Beto Brant
2021Passages
Lúcia Nagib, Samuel Paiva
Tata Amaral, Cláudio Assis
Passages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio and television, functions as a 'passage' to political and social reality.
Passages
Abbott Elementary
Renato Ciasca, Beto Brant
Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado
In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.
Abbott Elementary
Candango: Memórias do Festival
Lino Meireles
Carlos Diegues, Milton Gonçalves
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Crítico
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Aki Kaurismäki, Alain Riou
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Crítico
Ação Entre Amigos
Beto Brant
Zé Carlos Machado, Leonardo Villar
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
Friendly Fire
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.
Pitanga
Cão Sem Dono
Renato Ciasca, Beto Brant
Júlio Andrade, Marcos Contreras
In Porto Alegre, the unemployed Ciro has a dull life in a simple apartment with a nameless stray dog that he had found on the streets. Ciro is supported by his parents and works every now and then in translation of Russian. When he meets the aspirant actress Marcela, who dreams on traveling to other places, they immediately fall in love for each other. However, Marcela has a lymphoma and travels for a treatment, and alone Marcelo becomes depressed and returns to his parents home.
Stray Dog
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
Renato Ciasca, Beto Brant
Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado
Set in a small town in Pará in the heart of the Amazon, Cauby makes a living as a photographer. Soon he’ll befriend pastor Ernani’s attractive wife Lavínia and embark on an affair – a good portion of the film is dedicated to their passionate relationship. We will also learn of Lavínia’s baggage from her past – how she met her husband, her continuing love for him, and his supportive role. But when rumours of her affair with Cauby circulate, the conservative community do not look at it kindly, leading to tragedy, and their lives will never be the same afterwards…
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
Negras Vozes - Tempos de Alakan
Beto Brant
For the past 14 years, the Ilú Obá de Min - Educação Cultura e Arte Negra promotes parades on the streets of São Paulo with its afro feminine band that celebrates themed carnivals. There’s always an homage to a black woman, embracing our history, fight and productions. In 2019, we sang “Black Voices” and spread “Alakan Time” - word that means alliances in Yoruba.
Negras Vozes - Tempos de Alakan
Crime Delicado
Beto Brant
Marco Ricca, Lilian Taublib
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep influence over her. Antônio gets jealous, and the three become characters of a drama saturated with desire and danger.
Delicate Crime
