Roberto Oliveira

Bio

Carlos Gerbase

Maria Fernanda Cândido, Maitê Proença

The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.

Ainda Orangotangos

Gustavo Spolidoro

Karine Kazue, Lindon Satoru Shimizu

The film tells the story of sixteen people in the hottest day of the year in the city of Porto Alegre.

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.

Legalidade

Zeca Brito

Cleo Pires, Leonardo Machado

Brazil, 1961. In the underground of the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, awaits a bombing by the Brazilian armed forces. The country is on the verge of a civil war, following the resignation of president Jânio Quadros and the movement to keep vice-president João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.

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.

Menos que Nada

Carlos Gerbase

Felipe Kannenberg, Rosanne Mulholland

In Rio Grande do Sul, the newcomer intern Paula sees the schizophrenic Dante Becker and she decides to study his case for her graduation work in the university. She learns that Dante was left in the institution ten years ago and has been abandoned by his family, friends and even the doctors and his files are lost. Her supervisor retrieves the name of Dante's father Gregório and the women Renê Heller and Berenice that had visited him in the past and she interviews them to discover what happened with Dante.

The Nightshifter

Dennison Ramalho

Daniel de Oliveira, Fabiula Nascimento

Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.

O Oitavo Selo

Tomás Creus

Roberto Oliveira, Thiago Real

Pixo

João Weiner, Roberto Oliveira

The impact of graffiti as a cultural phenomenon in the city of São Paulo and its international influence as one of the main currents of Street Art The film participated in the exhibition Ne dans la Rue (Born in the Street), the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. The documentary shows the reality of taggers, accompanies some actions, conflicts with the police and shows a different view of some interventions already much exploited by the media. The film does not provide answers, but provides arguments for the debate: is graffiti art or a crime?