Joel Yamaji

An existential profile of primitivist painter Ana Moisés in her atelier in Embu, on the outskirts of São Paulo.

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.

Lyrical evocation of passages from the diary of Ashbel Green Simonton who, in 1859, arrived in Brazil with the purpose of dividing his faith amidst anguish, doubt and nostalgia for the lost unity, laying the foundations of Presbyterianism in the country.

An ode of love and hatred to the city of São Paulo. Composed of fragments of films, it follows characters in their natural habitat: the streets.

Documentary made in 2014.

Mixing new images to existing São Paulo movies takes, the documentary presents the city from the perspective of five main attributes: transformation, anonymity, crowd, precariousness and dimension.

The story of two women who don't realize they're dead. One struggles through the uncertainties of youth; the other lives with the confidence that comes from understanding and mastering time.