Brazilian LGBT - Portuguese LGBT : Gay and Lesbian movies + series from Brazil (Brasil) and Portugal
A Cinematographic Anthology 1960-2024
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- DirectorJosé Hipólito Trigueirinho NetoStarsLola BrahSadi CabralFrancisco ContrerasSalvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police. His mistress tries to keep him from his companions, but he steals her belongings to help the persecuted. Dissatisfied, she denounces him, compromising him politically.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsÊnio GonçalvesLuiz Fernando IanelliWilma HenriquesYoung engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy having a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him. But the wind...
- DirectorBraz ChediakStarsJece ValadãoGlauce RochaEmiliano QueirozA decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsMaria GladysWilson GreyHelena IgnezA dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gays, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life.
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniStarsNorma BengellTetê MedinaCarlos KroeberNewly wed arrives at her husband's family house, in the country. The heavy atmosphere of the house frightens her, and she takes refuge in her homosexual son-in-law's room, who is kept locked and hidden from society. A tragedy occurs, causing her departure. She's only to return seventeen years later, and sick.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsPaulo PortoDarlene GlóriaElza GomesRich, spoiled youngman encounters a prostitute, and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her; he can't decide between attraction, and repulsion.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsMilton GonçalvesOdete LaraStepan NercessianCrime queen and drug dealer, Diaba finds out that the police are after his protégé and decides to "make up" a new bandit to turn in in his place.
- DirectorAntônio CalmonStarsAndré de BiaseAngelina MunizZaira ZambelliToquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister. Although he is poor, he is also ambitious, and wants to change his life. He spends all his time on the beach, at Arpoador, Ipanema, where he dreams to become a famous surfer. Besides, he usually finds Patricia there, a rich and liberated young woman, whom he likes a lot. To impress Patricia and satisfy some of her wishes, he lets himself be seduced by André, a gay guy who, in return for his sexual favors, promises him a trip to Hawaii for a surf championship.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsJosé de AbreuArlindo BarretoMaria Zilda BethlemThe film follows the parallel lives of two brothers of Danish ancestry in the "Pampas" of the Brazilian-Argentine-Uruguayan rural area. The rough life these "gauchos" (South American cowboys) lead means they must share all aspects of their lives. Suddenly, enter "A Intrusa" (the Intruder). How is this new element in their lives to be shared?
- DirectorMário BenvenuttiStarsMário BenvenuttiWalter ColettiConsuelo LeandroHomosexual manages to have a homosexual son, using voodoo.
- DirectorSergio BianchiStarsLélia AbramoAdriani BacchiCirce BernardesAt the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs, homosexuals, punks, artists and poets, as well as immigrants from different parts of the world.
- DirectorGeraldo VietriStarsSandra BréaElizabeth HartmannChico MartinsGay hairdresser falls in love with the straight son of one of his customers.
- DirectorDjalma Limongi BatistaStarsEdson CelulariEva WilmaWalmor ChagasStory of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
- DirectorAlfredo SternheimStarsArlindo BarretoLuiz Carlos BragaZilca BrandãoBeto (David Cardoso) is expelled from the lands where he works, when the landlord finds him in bed with his daughter. He moves to the great city of São Paulo and, without having a former profession and not able to find a job, he becomes a prostitute, having sex with gays. After meeting and falling in love for a journalist, he tries to have a regular life, but his past haunts him.
- DirectorOswaldo de OliveiraStarsMário BenvenuttiRita de CássiaFelipe DonavanAndré is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling establishments of André. When the prostitute Margot sees her old friend and ex-con Sarja working as a waiter in the casino where she tricks clients, she invites him to stay with her in her apartment. When André, who is gay, sees the handsome Sarja, he falls in love with his employee that becomes his protégée. Meanwhile, Sarja and Margot plot to steal the high stakes on St George's Day and they invite André's henchman Lobão and two gangsters to participate in the heist. Meanwhile Fiore also plots to steal André's money with his gang.
