São Paulo Heist

Documentary about the first attempt to fight the military dictatorship since 1964. On the mountains of Caparaó, in august 1966, a group of former officers tried to start a great national reaction against the new regime, in an attempt to replicate a "Sierra Maestra" on Brazilian lands.

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.

A convertible car enters the city of São Paulo bringing two people aboard. They ride 24 hours unfolding the views of a big city.

Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well born bohemian and at the age of 21 was accused for the murder of his father, who was violently stabbed over 40 times with a razor. Hiroito was not charged, however two months after the death of his father, Hiroito bought two guns and moved to Boca do Lixo and became one of the most dangerous criminals of the region.

"Their Inner World" intends to unveil the inner universe of brazilian children featuring the autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). Across a number of cities, a cross-section of children affected by the disorders in their varying grades are portrayed through their daily lifes.

RUMO recalls the trajectory of the São Paulo homonymous group that wrote a fascinating chapter of Brazilian musical history, especially in the 80's. Filled with humor, irreverence and language experiments - fundamental characteristics of the group - the film discusses musical creation and cultural production, as well as the effervescent cultural panorama of São Paulo city of the 1980s.

Investigation of the life of ex-guerrilla Iara Iavelberg (1944-1971), a cultured and beautiful woman who left behind a comfortable family life opting to engage in an armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship.