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- DirectorSelton MelloStarsSelton MelloPaulo JoséLarissa ManoelaFather and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
- DirectorMarcos PauloStarsMilhem CortazEriberto LeãoHermila GuedesIn 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão is planning the heist that inspired the film. He needs to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where he'll steal millions of (R$) reais.
- DirectorJeferson DeStarsCaio BlatJonathan HaagensenSilvio GuindaneIn the slum of Capão Redondo in São Paulo, the twenty-third anniversary of Marco Aurélio a.k.a. Macu will be celebrated with a "feijoada" (a typical Brazilian dish of black beans and pork) and beers promoted by his mother Dona Sônia and their closest friends. Among the guests are Macu's childhood best friends Jaiminho, who plays soccer in Spain and is waiting to be summoned by the coach to the national team, and Pibe, who has a baby and is living with Macu's former girlfriend Claudia. Macu owes money to the dangerous criminal Serjão and Napão and will host a boy that will be kidnapped by the delinquents in order to pay for his debts. Along the day, Macu stays with Jaiminho and Pibe recalling their childhood together. By the end of the day, Serjão and Napão tell Macu that they have changed their plans and the kid will not be kidnapped, but Jaiminho instead. Further, he shall meet the powerful Dr. Venceslau for further instructions. Now Macu is to be on the horns of a dilemma between his friendship for Jaiminho and the fear for the gang of his slum.
- DirectorMarcus BaldiniStarsDeborah SeccoCássio Gabus MendesDrica MoraesAfter the adoptive daughter of a stable family leaves them for a new life as a prostitute, she rises to become a popular performer among her clients, and details her routine in her blog.
- DirectorCláudio TorresStarsWagner MouraAlinne MoraesMaria Luísa MendonçaZero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsAlberto AmmannLeonor WatlingPilar López de AyalaA chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoDocumentary filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho interviews people who tell their life stories and recall songs that marked their lives.
- DirectorAndré RistumStarsRodrigo SantoroCauã ReymondDébora FalabellaA film about the reunion of a family broken by the pain and because of the pain can be reunited. An intense story, told in a soft and sensitive way, showing the search and dedication of a man rediscovering family and the love that unites the brothers, finally forming a real family.
- DirectorToni VenturiStarsLeandra LealCauã ReymondLee TaylorThe plot centers on a young female doctor Carmen with a terminal disease. A feeling of urgency unconsciously leads her to live each moment of her life as it were the last. During this journey into the unknown, she gets involved with two men and a homeless community.
- DirectorMarcelo LaffitteStarsSimone SpoladoreIgor CotrimSérgio BezerraIn Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transvestite hairdresser Lady Madonna.
- DirectorToniko MeloStarsWagner MouraGisele FróesEmiliano RuschelThe life of a real conman and one of the biggest frauds in Brazil.
- DirectorJosé Alvarenga Jr.StarsBruno MazzeoFernanda Paes LemeFúlvio StefaniniExposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- DirectorFlávio Ramos TambelliniStarsMaria ManoellaMarcelo SerradoFernanda de FreitasBased on the novel by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, the film tells the story of Luiz Mario, a São Paulo night-club impresario and a classic "bon vivant", is also an avid collector of love affairs. He is surrounded by all types of women, with whom he has torrid flings, but he is never able to emotionally involve himself. Until one day, while passing by Rio de Janeiro, he falls head-over-heels for the carioca Malu, who practically runs him over on her bike while riding down Leblon's beach bike path. The couple's fervent romance is abruptly thrown into disarray when an enigmatic love letter is discovered. From then on, the story between the two lovers is turned upside-down. Luiz Mario is consumed by jealousy and his emotions slowly seep into his relationship, destroying everything.
- DirectorDomingos de OliveiraStarsCláudia AbreuPedro CardosoDomingos de Oliveira1st story: a woman discovers in the pocket of his partner a tablet of Viagra. 2nd story: a couple for years has a conventional marriage, until, due to an unexpected circumstance, can not live without having other sexual partners.
- DirectorLucy WalkerKaren HarleyJoão JardimStarsVik MunizOn the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.
- DirectorEvaldo Mocarzel"On The Fringes of Sao Paulo: Scavengers" is a documentary that portrays the life of paper and recycled material collectors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This documentary is the third piece of a combination of four films that started with the projects "On The Fringes of Sao Paulo: Homeless" and "Squatting on the Fringes of Sao Paulo".
- DirectorFlávia CastroIn DIARIO DE UMA BUSCA (Diary, Letters, Revolutions), the director tells the story of her father, Brazilian activist Celso Afonso Gay de Castro, whose life was intertwined with the political struggles that shattered Latin America starting in the 1960s. His life was a combination of repeated exiles and political activism, from the enthusiasm and hope of the early days until the disillusion of his final years. He died tragically at age 41, in the apartment of an Nazi he was perhaps investigating on. A two-part film, featuring a childhood lived in exile, crossed by the father's letters...
- DirectorFernando Grostein AndradeCosmo Feilding-MellenStarsFran Boyd AndrewsBrenda BlomFernando Henrique CardosoDocumentary uncovering the failure of the UN sanctioned war on drugs.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoStarsMayrton BahiaMarcelo BonfáMarcelo Castello BrancoThe history of the young people of Brasilia who led by Renato Russo, after a long road and many obstacles, see their dream come true, with the success of their bands.
