Trajetos e Trajetórias Invisíveis na Cidade

Testemunho

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.

Garotas em Ponto de Venda

After earning a coveted place at a federal university, Bruna faces the challenges of being a young Black student far from home and with little financial support. To sustain herself, she must balance earning a living with her studies, discovering that the struggle is twice as hard when she doesn’t fit the profile expected in that space.

Monótono

Seis Por Um

In a city gripped by fear, a criminal roams free — while Antônio, a quiet ride-share driver trapped in the monotony of his own existence, begins to question the meaning of his life. One night, a mysterious passenger enters his car… leading him down a dark and unpredictable road.

In a Brazil measured 6×1, Girassóis follows the daily life of Zé, an elderly Black man who is still forced to work. Portraying the harsh reality that burdens Brazilian workers, the story reflects on the challenges of labor—from the daily grind to its impact on family relationships and the fading hopes for a hostile future. Loosely based on true events.

Recurso Humano

A short film about rupture — about someone who defies the system and reclaims her life. The narrative portrays the everyday oppression of late capitalism, exploring the emotional and physical exhaustion of Alana, who finds refuge and the courage to change in Carol, her girlfriend.

O Que Fica de Quem Vai

On an empty set, a production assistant coils cables. Gradually, they begin to react on their own. The contact intensifies as the wires seek her out, until it is no longer possible to distinguish where she ends and the cables begin.

Recaída

Sem Tempo, Irmão

Unterwasserparadies: Rotes Meer

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of four different metropolitan cities.

The story of Catholic iconoclast Michael Pfleger who made it his mission to transform the drug ravaged south side Chicago community surrounding his parish. In so doing, Father Mike has run directly into conflict with the local Catholic hierarchy. The film explores issues of racism, the power of the media, and the tension between Pfleger's 'gospel of the streets' versus traditional Church theology.

For most of his life, Dirk has been searching for the woman of his dreams. After several failed relationships and a burnout, he finally seems to have found the love of his life, Jenny: the perfect match at first sight – but somehow fundamentally different…

Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s. There are witnesses to the heroic era, including the cultivator Hauris Lalancette, as well as extracts from films by Father Maurice Proulx (1934-1940).