High Beam

A documentary experience, Lapofonia follows the Lapa neighborhood of São Paulo in 2019. Through innovative, complex, and clandestine filming techniques, it creates a comprehensive view of everyday life in Brazilian cities, celebrating the modernity and social and cultural plurality of the Lapa neighborhood.

On the coldest night in São Paulo in decades, an electric shower breaks down, and a dysfunctional family is forced to brave the cold and each other as they try to fix the appliance.

The documentary investigates the relationships between lesbian couples, the environments they occupy and the memories they create.

A rookie fighter faces a tycoon champion in the fight of his life. A bloody and nostalgic fight full of references to boxing films.

In a post-apocalyptic Brazil where the ocean water level has risen and there is almost no life on land anymore, the population's solution was to live the same way pirates lived in the past, stealing, killing and ensuring their survival. This gameshow features pirates who ended up in prison and now have the chance to redeem themselves with society, taking as prize their freedom and a little boat to navigate

Manu, a middle-aged homosexual man, lives in the city of São Paulo in the late 80s and spends his nights performing as the drag queen Brigitte, in a cabaret. As Brigitte, professional and personal difficulties are caused by this secret identity. When Manu's son Juca decides to inform him that he intends to go to São Paulo, Manu is forced to face his problems to obtain the approval of the most important person in his life, his only son.

In a world where people get their life energy from sockets, young Lucas has a face-to-face job interview. But his battery has worn out, and he cannot disconnect his body from the charging socket.

A man tries to satisfy his desire after seeing a commercial about a new type of water that is coming to the markets.

A couple begins to suffer problems in their relationship due to the mysterious co-worker that the husband always talks. One day, the wife gets tired and tells her husband to invite the co-worker for dinner, much to his despair.

This metalinguistic film dismantles the ideal of perfection. A group of young film students face the greatest challenge of their academic careers: producing their first documentary. It is an honest record of the creative process, proving that the greatest story on set isn't always the one captured in the frame.

A man sitting alone at a table drinks his coffee and feels a strange sensation coming from his chest. Maybe it's nothing, or maybe a sinister urge is rising from within his body.

A collection of reports from people who lived with four former patients at the Juquery Psychiatric Hospital (located in Franco da Rocha, Brazil). A poetic tour through the lives of these characters, in the midst of one of the deepest scars in Brazilian history.

A complicated Christmas for a complicated family