La Rueda

Documentary about Indigenous peoples' profound connection to nature and their struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.

The life and work of singer, musician and actor Jards Macalé.

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

Vera and Gabriel, an elderly couple, navigate through past and present, telling their own life story. Their remembering, rendered in images from family archives that confound themselves with images of the present, suggests a personal diary on love and death.

Drylands could be anywhere, just as Marcélia Cartaxo could be many women (including herself). The actress is placed in a situation in which she encounters nature and other female figures, in some instances, her doubles. Out of these encounters spring other possibilities that operate in the world of representation, which, in the film originate from the same imaginary power as children's games in empty lots.

Igor is a teenager with a lot of potential and energy, but without the motivation to stay in school. His case reflects the situation in which many students at risk of dropping out of school live. The short shows a day in the life of this aspiring actor and capoeirista, who lives in Morro dos Prazeres.

Expedito is a retired man who has lost ties with life. Among other anonymous ones, he walks around the city of Rio de Janeiro witnessing conflicts of others.

A documentary about the creative process of Arrigo Barnabé

Reviewing home videos, filmmaker Paula Gaitán constructs a curious narrative about her youth while talking to her children. A filmic note in the form of an essay based on material made in Super 8. "Of which there are no limits, and full of affection and imagination", says the author.

A film like a monument: Luz nos Trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating the indigenous peoples of continental America and flowing as a film as freely as a winding river.

Down on his luck and recently divorced, Paulo has begun driving a cab around Rio, hoping he’ll make enough to send his ex money to support their ten-year-old son. He mostly works nights, so in addition to his encounters with a colourful variety of customers, colleagues, cops and others, he must cope with loneliness, fatigue and new faces in his life.

On the edge of the Transbrasiliana highway, Edna lives in a land in ruins, built on massacres.

The documentary is a journey into the open heart of South America, through the Brazilian forest toward Peru and Bolivia, where is the reality of people historically excluded from the political process of their countries and for the first time ever seek effective participation in shaping their own destiny.

Intervalo Clandestino is a documentary that seeks to translate the state of mind of the Brazilian people in the face of the country's social and political reality. The film seeks to show the role of politics and its practical effects on citizens' lives. A broad reflection emerges in the anonymous voices surprised at random in the crowd. They are ordinary people, from different professions, with different visions, who speak to the camera about their impressions, desires and frustrations, discussing politicians, voting, corruption, distrust and the future of Brazil.

With a constellation of black voices and presences, the short film takes a dizzying journey between ancestral and contemporary territories. On this mystical journey, sound and image devours celebrate the black poetry that anchors memories and discovers futures.

When the flowers of the Mari tree bloom, dreams arise. The words of a great shaman lead to an oneiric experience through the synergy between cinema and the Yanomami dream, presenting poetics and teachings of the peoples of the forest.