Diego Benevides

Every being has dreams in their own way.

Two boys, one girl, one night in the Northeast of Brazil. A morning of passion and secrets revealed.

The comic docu-drama that follows four characters who share their stories (real and imagined) about frustrated love, addressing the most diverse superstitions and rituals performed in search of success in love. To delve into the nature of the accounts, fortune tellers, pais de santo, mums-de-santo, and seers are consulted to predict futures, give advice, and explain why people are obsessed with loving and being loved.

In the Brazilian countryside, the village of Monteiros hosts a unique event every year. When a person’s prayers are granted, they offer the village’s dogs a feast. Between religious celebration and popular belief, Lazarus’ Hunger powerfully documents a community coming together.

Old Pereira remembers a gift he got from the sea during the Summer of Lata in 1988, in northeastern Brazil.

The borderline conditions of a prospector's life to extract one of the raw materials that meets the demands of the technological world.

The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and unusual rhythmic quality influenced several prominent artists in Brazilian popular music. With unpublished testimonies from professional colleagues and family members, as well as archival footage of their participation in cinema and radio, the documentary traces their journey between troubled relationships, dramas, controversies, stardom, ostracism, the return to the artistic milieu, even his death in 1982.

When principles conflict with the rights of others, there is only one way out. *Film part of the 8 by 8 project: Renewal of the Super-8 cinema cycle in Paraíba.