- DirectorBentinhoStarsCarmem AngélicaMara CarmemJuca de OliveiraAs condition to inherit some assets, three women must turn three gay men into their lovers. Fighting for the money are also a charitable nun, a gay lawyer and a dissolute woman.
- DirectorJosé Antonio GarciaÍcaro MartinsStarsCarla CamuratiCristina MutarelliTânia AlvesA group of eleven women organize a soccer team, as a manifesto against sexism.
- DirectorAngela LindersStarsMarijke BeversluisSão José LapaCremilda GilA Dutch woman visits a girlfriend in Portugal, but first spends a few days in a deserted villa by the sea. In flashbacks it becomes clear that her life is dominated by fear. She slowly starts to bring more order to her existence.
- DirectorAlberto LecchiStarsAndrea Del BocaAdrián SuarRita CorteseA shy young man is mistaken for a homosexual by his coworker, which helps him get closer to her and win her over.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsWilliam HurtRaul JuliaSonia BragaA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
- DirectorSergio ToledoStarsAna Beatriz NogueiraRaul CortezAida LeinerYoung girl spends her adolescence in an institution for minors, developing some masculine traits in her personality. In this hostile environment, she can only find some sympathy in a teacher. After leaving the place, she falls in love with a divorced woman in her work, mother of a young boy, which aggravates her inner conflicts.
- DirectorWilson BarrosStarsZezé MottaAntônio FagundesMarco NaniniMany exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, the drag queen; Teddy, the hustler; Guto, the gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
- DirectorJoaquim PintoStarsInês de MedeirosIsabel de CastroBruno LeiteA story of initiation and struggle with adulthood: on vacation at the inn of an aunt by the sea, Miguel meets Luísa, fisherman João and Dr. Fernando, three characters that will mark the entrance of his first "stone in his pocket.
- DirectorJoaquim PintoStarsLuís Miguel CintraInês de MedeirosMaria de MedeirosLaura lives in Vouzela with her husband who is a lot older than her. When her brother Nuno visits her, he realizes that Laura does not have a happy life.
- DirectorJoaquim LeitãoStarsMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaKarra ElejaldeCatarina Menezes is a bisexual TV reporter who decides to have a child on her own and chooses Spanish humanitarian doctor Rafael to father the child, setting up an elaborate charade to lure him into her bed. When Catarina reveals her pregnancy, though, her current live-in girlfriend doesn't take to it kindly and promises to make Catarina's life hell; to make matters worse, Rafael finds out her true identity and comes to Lisbon to see her. And Catarina's sole refuge is in the arms of fellow journalist Francisco, her professional relationship slowly becoming a romantic one.
- DirectorDomingos de OliveiraStarsVicente BarcellosClara BethencourtPedro BethencourtIn Rio de Janeiro, at the end of the millennium, a group of friends share their lives and experiences with each other. They are mostly middle-aged. A man and woman are inseparable buddies involved in a friendship that's more like extended therapy and philosophizing sessions. Their dialogs dominate the film, and involve many other people. Chief among them: his daughter, her boyfriends, the her husband, mistresses and lovers including an HIV positive gay Brazilian recently back from abroad.
- DirectorPaulo RochaStarsLuís Miguel CintraJoana BárciaIsabel RuthIn Lisbon, during the feasts of St. Anthony, the cross breeders of politicians in black shirts and transvestites all dressed in pink. An exuberant allegory of freedom against dictatorship.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsRicardo MenesesBeatriz TorcatoAndre BarbosaYoung and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid interest in him, so instead Sergio roams the city with the trash company's pet dog. Eventually Sergio becomes fascinated with a sleek motorcycle, and then also its owner, João - a young man totally indifferent to Sergio. The frustrated trash collector's surfacing sexual desires unleash his darkest impulses, sending him down a dangerous path of violence, depravity and degradation.
