Tamara Taxman

A Hora da Estrela

Suzana Amaral

Marcélia Cartaxo, José Dumont

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Ladrões de Cinema

Fernando Coni Campos

Antônio Pitanga, Milton Gonçalves

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.

A Wolf at the Door

Fernando Coimbra

Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz

Based on real events, and set in Rio de Janeiro, A Wolf at the Door is the nerve-rattling tale of a kidnapped child and the terror of the parents left behind. When Sylvia discovers her six-year-old daughter has been picked up at school by an unknown woman, police summon her husband, Bernardo, to the station for questioning. From that point on, the film takes increasingly sinister turns as it delves into the events that led to the girl’s kidnapping. With plot twists that will keep the audience on the edge of their seats, A Wolf at the Door is a darkly disturbing journey into the extreme limits of the human capacity for obsession and revenge.

Pitanga

Camila Pitanga, Beto Brant

Antônio Pitanga, Camila Pitanga

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. He career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. Pitanga deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.

A Noiva da Cidade

Alex Viany

Elke Maravilha, Jorge Gomes

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.

Batalha dos Guararapes

Paulo Thiago

José Wilker, Renée de Vielmond

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.

Romance da Empregada

Bruno Barreto

Betty Faria, Brandão Filho

Fausta is a survivor who dreams of building a house on land she's buying on the installment plan. Meanwhile she lives in a one-room tin-roofed hovel with her idle husband, João, and she works as a maid. Through it all she's a scourge, arguing, jeering and being jeered, but also displaying the spirit and energy of her idol, Tina Turner.

Flor do Desejo

Guilherme de Almeida Prado

Imara Reis, Caíque Ferreira

In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with a unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.

D.P.A. Detetives do Prédio Azul - O Filme

André Pellenz

Letícia Braga, Anderson Lima

Aventuras de um Paraíba

Marco Altberg

Caíque Ferreira, Paulão

Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.

Cabaret Mineiro

Carlos Alberto Prates Correia

Nelson Dantas, Tamara Taxman

An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new lovers and remembering love affairs of his youth.

Banana Split

Paulo Sérgio de Almeida

Myrian Rios, Marcos Frota

In Petrópolis in the 1950s, the group of Nei, Cabelinho, Bambolê, Laura and Carminha is excited about the arrival of the cariocas, who symbolize the highest level of modernity.

Luz Del Fuego

David Neves

Lucélia Santos, Walmor Chagas

Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.

Till Luck Do Us Part

Roberto Santucci

Leandro Hassum, Danielle Winits

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

Discretion Assured

Odorico Mendes

Michael York, Jennifer O'Neill

Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michael's wife Kitty and his new interest, local artist Miranda. When someone is murdered Michael becomes a suspect, and must try to find the murderer and catch the embezzler while sorting out the wreckage of his personal life.