Baque Mulher: Dia de São Jorge

Documentary by Leon Hirszman about the economic conditions of film production in Brazil, produced in 1975 with sponsorship from Embrafilme and kept unreleased since then.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

​An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.​

On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

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An livid and comic presentation of Madureira in Rio de Janeiro.

Legendary rock band Rush plays the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the final night of the band's 2002 Vapor Trails tour, in front of 40,000 fans.

Amidst memories, dreams, and sensations, the youngest member of a family affected by cancer recounts stories about the love and longing left behind by his father, his sister, and Cajueiro beach.

A documentary that offers a powerful look into the lives of LGBTQIAPN+ artists who challenge prejudice and shine with authenticity amid the conservative reality of Brazil’s interior. Through sincere, unprecedented, and moving testimonies, it gives a voice to those who resist through art, exposes the struggles they face, and celebrates the pride of existing and expressing themselves even where intolerance still tries to silence them.

A documentary about climate change in Brazil, especially at Atafona Beach (in the Campos de Goytacazes region), which is being swallowed up by the sea. Narrated by Sonia Guajajara and Sidarta Ribeiro, the film deals with the genocide of the native people of Goytacazes.

Lendas de Santa Clara do Desterro

From the 60's, the neighborhood of Pedra de Guaratiba, in Rio de Janeiro, was invaded by a varied artistic community.

Esse curta não é sobre cinema

The film documents the old Rio de Janeiro and its great focus of diseases. Stresses the decisive importance of Oswaldo Cruz who creates Experimental Medicine in Brazil, believing that without sanitation, no undertaking could succeed. Rodrigues Alves then started the urbanization of Rio, against great interests.

Francisco lives alone in an apartment in Rio de Janeiro. A collector of antique wooden furniture – for which he has a great fondness – he brings with him great stories, from his childhood and youth to a brief journey into the past, gifting us with accounts and historical recollections of a life full of struggle and resilience.

Feliz Aniversário, Villaça

Brazil from the perspective of school pupils aged 14 to 19. Combining a documentary with a fictional approach, Hora do recreio addresses topics including violence, racism and drug dealing.

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