- DirectorSandra WerneckStarsMurilo BenícioCarolina FerrazEmílio de MelloFifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Júlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left waiting in the lobby alone. While he waits, something happens which will change his life. A scene, an encounter, an unfinished sentence... Something insignificant, but which will determine the character's life. Fifteen years later, we follow three completely different versions of Carlos's life. In one, he is a man divided between the stability of a secure life in a lukewarm marriage, and the growing desire to live a great love affair. In the second, he is homosexual and places passion above all else. In the third possible life, Carlos is a man who hasn't yet discovered love, and lives through successive disastrous relationships in search of the perfect woman. One of them is his real life. Another is not his life. And a third is the life he'd like to lead. Which is his true life ?
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsGlória PiresAndrea BeltrãoLília CabralAfter the death of their mother, four sisters gather to divide their inheritance, and bring back several family troubles.
- DirectorKaze ShindôStarsMika OkunoChika FujimuraToshiya NagasawaTwenty-something lesbian Chinatsu shares a one-bedroom apartment with heterosexual Kyoko. Although they have a passing attraction, Kyoko is mostly interested in men, especially one who work in a pet store.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsLázaro RamosMarcelia CartaxoFlavio BauraquiLoose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorJürgen BrüningStarsHendrik ScheiderAldri AnunciaçãoTarik QaziCyrus, Tim and Erik were high school buddies and meet again ten years later. They spend the summer together in Brazil. All of them are occupied in dealing with experiences from their past but new developments make them face their inner conflicts and their friendship with each other.
- DirectorWalter CarvalhoSandra WerneckStarsDaniel de OliveiraMarieta SeveroReginaldo FariaThe life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and involvement with drugs.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsAna Cristina de OliveiraNuno GilJoão CarreiraPedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Another pair of lovers, Odete and Alberto, split over her desire to have a child. Pedro lived in Odete's building. She attends the wake, stealing a ring, a last gift from Rui, from Pedro's finger. She behaves hysterically at the graveside, and later, wearing Pedro's ring, she insists she's carrying Pedro's child. Rui grieves as well, drinking too much and seeing Pedro's apparition. Odete's obsession intrudes on Rui, whose grief makes him vulnerable to her hysteria. Can this end well?
- DirectorJoaquim LeitãoStarsMarco D'AlmeidaAdriano CarvalhoCarla ChambelMozambique, 24th of December 1969, a Portuguese army patrol return to headquarters bringing in a prisoner. A few hours later, he is found dead in his cell. Who killed him? and why? tensions grow, while an attack to the headquarters is under way...
- DirectorJorge MorenoStarsÍlvio AmaralMaurício CanguçuMarília PêraThe ghost of a gay man, Lolo, refuses to follow his natural way to heaven and stays on Earth. After meeting the man of his dreams, Lolo decides to incorporate in the body of Vicente, the guy's best friend. The only problem is that Vicente is heterosexual, and the sudden changes in his behavior affect his relationship with his girlfriend.
- DirectorCarla CamuratiStarsMarco NaniniNey LatorracaLuisa ArraesAfter many flops, a theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap," but he faces many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions.
- StarsAntônio FagundesDalton VighMarjorie EstianoA young woman vows revenge on a tricky, unscrupulous man after he deceives and abandons her pregnant with their son.
- CreatorRui VilhenaStarsPaulo PiresJosé WallensteinBárbara Norton de MatosTwin brothers Vasco and Victor, both villains, compete to take over a struggling cosmetics company owned by the Viana Levi family, led by the mysterious maestro Leonardo. This complex narrative unravels secrets, including a series of mysterious deaths connected to Leonardo's marriages, amidst the backdrop of a cyclone in Lisbon, affecting other characters like the comatose pregnant Isabel and estranged family members seeking Bernardo's heritage.
- DirectorAluizio AbranchesStarsJúlia LemmertzFábio AssunçãoJean Pierre NoherTwo brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
- DirectorRaphael AlvarezTatiana IssaStarsJosephine BakerCiro BarcelosNorma BengellA Brazilian Theater group that through talent, irony and humor confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970's revolutionizing the gay movement worldwide and changing theater and dance language to an entire generation.
- DirectorRoberto MoreiraStarsMaria Clara SpinelliSílvia LourençoDanni CarlosThe story of three young people in search of love amid the frantic pace of São Paulo. What will a relationship unearth of their unspoken past, and can they dare hope for a happy future?
