Copo Vazio

The rise of the extreme right in Brazil from the perspective of artists whose works were censored.

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

A Political Movie

Living in a temporary autonomous zone, the residents spend their days dealing with small lunatic plots, quixotesque farces and rimbaudian delusions.

The film tells the saga of Guima, a young poet who believes he suffers from “solar ultra violence” during the hottest summer in 50 years in Salvador. The alleged disease is caused by the relentless heat that hits the city. Under the marginal eyes of Guima, in a mix of reality and fantasy, the film presents a tropical/chaotic Salvador, as opposed to the stereotypical city seen in postcards, on a journey of a search for a redemptive air conditioning that can rid this contemporary antihero of what suffocates his existence.

An addicted tormented by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend watches the passage of a mysterious planet.

Sandra waits to be called up for Saturday's game, waits for dinner with her father, waits for the appointment.

A time-displaced group of militants decides to kidnap an ex-torturer.

Aldo, a former photographer, is fired from his college professor job a little before his retirement. With no job perspective, he decide to sell his old work tools,and burn some of his pictures.

What remains for me is to promote my own ruin. Aware of inevitable loneliness, the incarnation of cruelty.

For many years, the mountain is moved between two countries - Brazil and China. Romulo, an ex-mineworker and now a sailor, heads into his first journey taking part of the mountain towards another one.

An everyday story about love, tolerance and colors.

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.

A feature documentary on the life of Alzira Espíndola and her impact and influence on different generations of Brazilian music. From her origins on Mato Grosso do Sul to her breakthrough as a instrumentist and composer in São Paulo, the movie explores her life, work and ventures with partners such as Itamar Assumpção, Ney Matogrosso and her sister Tetê Espíndola with irreverence and erudition.

After helping her girlfriend Tereza kill herself, Leandra is kidnapped by Tereza’s father and taken to a secluded family house where both struggle to understand her death.