Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl

Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl 2011

6.50

Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a sexy call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name "Surfistinha" which means little surfer girl.

2011

Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness 2016

8.20

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take on the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she would start a revolution through paintings, animals and love.

2016

Loveling

Loveling 2018

7.50

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.

2018

492: A Man Called Death

492: A Man Called Death 2017

7.01

The story of Júlio Santana, a professional killer who was responsible for almost 500 hundred murders in Brazil.

2017

Gabriel and the Mountain

Gabriel and the Mountain 2017

6.60

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination.

2017

Acsexybility

Acsexybility 2024

1

Located at the intersection of disability and queerness, this documentary enriches, implicates, and breaks open the conversation around sexual life in the disabled community. This film does not shy away from the complexities and challenges of queer life, but rather embraces them and in doing so, illuminates how they impact one another and bring new dimensionality to the position of the body within them. Resisting a normative lens, this filmmaker uses the observational power of the camera to document the raw sexuality, fantasies, and erotic expressions of a wide array of subjects with rare candor and vulnerability. Embodied sexual explorations are balanced against interviews that in their frankness and insightfulness criticize and deepen the lacking conversation around this intersection in the wider discourse.

2024

Julio Sumiu

Julio Sumiu 2014

5.60

Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian) and Silvio (Fiuk). One day she wakes up desperate to see that Julio just disappeared!

2014

Serra Pelada: The Legend of the Gold Mountain

Serra Pelada: The Legend of the Gold Mountain 2013

7.14

Serra Pelada's discovery in 1979 precipitated one of the world's largest contemporary gold rushes. In a matter of days miners could make hundreds of thousands of dollars as chunks of gold kilos in weight were found.

2013

Democracia em Preto e Branco

Democracia em Preto e Branco 2014

8.00

Brazilian soccer players Sócrates, Casagrande and Vladimir lead a historic movement in sports by adopting a democracy within their team, making a statement against the country's military dictatorship.

2014

Um Lobo entre os Cisnes

Um Lobo entre os Cisnes 2024

1

"Um Lobo entre os Cisnes” tells the story of Thiago Soares, a boy from the suburbs of Rio who leaves hip hop behind and embarks on the world of classical ballet. His story takes on unexpected turns through his troubled relationship with his mentor, the Cuban Dino Carrera, who improves Thiago's talent until he reaches stardom by becoming the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London.

2024

Malu

Malu 2024

1

Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal with her strained relationship with her own adult daughter while surviving on memories of her glorious artistic past.

2024

My Name Is Daniel

My Name Is Daniel 2018

5.70

In this disarming and personal documentary, Gonçalves explores precisely what it is that is wrong with him. His physical disability is obvious, but doctors have never managed to provide a diagnosis. As he undergoes a series of tests, he paints a picture of his life today and looks back over his past, assisted by a vast collection of VHS videos, for which he sometimes provides commentary to explain the context.

2018

A Family Submerged

A Family Submerged 2018

6.10

Marcela’s world becomes strange and unfamiliar after her sister Rina dies. She feels lost in her own house, and her relationship with her husband and children seems to suffer. But when Nacho, a young friend of her daughter’s, unexpectedly drops by, she starts to talk and walk with him. Gradually Marcela begins to have conversations with relatives from another dimension.

2018

Os Quatro Paralamas

Os Quatro Paralamas 2020

7.10

Mixing archival footage and interviews with the band and its crew, this film celebrates the 40-year history of legendary rockers Paralamas do Sucesso.

2020

Born To Be Blind

Born To Be Blind 2003

6.00

Three blind sisters, Regina, Maria and Conceição, earn their living by singing in front of churches, in Brazil... They tell their amazing stories, full of drama, heartache, rape, poverty, death and hope.

2003

Babilônia 2000

Babilônia 2000 2001

7.00

Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.

2001

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho 2022

8.20

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.

2022

Boa Noite

Boa Noite 2019

1

At 91, TV news anchor Cid Moreira opens the doors of his house and to his unconscious, revealing surprising facets of the man who entered the homes of millions of Brazilians every night for 30 years. Brazil’s most famous voice narrates his own history, deconstructing his mythical image and guiding the spectator through a maze of memories. Archival remembrances and images trace a panorama of his life, which is tied to the history of Brazilian TV.

2019

You Are What you Were Born For

You Are What you Were Born For 2002

1

Documentary about three blind sisters who sing for money in the streets of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

2002