- DirectorEsmir FilhoStarsÁurea BaptistaIsmael CaneppeleTuane EggersA Bob Dylan fan who goes by the name Mr. Tambourine passes his time in the Brazilian countryside by looking at photographs and movies on the Internet that seem to feature the same mysterious woman.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsChandra MalatitchJohn Jesus RomãoIvo BarrosoA transgender woman tries to erase any past history of herself as a male. Struggling with a young male lover and a problematic son.
- DirectorFabricio CorreaStarsMariana RodriguesMarcelo MesquitaBruno NovaesPaulo Roberto and Renata are engaged. The pan starts to boil when Paulo Roberto falls in love with Renata's gay brother Roger. Paulo Roberto then faces new challenges since he comes from an aristocratic family. He finally comes out to everyone: his fiancee, his mother, his whole family. The plot is unique because it deals with a current subject: Gay Marriage, in a powerful way and avoiding cliches. This work is dedicated to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
- DirectorMarcelo LaffitteStarsSimone SpoladoreIgor CotrimSérgio BezerraIn Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transvestite hairdresser Lady Madonna.
- DirectorMalu De MartinoStarsAna Paula ArósioMurilo RosaNatália LageJulia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life. It is impossible for her to disguise her pain when she attempts to narrate emotions.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsFrancisco MiguezDenise FragaFiukMano has to deal with adolescence dilemmas and his family destruction, after his father leaves their house.
- DirectorOdilon RochaStarsClaudia OhanaVanessa GiácomoMateus SolanoBrazil, 1978, a group of people live their lives under the dictatorship, the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy of "Dancin' Days", a prime time soap, which fictional drama is set on the homonymous night club in Rio de Janeiro. After a fatal incident, Amanda and Dora (a high-class prostitute addicted to the TV drama, and her "maid") are forced to run away from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro with the fed Brandão in hot pursuit. While the excitement of visiting the disco "Dancin' Days" distracts Amanda from the danger of the situation she is in, Dora gets ready to confront her secret past. In a six degrees of separation manner, their destine will cross with João Paulo, a diplomat who feels like a foreigner in his own country, the revolutionary Vicente and his brother Pedro, and the teenager Caio, who was raised by his grandparents and counts with the support of his friend Mônica as he struggles to be accepted as a gay man. Both youngster are crazy about disco fever and fascinated by the soap "Dancin' Days".
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsAlcina AbrantesAndreia MartinaCatarina GasparHaunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression.
- DirectorCaio SóhStarsEmilio DantasRemo RochaPaloma DuarteWhat if life blindsided destiny? What if happiness was found in the unlikeliest of places? When do we allow ourselves to embrace the new without fear of letting go of the past? Gil (Emílio Dantas) is a twenty year old young man that questions himself and the world. He is an orphan, raised by his aunt Leila (Paloma Duarte) and his uncle César (Roberto Bomtempo). His lifestyle is fulfilled by his guitar, poetry and alcohol, generating a family war that causes Gil to run away from home causing him to leave behind all his belongings, security and the only love that he had till then, the love of his aunt Leila. With his guitar on his back, without a destiny, money or the support of friends, Gil meets Otávio (Remo Rocha), a music producer that will change his destiny forever.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsNathalia DillLuca BianchiLívia de BuenoTwo girlfriends visit a big Brazilian beach festival and decide to just let go. They enjoy the music, booze, drugs and on one steamy afternoon even each other. They also meet a young man and things can't be better. Can this paradise last?