- DirectorAndre Alves PintoCésar RodriguesStarsPaolla OliveiraChico AnysioSuely FrancoAfter studying in the capital, the teacher Cate returns to her small town in Minas Gerais to teach at primary school in the early 40's. Her way of teaching students delights and irritates the other teachers. She just wants to give students something essential to education: enthusiasm.
- StarsSandra PeresPaulo TatitExtravagant animation, puppets and singers and young dancers give life to these 10 songs of the Brazilian duo "Palavra Cantada".
- DirectorCarlos Alberto RiccelliStarsBruna LombardiBruno GarciaMarcello AiroldiHow far would you go to be happy? In this delightful comedy, chef Teodora (Bruna Lombardi) embarks on a journey of discoveries that will make her a new woman. Crises in love and in her professional life will take her, along with her friend Zeca (Marcello Airoldi) and young Spanish girl Milena (Marta Larralde), through the Way of St. James of Compostela, an ideal background for meetings and adventure.
- DirectorPedro Urano
- DirectorHenrique DantasStarsPaulinho Boca de CantorMoraes MoreiraPepeu GomesThe story of Novos Baianos, one of the greatest Brazilian bands, mostly active during the 70s
- DirectorCláudio KahnsStarsMamonas AssassinasDinhoBento HinotoDocumentary about the story of Dinho, Bento, Julio, Samuel and Sergio, who started making dark songs in a band called Utopia and reached national fame in Brazil in 1995 as the comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas.
- DirectorHugo CarvanaStarsFlávia AlessandraHerson CapriHugo CarvanaLalau (Gregorio Duvivier) is presented by the country's interior with his show jokes, whose main theme is her father, Ramon Velasco (Tarcisio Meira), an actor who always gets into shenanigans. One day, when present in Ceará, Stan receives a tempting proposal by Flora (Flávia Alessandra), which offers $ 100,000 so he pretends to be a famous guru in a motivational speech in Rio de Janeiro. He accepts and goes to Rio without telling his father. After seeing his son on the cover of a newspaper, Ramon decides to go after him and creates many characters to ensure their part.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasElena AnayaJan CornetA brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
- DirectorCarlos SaldanhaStarsJesse EisenbergAnne HathawayGeorge LopezWhen Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.
- DirectorSebastián BorenszteinStarsRicardo DarínIgnacio HuangCarolina HsuA well-ordered hardware store owner in Buenos Aires will see his life turn upside down when he helps a stranded Chinese man who doesn't speak a word of Spanish find his uncle in the bustling city. But can this coexistence bear fruit?
- DirectorJuliana RojasStarsDavid NavarroMaristela ChelalaSabrina GreveLuís is a young kid who doesn't know how to cope with his life after the death of his favorite nanny. His parents are only there anxious for the second kid to be born. But one night, the nanny returns to visit him and she makes him a pledge that she'll stay with him for good.
- DirectorRene BrasilStarsEduardo AcaiabeGustavo BrandãoElder FragaGregory is in love with a carnival masquerade. He goes after her every year. Luisette is a transvestite in search of affection. Together they spend a night of intense love.
- DirectorAlessandra ColassantiStarsSamir AbujamraBrigitte BoucherAlessandra ColassantiFictional Documentary. A dancer in one of the paintings by Edgar Degas one day stepped out of the canvas, conquers the world and disappears during the carnival in Rio; mix of the academic universe, avant-gard art and the underworld sex scene. The movie was shot in Paris, NY and RJ.
- DirectorBeth FormagginiStarsAngeliA documentary film about cartoonist Angeli, and the transformations his work goes through. The film centers on his obsession over his work, and the crisis he faces over being a pop artist, who must produce new political cartoons and comic strips for several medias every day, and at the same time having the need to be radical and able to renew himself, and to hit where it hurts.
- DirectorBarbara TavaresStarsSergio CezarRobson SouzaA short documentary about Sergio Cezar's art and its power of transformation. Sergio is also known as "Cardboard Architect". He uses micro-trash to recreate facades, slums and whole cities. His work is an invitation for recycling the way we look at things.
- DirectorRafael UrbanAn old woman attends classes of digital photography and editing. It is not a late hobby, but a project undertaken with a clear aim in mind. The woman wants to be able to preserve the memory of her deceased husband Guido, the biggest private collector of fossils in Latin America.
- DirectorSergio OliveiraRenata PinheiroA quasi-musical approach on contemporary urban life that reflects Brazilian society and many others throughout the world, this documentary describes at the same time a place, a city and a country. The real place, a neighborhood in Recife, encompasses all of the Brazilian way of life, highlighting a reality that is before us but often goes unnoticed.
- DirectorLeonardo Cata PretaStarsLeonardo Cata PretaEduardo MoreiraSince the 12-year-old Francisco make sky photographs. One day, something different appears in one of your photos changing his routine.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsPaulo BrusckyGabriel Mascaro
- DirectorRodrigo JohnA dog with a broken heart perceives his reality in a very peculiar way, inviting to a glance at his tragicomic routine.
- DirectorFernando Miller