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Eryk Rocha
Born January 19, 1978 · Brasilia, Brazil (age 48)
Erik Aruak Gaítán Rocha is a Brazilian film director, producer, editor, and cinematographer. He is the son of film director Glauber Rocha. "He studied cinema at the San Antonio de Los Baños School in Cuba, where he produced Rocha que voa (2002)." It won best film in the É Tudo Verdade International Festival, the CineSul Festival, and the Saul Yelín Choir at the New Latin American Cinema Festival i…
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Intervalo Clandestino · 2006Intervalo Clandestino
2006
MovieDocumentary
Intervalo Clandestino is a documentary that seeks to translate the state of mind of the Brazilian people in the face of the country's social and political reality. The film seeks to show the role of politics and its practical effects on citizens' lives.
A broad reflection emerges in the anonymous voices surprised at random in the crowd. They are ordinary people, from different professions, with different visions, who speak to the camera about their impressions, desires and frustrations, discussing politicians, voting, corruption, distrust and the future of Brazil.

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Elza · 2026Elza
2026
MovieDocumentaryMusic
With her radical voice, visceral improvisation, and unmistakable rasp, Elza Soares created a language all her own and crossed generations, continually reinventing herself as one of Brazil’s greatest artists. In the documentary that bears her name, Elza narrates her own story, weaving together a diary of memories, desires, and reflections through music, in dialogue with historic Brazilian films. Through Elza and her nearly century-long life, the film offers an X-ray of a country in turmoil.
Agreste · 2010Agreste
★ 6.02010
MovieDocumentary
Drylands could be anywhere, just as Marcélia Cartaxo could be many women (including herself). The actress is placed in a situation in which she encounters nature and other female figures, in some instances, her doubles. Out of these encounters spring other possibilities that operate in the world of representation, which, in the film originate from the same imaginary power as children's games in empty lots.
The Falling Sky · 2025The Falling Sky
★ 8.22025
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about Indigenous peoples' profound connection to nature and their struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.
Fishing with Timbó · 2023Fishing with Timbó
2023
MovieDocumentary
An eye-opening he said/she said perspective on timbó fishing, a traditional practice of the Indigenous Yanomami people that involves the entire community and a vine used to stun fish, seamlessly blends preservation documentary, origin myth, magic realism and the reality of mining and economic threats to Yanomami culture in this formally inventive reclamation.
Ostinato · 2021Ostinato
★ 5.02021
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A documentary about the creative process of Arrigo Barnabé
Cinema Novo · 2016Cinema Novo
★ 6.72016
MovieDocumentaryHistory
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.
Burning Night · 2020Burning Night
★ 4.72020
MovieDrama
Down on his luck and recently divorced, Paulo has begun driving a cab around Rio, hoping he’ll make enough to send his ex money to support their ten-year-old son. He mostly works nights, so in addition to his encounters with a colourful variety of customers, colleagues, cops and others, he must cope with loneliness, fatigue and new faces in his life.
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