- DirectorKiko GoifmanClaudia PriscillaThis is a road trip about an individual (Sillvyo Lucio) who is in search of a long awaited dream - finding a doctor in Brazil who will perform gender re-assignment surgery. Born a female, this search reveals our subject's ideas and loathing of the male touch, shame and embarrassment of being pregnant and giving birth at an early age, and an endearing need to allow deep-seeded masculine traits to surface. Sillvyo explains his unique understanding of experiencing life from a masculine perspective, tips on how to win over a woman's affection, and many dark secrets from his past. Interviews include his mother (who explains the family's need to maintain a decent image of who their "dauther" really is, other family members who describe what life was like as Sillvyo grew up, and a special segment with Sillvyo's daughter, where she shares her beliefs and desires for her "mother" (which she refuses to accept as a man). All of this makes for a journey into very interesting regions of a desolate parts of Brazil's countryside.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsGlória PiresMiranda OttoTracy MiddendorfA chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
- DirectorAntonio Carlos da FontouraStarsThiago MendonçaRenato RussoLaila ZaidThe life of Renato Manfredini Júnior, Brazilian musician, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the rock scene of 70's/80's Brasilia.
- DirectorHilton LacerdaStarsMaria de Jesus BaccarelliJesuíta BarbosaAriclenes BarrosoThe romance between a 18-year-old soldier and the cultural ringleader of an anarchist cabaret.
- DirectorMaximilian von MollStarsCésar AugustoDaniel PassiAndré VieiraWhen successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio, his initial fear is about contracting HIV, but emotional matters soon loom large as well.
- DirectorTavinho TeixeiraStarsEveraldo PontesTavinho TeixeiraCícero FerreiraBatman and Robin struggling to survive in a apocalyptic third world.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsWagner MouraClemens SchickFred LimaShortly after failing to rescue a drowning man, Donato meets Konrad, a friend of the victim. They soon begin a relationship which seems doomed from the start, while Donato's past catches up with him.
- DirectorGustavo VinagreStarsGustavo VinagreBruno D'UgoHugo GuimarãesIn a middle class neighborhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is love just a construction?
- DirectorLírio FerreiraStarsDaniel de OliveiraCaroline AbrasSandra CorveloniTwenty two years ago, an arid, volcanic and island paradise nestled in the middle of the South Atlantic, a nine year old boy, Pedro was separated from his sister, Raquel. Rosa, their mother, fearful of a forbidden attraction between them, decides to send his son, not daughter, for the continent. The boy was taken by Kaleb, the rider of an old circus, passing by the island. On the mainland, Kaleb instructed the boy in circus arts and spirit, where the former islet became Zolah the Bullet Man. BLUE BLOOD begins when Zolah and the circus back to paradise. The circus is established as an island within an island, and the most solitary of these isles Zolah himself, a beautiful man who seduces everyone and everything, yet remains deeply lonely, because he could not love anyone.
- DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsGhilherme LoboFabio AudiTess AmorimLeonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
- DirectorAlexandre CarvalhoStarsTchaka O'HaraLuis VazMaurício EvannsA group of friends make a pact together to come out of the closet after one of them is assaulted during São Paulo's Gay Parade.
- DirectorMarina PersonStarsAren GalloCaio HorowiczCaio BlatSão Paulo, 1984. Estela gets through the troubled phase of adolescence. Sex, love, friendship; everything looks too complicated. Her personal refuge is her uncle Carlos and the trip to California, where he lives, is her biggest dream. But everything falls apart when he comes back weak and ill. Between crisis and discoveries, Estela has to face a reality that will definitely change her way of seeing the world.
- DirectorAndré AntônioStarsSócrates AlexandreCaio AlvesFelipe Araújo2040 was an important year to me for two reasons. First, it was when I decided to leave the Space Colonies and move back to Recife. Second, it was in 2040 I found out about The Cult.
- DirectorBreno BaptistaSamuel BrasileiroRodrigo FernandesStarsKeka AbrantesThiago AndradeTatiana BarbosaThe animal is in motion, it is impossible to hold it. The bodies vibrate, dance and desire. Six episodes, six directors, and stories about body, movement, desire, and eroticism.
- DirectorFilipe MatzembacherMarcio ReolonStarsMateus AlmadaMaurício BarcellosElisa BritesTwo boys on the edge of adulthood find themselves exploring their relationship.
- DirectorFelipe ShollStarsKarine TelesTom KarabachianDenise FragaAfter a 43-year-old divorcee begins a relationship with a 17-year-old boy, they must face his parents' disagreement and fight for their relationship.
