The Riverbank

Ciro, an overworked medical student and pole dance instructor, loses stability as Brazil’s university system collapses. Forced out of his home, he finds refuge with Antônio, a reclusive DJ, a meeting that reshapes both their survival and intimacy.

Behind the scenes of Bacurau (2019)'s shooting and pre-production. With exclusive images, directors Kléber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles show how they made the film an audience and critical success.

Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro fighting for democracy in the country where they chose to live. History repeats itself: before they had to leave Aleppo to protest for freedom. Back he inherited his mother, Lawahez, and his father, Abdo. The family is reunited six years after the separation, in a changing Brazil.

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

To protect herself from a revolt by the workers on her family's farm, a reclusive designer locks herself in her armored car. The clock is ticking and the tension rises. Separated by an impenetrable layer of glass, two universes are about to collide.

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

In the end, one is dead and the others are alone, although the truth is that they were already alone long before his death. Now all of this is gone and there is no point in looking back.

Just before the pandemic, the world experiences a phenomenon never seen before. Marilene looks for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing. While running out of time, she discovers a hope for the future.

After 10 months of a self imposed lockdown, Francisco wants to have sex.

At the eastern end of the city of São Paulo, poetry is a reality.

Leticia is lost in time. Her nightly, melancholic routine reveals her wild, dark and bloody state of mind. When she meets Gabriela at a party and brings her to her house, strange things begin to take place in her old manor. One of the two will never leave that apartment. This is a film about tensions, memories and social dominations.

Eduardo has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.

Brazil's love motels are a sexual haven where fantasy becomes reality. When the filmmaker's own date never shows up, she gets a fresh idea for a film instead. The result is a kaleidoscopic insight into a parallel world of human desire.

Sebastião decides to plant his heart in the place where he was born.

Born into a neo-Pentecostal evangelical family, Samuel grew up in the heart of a religion that has surged in influence across Brazil in recent decades. As he begins to explore his sexuality and embrace his queer identity, his world is shaken when his father abruptly bans him from dancing in the church. A turning point in his life is imminent.