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- Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.
- Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote (1980).
- Ex-cop Vieira (Fagundes) is involved in the death of his lover (Polessa), a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, some strange things started to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some old bad guys from his past. Meanwhile, he is seriously involved with a young and pretty prostitute named Flor (Knust).
- Brazil doesn't live under any declared war but many of its young men chose to fight abroad. The film will follow the lives of Brazilians that are engaged in other national armies or mercenary forces. What is there behind this motivation? The desire to "correct" the world; the will to participate in worldwide interest events; the crave for adventure? To understand the contradictions inherent to this choice is surely a difficult task, but is also a way of feeling contemporary Brazil.
- Paco and Tonho are illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York. Shy Tonho dreams of being successful, but misses his family and Brazil. Pursued by Immigration Service and later arrested, he is about to be deported. Paco, a rapper and performer, indifferent to all except her career, dreams of hitting the top ten chart. The film shows the relationship of the couple in love mid hope, difficulties, and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis.
- With the US justification of the 2003 invasion of Iraq long debunked, José Joffily's documentary offers a voice to those who stood in opposition to the US invasion . Despite their good intentions what were the consequences of such bravery?
- High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.
- In 13 episodes of 26 minutes SOUND and SILENCE puts forward encounters between musicians and luthiers. Hosted by percussionist Marcos Suzano, the series establishes a dialogue between people responsible for finding the ideal sound. With the musicians, the encounters take place in a studio where they play alongside our host. The other half, we go to the craftsmen's studios. Some are used to the applause and shine on stages, others, in the midst of their silent workplaces. With great pleasure we witness the mutual recognition of these artists.
- Seven cuts. Seven exile experiences. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil are reunited with their common history at Calijah, a small beauty salon in the Rio de Janeiro suburb that specializes in afro cuts. It is from there that Fernando "Pablo" Mupapa, the salon's owner and protagonist, cherishes and builds together his dream of an anti-imperialist revolution for his community. Narratives straight from the heart of Africa and that have a lot to teach about the powers that dominate the contemporary world. It's art, it's not art, it's a pamphlet, and it's art again.
- The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately 6 million) in Brazil, in the 90 days preceding election day. All of them dispute their first election, but only two of them will be successful.
- Portrait of Carmem D. follows the routine of Carmem Dametto, a 72 years old woman. In a recent past, Carmem was a successful psychiatrist and contributed actively towards a more modern approach to psychiatry in Brasil. These days, Carmem barely leaves her house but still works with patients in her home office, located in the basement. Marcela, her daughter, lives with her. This movie observes the character in her house, the interaction with her cats and patients. The mother-daughter relationship is also present - absolutely present - with the affections and misunderstandings that are inherent in it.
- Nick Tosches, a successful American man in the prime of his 60's, is staying in a five-star hotel in Copacabana. Tired of experiencing this wearied world, he finds himself engaged in a personal quest for one last romantic adventure.
- Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.
- The documentary Rubens Gerchman: The King of Bad Taste, portrays Rubens Gerchman, presenting the profile of one of the best known Brazilian visual artists, who died in 2008. His art, with urban and everyday scenes, transformed the precarious into value, always exploiting to the maximum the essentially Brazilian contradictions and inequalities, resignifying them.
- André Câmara is a 45-year old Brazilian photographer who's been living in London for 20 years. 87-year-old Maria do Socorro left for the US 25 years ago to follow her son, Fernando. Both André and Maria wish to return to live in Brazil. In this attempt, difficulties boil up in André's journey as he faces a need to reconnect both emotionally and professionally. Neither has any idea of what kind of country lies ahead after more than two decades away from it. The place they fled from is no longer the same one they left behind. Between emigration and a return to their roots, they will have to forge a new identity.
- Six young novices tell why they chose to follow religious life. Some of them are Catholic, and want to be priests, while others are Charismatic.
- In a good-humored way, the film narrates the adventures - or misfortunes - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Decided, she goes by bus and gets into a thousand messes.
- Adel and Hadi Bakkour are two Syrian brothers who were forced to leave their country in 2013. The horror of the war forced them to flee. In the city of Rio de Janeiro they try to adapt themselves to a culture completely different from theirs. In 2018, after 5 years without seeing father and mother, the family is reunited in a completely transformed Brazil, where the horror is also present. But now Adel and Hadi decide to resist in the country where they chose to live.
- The day-to-day life of three devotees of Saint George during the months of preparation for the saint's feast - the 23rd of April, in Rio de Janeiro.