- DirectorMarília Hughes GuerreiroCláudio MarquesStarsGilmar AraujoIgor SantosMilla SuzartMilla, Gilmar and Igor will form an unconventional family at Serra do Ramalho, in the drylands of Bahia.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsNaomi NeroDaniel BotelhoDani NefussiAfter discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother as a child, Pierre (AKA Felipe) must deal with the consequences of his mother's actions and must try to cope with his biological family.
- CreatorArthur ChermontFaell VasconcelosStarsJoão MesquitaArthur ChermontJoão TessariThe Monteiro and Campelo families live in the shadow of a crime committed in the past. But when chance puts Ramon and Rômulo face to face, hatred turns into an unlikely love that can hurt parents, siblings, friends, and even themselves.
- CreatorAlice CarvalhoStarsAlice CarvalhoPriscilla VilelaPedro QueirogaWhat happens when you realize your dreams are no longer your own? Promising triathlete, Jessica has trained her entire life and finally has a shot at the Olympics. When she meets Lua, the mysterious and confident surf instructor, Jessica realizes just how trapped she feels by her own life and her controlling father.
- DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsPaul HamyJoão Pedro RodriguesXelo CagiaoFernando, 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.
- StarsNicolas VargasSophia StarostaFelipe PaesBruno, a young soldier who has just run away from the Brazilian Army, travels to Porto Alegre in search of his brother Leo, who he hasn't seen in years. Bruno can't find Leo but meets Leo's friends and learns about his life. As Bruno discovers a new space where he is free to be himself and explore his sexuality, he finds a new family away from home. Portuguese audio with English subtitles.
- DirectorMarco DutraJuliana RojasStarsIsabél ZuaaMarjorie EstianoMiguel LoboClara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night changes their plans.
- DirectorMauro CarvalhoThiago CazadoStarsThiago CazadoRodrigo BittesCarmem MoretzsohnTwo young students experience their first love.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsRicardo TeixeiraJosé PimentãoRaquel Rocha VieiraIt's the summer of '75 in Sines, Portugal. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation. He and his friends exude youth, eccentricity and hope for the future - but right after the fall of Portugal's dictatorship system, the country is not yet ready for his love story.
- DirectorMarcelo CaetanoStarsKelner MacêdoLucas AndradeWelket BunguéThe summer is coming and Elias has been dreaming of the sea a lot. In the factory where he works, his responsibilities increase as the holiday season approaches. After one more night working overtime, Elias and the workers decide to go out and have some beer. That is when new encounters and desires open up to his horizons.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsMaria RibeiroClarisse AbujamraPaulo VilhenaWhen Rosa's mother makes a surprising disclosure to her one day, Rosa decides to break out of her usual obligations. In so doing she discovers that life holds many surprises in store for her.
- DirectorDannon LacerdaStarsFernanda BoechatHigor CampagnaroGabriel CanellaTaná lives with his wife in Rio de Janeiro. He works at a building supplies store and she is an opera singer. The couple is going about their usual life routine, until the transvestite Kika is suprisingly brought into their lives.
- DirectorTravis MathewsStarsJonny MarsAtsuko OkatsukaJoy CunninghamAfter years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America.
- DirectorFlávio Ramos TambelliniStarsCarolina FerrazSandra CorveloniSofia MarquesGraça is a single mother who works as a massage therapist and lives with her two children: Moreno, 8, and Papoula, 15. One day, in a visit to the doctor, Graça is diagnosed with a brain aneurism that may rupture at any moment. Desperate about who will take care of her kids in the event of her death, she decides to go after her brother, Luiz Carlos, whom she hasn't seen in over 15 years due to a quarrel. When they meet, however, Luiz Carlos has become Gloria, a beautiful and successful transvestite, who now owns a restaurant and brags about being independent. At first, Gloria is unwilling to reconnect with her family; but as she becomes more guilt-stricken, she accepts Graça's invitation to meet her nephews and eventually realizes that maybe, to be complete, she needs to become a mother.
