Janaína Kremer
2021O Último Poema
Mirela Kruel
Ana Júlia Chiodi Alberti, Rodrigo Fiatt
Helena Maria Balbinot, a countryside teacher from the south of Brazil, exchanged letters during 24 years with Brazilian modernist poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. The movie reveals part of these letters. Through scenes of poetry and extreme beauty, this friendship is reinvented in the audience eyes. A meeting between the poems of Drummond and the particular universe of Helena Maria.
The Last Poem
Doce de Mãe
Ana Luiza Azevedo, Jorge Furtado
Fernanda Montenegro, Marco Ricca
Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible.
Sweet Mother
O Mercado de Notícias
Jorge Furtado
Elisa Volpatto, Ursula Collischonn
Written in 1625 by the British playwright Ben Jonson, the play “The Staple of News” provides a historic root for this discussion about the role of the press in modern day Brazil. Journalists of several generations discuss the dilemmas of the selection and focus of their subjects, the resistance of the media in accepting itself as a political agent, the inevitability of interpretation as there are no hard facts in nature, and above all the search for an always complex balance between credibility and the public’s growing demand for news.
The Staple of News
Saneamento Básico: O Filme
Jorge Furtado
Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura
Within a quaint village, inhabited by descendants of Italian settlers in the Serra Gaúcha region, an ongoing issue looms large—the dire need for a sewage treatment cesspool. This longstanding emergency has perennially been overlooked by the authorities. In a bid to address this pressing concern, a dedicated commission resolves to seek assistance from the sub-prefecture. Much to their dismay, they receive the disheartening news that no funds are allocated for essential sanitation purposes. Paradoxically, there exists a surplus designated for video production. Seizing this unforeseen opportunity, the group embarks on the creation of a video centered around the theme of basic sanitation. Little did they anticipate that their amateur production would captivate their collective dedication, ultimately leading to an unexpected recognition—a coveted award within their city.
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Entreturnos
Edson Ferreira
Janaína Kremer, Luis Miranda
Beto is a bus conductor married to Gilda, who longs to have a child. When Beto gets closer to Leia, owner of his favorite bar, he meets Valcir, a newcomer who completes the love triangle that results in pregnancy. Amid the difficulties in dealing with this situation, the characters run through the city and find out more about themselves as they learn to confront their personal conflicts.
Entreturnos
Houve uma Vez Dois Verões
Jorge Furtado
André Arteche, Ana Maria Mainieri
A coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two "summers" have on the lives of several teenagers. The main story involves an innocent teenage boy and a conniving teenage girl who meet on a beach one summer in Southern Brazil. They meet up again the following summer
Houve uma Vez Dois Verões
Antes Que o Mundo Acabe
Ana Luiza Azevedo
Eduardo Cardoso, Murilo Grossi
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. Daniel has a crush on his girlfriend Mim, who has just broken up with him but is still his friend, and his best friend, Lucas, is one of the best students in São Lucas High-School. Daniel is the son of Elaine and the photographer Daniel, who left Elaine when she was pregnant and moved alone to Thailand. Daniel is raised by Elaine and his stepfather Antônio, and shares a house with his half-sister, Maria Clara. One day, Daniel receives a letter from his biological father, who has malaria, and he is reluctant to open the envelope.
Before the World Ends
A Cidade dos Piratas
Otto Guerra
Laerte Coutinho, Matheus Nachtergaele
A film director faces a complex situation in the production of his new film: Laerte, the protagonist of the story, begins to renegade her former characters, the Pirates of the Tietê. Lost in this situation and determined to be faithful to his whims after seeing the approach of death, the director decides to tell his drama mixing his persona with the story, creating a chaotic labyrinth between fiction and real life.
The City of Pirates
O Tempo e o Vento
Jayme Monjardim
Fernanda Montenegro, Thiago Lacerda
Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, The Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
Time and the Wind
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
A Primeira Morte de Joana
Cristiane Oliveira
Emílio Speck, Letícia Kacperski
Late summer of 2007, South of Brazil. Joana, 13, wants to find out why her great-aunt Rosa died at 70 without ever having dated anyone. Encouraged by her friend Carolina, Joana starts an investigation about Rosa’s past. As she confronts the values of her community, Joana realizes that all the women in her family have a secret, while something hidden inside her also reveals. She plunges into her imagination to find answers while a large wind power plant is being built in their small town.
The First Death of Joana
