Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia

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After receiving a letter calling for a secret conspiracy meeting, a woman is mistaken for a controversial policy and kidnapped by a pair of revolutionaries with no money for Uber. The three end up living together and witnessing the end of the world, the alien invasion and military intervention together.

The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a runaway stockbroker, "Mangue-Bangue" is the paradigmatic expression of the post-1968 spirit of desbunde, the Brazilian slang catchword for "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll".

Rebels on the surface, retrogrades in essence. “The Ridiculists”, a duo composed of the eccentric and explosive, “The Ridiculer”, and his faithful squirer, “The Talker”, roam through the Brazilian capital breaking into homes, committing murders, as they create a legion of blind supporters along the way.

Luz and Denise grow up in the midst of the adversities of being LGBT in the extreme south of the city of São Paulo. Between Vogue and poetry, from church to city access. The dreams and uncertainties of youth flood their existences.

In Brazil's countryside, Amanda tries to get her first show while Thamires tries to make her first film, both at risk of the highway.

Sangria

Fulano de Tal

A lonely journalist lives locked in his apartment, consumed by the fear of being the next victim of a serial killer who targets media professionals. Semi-finalist – Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF), 2025

Escândalo em Vermelho

Short documentary film about Helena Ignez, the great actress of independent Brazilian cinema.

A Morte do Brasil

Through a historical-affective reconstruction of the Boca do Lixo region, in São Paulo, the documentary aims to investigate what was the cultural, social and geographic impact that the cinema made there had for the city and for the country during the from the 1960s to the 1980s.

'Morra.com' reveals the strength and importance of marginal cinema in the 60s and 70s. In the film, the cardboard collector dreams of becoming a filmmaker and producing a film, while uncovering a crime that occurred in ”Boca do Lixo” .

Andy Lee, a bar owner struggling with a gambling addiction, risks losing his establishment when he gambles it away to the cunning and manipulative MS Nelly. Determined to keep his desperate situation hidden from his volatile wife, Jade, Andy strikes a risky deal with Nelly. In exchange for a 30-day ultimatum to raise the required funds, Andy agrees to be at Nelly's beck and call, embarking on a dangerous journey to regain ownership of his cherished bar.

A showdown between an ambitious actress, her shady business partner, and a Hollywood diva, turns into a 3-way double-cross.

When Max Causey was six, he accidentally killed Santa. 12 years later, Max rectifies his mistake by resurrecting him, but soon realizes the creature he created is a bloodthirsty killer and it's headed right to his friend's Christmas party.

When bratty 5-year-old Byron Reed acts out the night before a family trip, his mother makes him sit in the time out chair. When Byron awakens to an empty house, he assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the Reed's residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

On December 23, you can meet Santa Claus almost anywhere - even on the Berlin-Bayern long-distance bus. But driver Robert, himself wearing a Santa hat, doesn't promise any presents. 25-year-old Felix, a new Berliner, is on his way to snowy Mittenwald to celebrate Christmas with his family and girlfriend. He is already planning his personal present: a marriage proposal to his girlfriend Saskia. But shortly before departure, a mishap occurs - the engagement ring goes missing. Felix's seatmate Hanna, who is also traveling to Mittenwald to spend the party with her grandmother, has just ended a relationship. The freedom-loving Hanna begins a casual flirtation with Felix, of all people, who is in a long-term relationship and doesn't at all fit in with her prey scheme. Over the next few years, their paths cross again on the Christmas drive home.