Marabaixo Stories

Vera and Alda are neighbors and work at the same school: Vera is a teacher, Alda a cleaner. The link between them is Joana, Alda’s granddaughter and Vera’s student. Vera is trapped in a violent relationship with her boyfriend. Alda, for her part, begins studying again and soon realizes she’s also in an abusive relationship: her son, Dinho, won’t let her focus on herself and insists that she take care of his daughter, Joana. Vera and Alda find in their friendship a safe space to share their pain and desires, slowly shifting the power dynamics at home and at work, but they also have to face new risks.

A long-exposition love history.

An urban history of fear.

Three children find poetry in the hard work of the streets.

Poetic documentary about brazilian musician Walter Franco.

Four friends are reunited at a funeral.

An impossible possible love history.

Open City Radio broadcasts the "Wherever You Are" program on a weekly basis, where people try to communicate with missing relatives and friends. Behind the scenes of the program several life stories cross and become.

During the pandemic, living under an extreme right-wing government, filmmakers Bel Bechara and Sandro Serpa receive the news that would change their lives: there was a baby to be adopted.

Waldir and Lucia find themselves when they were looking for someone else.