- DirectorRené GuerraStarsAntonio Haddad AguerreLúcia BronsteinAlexandre CiolettiGuigo (12) is in love for Sabrina (12). One day, he and his friend Tulio (12) traveling with his father, Roberto and his friend Paulo for a ranch. The fishery would have everything to be wonderful, if there was internet signal. Besides the internet, Guigo will face another situation: Paulo is boyfriend of his father.
- DirectorRafael GomesStarsRafael de BonaJulia CorrêaFábio LucindoFive countries. Three friends. One broken heart.
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsCarloto CottaCleo TavaresAnabela MoreiraA fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.
- CreatorGuto BarraTatiana IssaStarsThammy MirandaGretchenJean Wyllys10 episodes documentary series examining the challenges of coming out of the closet.
- DirectorEliane CosterStarsNatalia MolinaDiego AvelinoFrancisco GomesSandra's mother has been missing for days. Disoriented and without money, she asks Jorge, her distant half brother, for help, but after recording a homophobic aggression, he is being threatened to not release the images.
- DirectorFilipe MatzembacherMarcio ReolonStarsShico MenegatBruno FernandesGuega PeixotoSet in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, the film focuses on a socially repressed young man who only comes out of his shell during chatroom performances, when he strips and smears neon paints on his lithe body.
- DirectorDiego FreitasStarsNicolas PrattesNeusa Maria FaroAndré HendgesBehind the looks of a shy film student, David hides an obscure past that is about to be revealed.
- DirectorMonique GardenbergStarsLee TaylorJalooErasmo CarlosMarked by losses and mismatches, José's eccentric family seek to be happy while locked in Paraíso Perdido, a nightclub that has stopped in time, where they sing popular romantic music.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosTales OrdakjiJayme RodriguesAfter his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
- CreatorPaulo LescautAnderson MahanskiFernando MendonçaStarsWillam BelliTrixie MattelD.J. 'Shangela' PierceThree gay co-workers at a department store lead double lives as superhero drag queens, fighting crime and other forces like an evil drag queen and a conservative politician.
- DirectorTavinho TeixeiraStarsMariah TeixeiraTavinho TeixeiraMauro SoaresWhile the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric couple trek through the Brazilian interior with their son and daughter.
- DirectorVicente Alves do ÓStarsRicardo PereiraOceana BasílioNuno PardalFour friends. One swimming pool. One house. One phone call. One question - What if the love of our life came back 10 years after everything was over?
- DirectorJean SantosStarsDandara de MoraisIza Do AmparoInês MaiaIn the heart of the neighborhood of Pina, in Recife, a quiet supermarket has its daily life changed by an inexplicable phenomenon of nature, the "Multicolor Sky Flashing." Among Superpina's shelves and stocks, customers and employees experience "Primal Love."
- DirectorStéphane OlijnykStarsRafael BragaWilson RabeloDigão RibeiroFavela resident Ursinho, an overweight mixed race 30 year old introvert, fantasizes about his dream Adonis: one of Copacabana's high end male prostitutes.
- DirectorGil BaroniStarsAnna Celestino MotaEmmanuel RossetThaís SchierThe first kiss of a transgender teenager.
- DirectorMaria de MedeirosStarsMarieta SeveroLaura CastroClaudio LinsEva dreams of having a child in paradise, while a seropositive boy reads Moby Dick at the bottom of an empty pool. Eva is Tânia, a young woman studying to pass a public exam and become a judge. The other Eva is Vanessa, an executive who works at a large publicity agency. Vera, Tânia's mother, coordinates, in fits and starts, an NGO that takes care of HIV-positive children. She has always been a courageous woman and a fighter, as well as a passionate advocate of all liberties. But the fact that her daughter wants to be a mother through the belly of her partner is something she cannot admit. This unthinkable situation brings out a flood of questions, and painful memories of her past as a rebel start to come up. Despite the major differences between them, these two women, mother and daughter, both of them born in a wealthy middle class, still believe in the virtues of dialogue and in the achievements of democracy, while a militarized shallow looms over them. Their story is a portrait of the last months of a period, before the recent presidential election in Brazil.