
- DirectorHumberto MauroStarsHugo CarvanaOx cart is still part of the landscapes of Brazil' outback, a mixture of utility and poetry.
- DirectorAndrea TonacciStarsDaniele GaudinFrancisco ArrudaFábio SigoloA group of middle-class friends, driving around São Paulo, choose one of the women as a bait to attract a victim, object of their alienation and moral aggressiveness.
- DirectorSergio OliveiraRenata PinheiroA quasi-musical approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world, this documentary describes at the same time a place, a city and a country. The real place, a neighborhood in Recife, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed.
- DirectorAdrian CooperShot in a hat factory in the early 20th century, the film evokes oppressive industrial production where abnormality becomes normal and the banal details of everyday life become expressions of human resistance.
- DirectorPaulo SacramentoStarsLuciana CantonEvelize CervenySônia FrancineYoung people for no apparent reason decide to beat a dog to death.
- DirectorFrancisco SantosStarsJaime CardosoOscar Araújo CostaGraziela DinizThis is the oldest Brazilian movie of fiction not completely destroyed, but unfortunately there are only a few fragments.
- DirectorCesar CabralStarsAngeliLaerte CoutinhoGrace GianoukasMockumentary in stop motion about how cartoonist Angeli has killed his character Rê Bordosa.
- DirectorBenjamin AbrahãoStarsLampiãoThe film tells the story of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the famous Lampião - and the journey of how the poor boy born in the outback became one of the most sought and known men in Brazil.
- DirectorMarcos MagalhãesStarsMarcos MagalhãesThe various techniques of animation in the cinema, in film made in part in the studios of the National Film Board of Canada.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoDeutrudes Carlos da Rocha, 24 years old from Bahia, black, illiterate, is a car washer and lives in São Paulo. Through his testimony and also wielding the camera, he brings us closer to his experience and world view.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsCandeiaCasquinha da PortelaPaulinho da ViolaThe history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.
- DirectorNadia MangoliniFour siblings, whose their father disappeared during Brazilian Military Dictatorship, report their childhood during the regime.
- DirectorDavid NevesStarsHumberto MauroGlauber RochaDocumentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsAntonio DiasRubens GerchmanRoberto MagalhãesThe painting speaks through the work of three young artists, Roberto Magalhães, Antonio Dias and Rubens Gerchman, simply devastating in the visuality with which, in their works, transmute the cacophony of the contemporary city.
- DirectorArthur OmarCongo is an antidocumentary by Arthur Omar almost entirely built with signs that take the place of images.
- DirectorJoel PizziniStarsNey MatogrossoAracy BalabanianRubens CorreiaFilm based on Manoel de Barros poetry. Story about poet's life in the swamp area of Brazil (Pantanal) and its wildlife; & his obsession with the sea and his new life in the big metropolis in Brazil.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoLuna AlkalayThis documentary takes us on a ride through Marginal Tietê, an important avenue in São Paulo, Brazil, then recently opened to the public. The places it crosses and the people living nearby force the viewer to think about the core of this big city.
- DirectorPhilippe BarcinskiStarsEucir de SouzaEugenio PuppoSílvio RestiffeA man loses all he has.
- DirectorEduardo ValenteStarsAbílio CamposPatrícia SelonikThis short follows four days in the life of a father and daughter.
- DirectorHumberto MauroThe rhythm of music inspired by work activities; presentation of the chant of the pylon, boatman and stone.
- DirectorJairo FerreiraDocumentary on Maurice Legeard (1922-1997), the mythical founder of the Santos film club, and his passion for film.
- DirectorIvan CardosoStarsScarlet MoonDaniel MásTorquato NetoThis short film was shot on Super 8, directed by Ivan Cardoso and starring poet Torquato Neto playing a very unusual Brazilian Nosferatu and how he deals with the Brazilian culture and his victims in this crazed mixture between horror and comedy.
- DirectorAna Maria MagalhãesStarsGilda de AbreuCristina AchéNorma BengellDocumentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
- DirectorYasmin ThaynáStarsMonique RoccoIsabél ZuaaA celebration of the beauty of the black women in Brazil, and how they groom themselves and attend to their hairstyles.
- DirectorCarlos AdrianoExperimental 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.
- DirectorLauro EscorelIn the beginning of the Twentieth Century, many immigrants (Italian mainly, Portuguese and Spanish) arrive in São Paulo looking for better conditions of life. They try to settle in the field, but the landlords do not sell lands for them. They are hired to work in the agriculture (coffee, cotton etc.) in horrible working conditions and very low salaries. They move to the city of São Paulo to work in the industry (Crespi, Votorantin, Matarazzo) and leaded by anarchists, they form the working class in Brazil, organizing strikes and fighting for better working conditions and salaries.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsWalter AlfaiateDélcio CarvalhoColomboShort musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in the late composer's house in Inhaúma, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, a group of friends get together to play his music while a "feijoada" (typical Brazilian food with black beans)is being cooked in the kitchen. The samba-players, first-rate samba stars themselves, remember Ketti's great hits in a homage to the man who was best known as "a voz do morro" ("the hill's voice" - but hill as a metaphor for a place where poor people build their shacks in slums, in opposition to city, where middle-class people live in Rio). Among the guests, names of the traditional "samba-school" Portela and ex-partners. Also, the presence of a black hat on an empty chair, represents the composer himself, who died in 1999, after a life of many accomplishments in music, and appearance in three of Dos Santos's films: "Rio, 40 Graus", "Rio Zona Norte" and "Boca de Ouro".
