Epifânico (2024)

Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer

Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.

Silêncio das Inocentes

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All That Drag

Deepening into the contemporary Brazilian drag scene, "All That Drag" answers many questions about a little known story. The film investigates this artistic expression and the freedom it represents through five drag artists.

Bastidores do Penta - Pentacampeão Cearense

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O Vozerio

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The Pig and the Society

"The Pig and the Society," symbolizes the stark contrast between the excesses of wealth and the plight of those left behind. It invites viewers to reflect on their perceptions and prejudices, challenging them to see beyond the surface and understand the systemic issues perpetuating homelessness.

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

The Machine Gun and the Bass

Documentary short film covering two survivors of the argentinian military dictatorship.

O HOMEM SEM CABEÇA

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Documentário Brasil Tupinambá

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Beyond Tragedies

Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.

Othelo The Great

A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.

Passatempo

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Despropósito

To the sound of Politicar (Tom Zé) we follow human beings altered by their environment, becoming something new. Through this aesthetic, the short seeks to explore man's stance in relation to his environment and the idiosyncrasies, hypocrisies and positions that come with this interaction.

Doces Relatos

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Tenho Fé

This documentary accompanies the journey of artists who exalt and celebrate ancestry and the orishas in their work. It also offers a manifesto against one of the biggest problems facing Brazil: religious racism. The feature brings together stories from music, theater, fashion, dance and the visual arts to promote reflection on the power and importance of black representation, art and diversity

Cinema Novo

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

Wallpaper

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Migliaccio: O Brasileiro em Cena

The documentary Migliaccio - O Brasileiro em Cena follows the path of those who take risks for the art, either as directors, as writers, as scenographers and even as costume designers. The Oscarito trophy received by Flávio Migliaccio in 2014 Gramado Film Festival crowns a career enmeshed by many threads. Since Migliaccio has performed in different fields of art - from cinema and theater to literature and drawing -, the documentary creates varied visual interventions to enchain the narrative, in addition to the interviews and archive pictures, such as a shadow play to represent his humble childhood, and to the cartoons the artist drew to portray his existential questions in his ranch in Rio Bonito (State of Rio de Janeiro). Images and stories that aim to show a professional and personal life pervaded by possibilities and attitudes, both artistic and political.

Abrição de Portas

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That Child with AID$

That Child with AID$ tells the story of Brazilian advocate and artist Lili Nascimento, who was born with HIV in 1990. Lili has worked to expand narratives about living with HIV beyond the limited images and ideologies that permeate the AIDS industry.

Tapajós Ãgawaraitá

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Cine Dunas

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Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo

The series tells the story of the São Paulo International Film Festival, one of the most traditional cultural events in Latin America. For 48 years, the festival has showcased hundreds of films from all over the world, bringing vibrancy to the city. Filmmaker Marina Person provides an irreverent perspective, highlighting the exciting and unusual stories that have marked the festival’s journey of resistance. The series reveals the individuals who have embraced the challenge of organizing this significant cultural event in Brazil every year, despite often challenging conditions. We also delves into how the Mostra has grown to become one of the main festivals globally, shedding light on the changes in cinema, Brazil, and the world over the years.

A Força do Gigante

This documentary is a true treasure for Vasco fans, who will remember or learn about important facts related to our favorite club, Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama!

Dos Antigos aos Filhos do Amanhã

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Gerais da Pedra

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Balcão

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!

Audição

During the selection process for a film, actors show the struggle and tiredness of those who decide to make a living from Art. While parading their truths, fictional characters merge with recurring narratives from the actor's daily life. But who is just an actor and who is a character?

Que tal a vida, camaradas?

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The Dawn Show Movie

Canella, Chester, Tulinho and Emojo live a peaceful life at Canella Produções, a studio that looks more like a gamer burger joint, living useless adventures and recording crude productions to try to sell to the big streaming platforms, but their attempts to become millionaires are frustrated by late bills and our heroes find themselves in lunatic attempts to recover all the money they lost to pay their debts and not lose their assets. Will our intrepid laughter adventurers be able to undo the run of bad luck they've run into?

Mistério na Colônia

A doctor from Rio de Janeiro travels to spend his vacation in a small town in the South of Brazil, surrounded by legends about the disappearance of tourists. He stays in the house of a local family (father, son and grandmother), and, during lunch, the boy attempts to alert the doctor about a terrible secret.

Pale Red Dot

It's 1991. A strange triangular-shaped object made of metal and human flesh misteriously appears at the campus of an university. However, after an incident involving the "Scarlet Obelisk" as it was called, chaos begins.

Pasárgada

Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to rescue her desires, facing her dilemmas that confront the illegal trafficking of wild birds.

A Dog's Will 2

Future Brazilian film of 2024, based on the 1955 play Auto da Compadecida by Ariano Suassuna. It is a continuation of O Auto da Compadecida from 2000.

Alice na Cama

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Inácio Garapa, Um Matuto Sonhador 2 - O Retorno

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I don’t know if i'll have to say everything again

A short film that presents a small excerpt of the family life between a homosexual son and a mother diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The film presents Fernando's conflict in his search for acceptance and recognition from his mother, which is made difficult by the difficult progression of the disease and, possibly, by a veiled prejudice.