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- DirectorMarcelo MasagãoStarsFranz ReicheltA fascinating and poetical collage of countless images from the 20th century with the purpose of revealing matters of life and death during the era and its many social, cultural and political transformations, with the director making several statements on several issues, combining fact and fiction to compose his powerful mosaic of images along with the magnificent music of Wim Mertens. A true work of art that dares to make several questions about the human condition, its contradictions and ironies.
- StarsDarlan CunhaDouglas SilvaCamila MonteiroA realistic yet humorous look at the lives of Laranjinha and Acerola, two friends who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum.
- DirectorNando OlivalStarsGabriel GodoyVictor MendesJuliana SchalchThree young people arrive from different parts of the country to go to college in Sao Paulo. On their first day there, a strange and intense attraction unites them. Together, they rent an apartment and begin living together, in close quarters. Sharing kisses and fond embraces. They exchange words of endearment with the naturalness of ordering a sandwich at a diner. They threaten to break up and the next moment they are all laughing together again. College days however soon come to an end and, with each having different paths to trail, separation is imminent. And consequently, their gestures, words and attitudes take on a new weight. Touching each other now takes on a new significance. Words of love are weighed down by consequences.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMarcelo GomesStarsIrandhir SantosA geologist is sent to an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil to survey water sources, but begins to feel a a sense of abandonment and loneliness.
- DirectorMatheus SouzaStarsGregório DuvivierÉrika MaderMarcelo AdnetA girl decides to leave her boyfriend and run away to an unknown place. Before she leaves, she decides to meet up with him, but they have only one hour to reflect on their time together.
- DirectorRossana FogliaRubens RewaldStarsRegiane AlvesRejane ArrudaLouise CardosoA body. No clues. No suspects.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsHermila GuedesMaria MenezesZezita MatosIn order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoStarsRodolfo ArenaAffonso ArinosOthon BastosDocumentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.
- DirectorLúcia MuratStarsPhilippe de BrocaMichael CainePhilippe ClairFantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors, writers and stars who have been involved in some of those films.
- DirectorRudi LagemannStarsAntonio CalloniOtávio AugustoDarlene GlóriaIn 2002, 12-year-old Maria, living in dire poverty with her family, is sold by her fisherman father to prostitute recruiter Seu Tadeu, who takes her to a low-class brothel in the Amazon region. While she suffers innumerable abuses, Maria only thinks of escaping the horrible conditions she's faced with.
- DirectorJurandir de OliveiraStarsKarina BarumJuan AlbaJurandir de Oliveira1915, backcountry in northeastern Brazil. A severe drought has decimated much of the local population. A young teacher, who works in the capital, spends holidays on the farm of her grandmother, and becomes involved with her cousin.
- DirectorJayme MonjardimStarsCamila MorgadoCaco CioclerLuís MeloBased upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to support the Allies.
- DirectorPhilippe BarcinskiStarsRodrigo SantoroLeonardo MedeirosLetícia SabatellaThree control freaks lose the people they love.
- DirectorDaniel FilhoStarsTony RamosLouise CardosoAilton GraçaIn 1945 Rio de Janeiro, a customs official interrogates a suspected Nazi fugitive.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsNathalia DillLuca BianchiLívia de BuenoTwo girlfriends visit a big Brazilian beach festival and decide to just let go. They enjoy the music, booze, drugs and on one steamy afternoon even each other. They also meet a young man and things can't be better. Can this paradise last?
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsIrandhir SantosJuliano CazarréMatheus NachtergaeleZizo (Irandhir Santos) é um poeta inconformado e anarquista, que banca a publicação de seu tablóide. Em seu mundo próprio, onde o sexo é algo tão corriqueiro quanto fumar maconha, ele conhece Eneida (Nanda Costa). Zizo logo sente um forte desejo por Eneida, mas, apesar de seus constantes pedidos, ela se recusa a ter relações sexuais com ele. Isto transtorna a vida do poeta, que passa a sentir falta de algo que jamais teve.
- DirectorMatheus NachtergaeleStarsDaniel de OliveiraJuliano CazarréJackson AntunesSantinho is a young man considered to be a saint after performing a miracle following his mother's suicide, in a riverside community in the Alto Amazonas.
- DirectorCláudio AssisStarsFernando TeixeiraCaio BlatMatheus NachtergaeleA man gets obsessed by a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
- DirectorToniko MeloStarsWagner MouraGisele FróesEmiliano RuschelThe life of a real conman and one of the biggest frauds in Brazil.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsTsuyoshi IharaTakako TokiwaEiji OkudaIn 1945 the war was not over in Brazil: A death squad assassinated all the Japanese immigrants who accepted defeat.
- DirectorAna RieperStarsAgnaldo TimóteoAmado BatistaLindomar CastilhoDocumentary on the Brazilian romantic, sentimental and erotic imaginary based on the works of the most important composers of popular romantic music, genre also known as brega (cheesy). The lyrics of songs by well known and loved artists, create a true chronicle of the Brazilian romantic habits. In I will Raffle off my Heart, the themes of the songs are very close and connected to the romantic dramas and experiences of real people, and the film faces the challenge of showing them in real situations talking about their lives.
- DirectorCao HamburgerStarsJoão MiguelFelipe CamargoCaio BlatThree brothers embark on a journey that begins with a kinship with Brazil's indigenous tribes, to their creation of South America's largest national park.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De NiroA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
- DirectorAna Luiza AzevedoStarsEduardo CardosoMurilo GrossiCaroline GuedesThe countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope. Later he offers to help Lucas with some duties at the school laboratory, but when the Daniel realizes that his friend is dating Mim, he blows up and breaks the laboratory, leaving the key in the door. Lucas is blamed by the headmaster and is suspended from classes and examinations. Daniel decides to tell the headmaster the truth and learns that a laptop was stolen from the lab.
- DirectorSérgio SilvaStarsAraci EstevesMarcos PalmeiraDira PaesTold by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.