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsFernando LinaresA look at the attitudes toward gays and lesbians in Brazil as seen in interviews with the director's family.
- DirectorJosé Agripino de PaulaStarsMaria Esther Stockler
- DirectorBeto BrantStarsLuiz RamalhoGilberto CaetanoRosi CamposIn 1926, the famous thief Gino Meneghetti (Luiz Ramalho) escapes from the police running on the roofs of the houses in São Paulo.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoStarsArnulfo SilvaArnulfo Silva, a former abandoned child, retells his childhood difficulties living on the streets.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsJeison WallaceConceição CamarotiJones MeloA portrait of the guests in a filthy hotel, the Texas Hotel.
- DirectorLuiz Thomaz ReisA short film that presents the costumes, traditions and festivities of the native tribe Bororo. The documentary commissioned by an enthusiast on the native cause, the Marshall Rondon, the film is considered by experts as being one of the earliest documentaries dealing with ethnicity.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniThe documentary presents a wide view on the ethnic groups who live in Brazil. People from all backgrounds and races are interviewed, gathered in several different state capitals to present their view on how people deal with different races and cultures.
- DirectorIvan CardosoStarsCarlinhos do PandeiroPretaNildo da MangueiraExperimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, specially Parangolé.
- DirectorDebora Waldman
- DirectorAndré Novais OliveiraStarsAndré Novais OliveiraElida SilpeAndre and Elida are dating for a short time. In real life and in fiction.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsCamila KolberFrancisco RojoFelipe Teixeira AzevedoA girl plays soccer with the street kids, and is the best player of them. In a decisive moment of discovery, she begins to experience her first passion and to discover her sexuality.
- DirectorLuiz Paulino Dos SantosUm Dia na Rampa (1960), by Luiz Paulino dos Santos, focuses on a geographic space in the city of Salvador and tries to explain it from the social relations existing in it
- DirectorIvan CardosoStarsMoreira da SilvaWilson GreyDocumentary on the most important singer of the genre "Samba de Breque", in Brazil.
- DirectorGabriel Martins
- DirectorMiguel Rio BrancoThe film constructs an artistic view of the streets of Salvador, Bahia, with its combination of art, the human body and the decadent buildings of the city. It's a juxtaposition of images and film elements presenting the coexistence of families, merchants, prostitutes, dealers and other members from the community.
- DirectorJairo FerreiraA trip by journalist Jairo Ferreira to Amazonas, accompanying the theater group that writer Márcio Souza maintained in Manaus before dedicating himself exclusively to literature.
- DirectorJoel PizziniStarsLeonardo VillarInspired by a painting by De Chirico, the film reveals the aesthetic experience of a watchman as he transports himself to the metaphysical universe of the Italian painter.
- DirectorSérgio RicardoStarsZezinho GamaLaura FigueiredoSérgio RicardoWhen a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid.
- DirectorDennison RamalhoStarsEveraldo PontesDébora MunizVera Barreto LeiteFilho is a miserable bastard. He's divided between the duty of nursing his fanatic mother and his obsessive lust for Formosa - a whore of Satan . His dilemma casts him into an abyss of violence, witchcraft, death and demonic trance. Hail, Hell!
- DirectorJeferson DeStarsGabrielly de AbreuZezé MottaDramatization on the life of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a writer who lives in a slum in São Paulo, Brazil
- DirectorJoão Silvério TrevisanStarsCharles de GaulleAdolf HitlerLyndon B. JohnsonThe freedom of speech and protest against any oppressive regime or conflicting politics is the main topic of this short film, released on the critical years of military regime in Brazil. However, the director doesn't limit to his own country and he also presents images of social/political protests around the world.
- DirectorRosana UrbesStarsPriscila CarboneTuna DwekLuana LourencoGuida, a sweet lady who has been working as an archivist at a Courthouse for 30 years, has her routine changed when she sees a newspaper ad about life drawing classes in a cultural center of the city. Through the main character's creative sensibility, the short film offers a reflection about the artistic inspiration recovery process, art as a transformation agent and the concept of beauty.
- DirectorJosé MedinaStarsWaldemar MorenoLúcia LaísJ. Guedes de CastroA man leaves his wife alone every evening to gamble and enjoy the nightlife. But one night, when he arrives home, he finds her drinking and smoking languorously next to the butler.
- DirectorEliana FonsecaCao HamburgerStarsRicardo BlatEliana FonsecaThe story of Frank, a different creature, born to the song "Singing in the rain", that goes in search of happiness.