Roberto Berliner

Nise: O Coração da Loucura

Roberto Berliner

Glória Pires, Júlio Adrião

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.

Pindorama: A Verdadeira História dos Sete Anões

Leo Crivellare, Lula Queiroga

A family like any other, that lives, lives and works in a house that walks. This is the life of Charles, Zuleide, Gilberto, Cleide, Rogério, Claudio and Lobão, seven dwarf brothers, descendants of the mythical clown Pindoba, the smallest and funniest clown in the world. Together they form the circus Pindorama, a troupe that circulates through the northeastern hinterland, pouring out joy, laughs, giving us fraternity classes and winning the hearts of Brazil.

Herbert de Perto

Pedro Bronz, Roberto Berliner

Herbert Vianna

Herbert Up Close is the life and music of Herbert Vianna, front man of the Paralamas do Sucesso, "the most successful band in Brazillian rock", according to the Billboard magazine. In 2001, Herbert had his career interrupted by an airplane accident that killed his wife and left him disabled. Sitting on a wheelchair, Herbert watches his past on a television, a life of fighting, persistence and achievements shown by close and caring vision from directors Roberto Berliner and Pedro Bronz. The film tells the inside story of one of the most talented musicians in Latin American pop music.

Viva Alfredinho!

Roberto Berliner

Founded in 1968, in tiny 18 square meters of Copacabana, Bip Bip is a carioca cultural heritage. The bar reflected the spirit of its owner, the emblematic Alfredinho. The film is an affectionate record of his funeral, a ceremony that began at the bar table and took the São João Batista cemetery with joy and longing on a carnival Saturday.

A Pessoa é Para o Que Nasce

Leonardo Domingues, Roberto Berliner

Regina Casé, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Os Quatro Paralamas

Paschoal Samora, Roberto Berliner

Bi Ribeiro, Herbert Vianna

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

A Pessoa é Para Que Nasce

Roberto Berliner

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

A Farra do Circo

Pedro Bronz, Roberto Berliner

Regina Casé, Caetano Veloso

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl

Marcus Baldini

Deborah Secco, Cássio Gabus Mendes

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 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.

Julio Sumiu

Roberto Berliner

Lília Cabral, Pedro Nercessian

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!

Afinação da Interioridade

Roberto Berliner

Edited scenes with pop Brazilian singer and composer Gilberto Gil, trying to conclude a train of thought, but never finishing a sentence.

Pet Shop Boys – Discovery Live In Rio

Roberto Berliner

Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe

Pet Shop Boys filmed live in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, at the end of their 1994 Discovery tour of Singapore, Austrailia and Latin America. They perform many of their biggest hits from "West End Girls" to "Go West", with dancers and films before a wildly enthusiastic Brazilian audience.

Intrépida Trupe - Será que o Tempo Realmente Passa?

Beth Martins, Roberto Berliner

25th anniversary of "Intrepida Trupe".

Angola

Roberto Berliner

Captures the tenacity and diversity of Angolan society. Beginning with a brief history of Angola's war for independence from Portugal, the documentary's up-beat pacing provides an engaging overview of Angola's social and economic landscape. City life, music, the economy, rural communities, and the effects of civil war and apartheid in neighboring South Africa are covered using scenes of every day life in Angola and commentaries from Angolans themselves.

Pet Shop Boys: Discovery (Live in Rio)

Roberto Berliner

Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe

Pet Shop Boys perform many of their biggest hits from West End Girls to Go West, with dancers and films before a wildly enthusiastic Brazilian audience.

Circo Voador

Pedro Bronz, Roberto Berliner