
11 Apr 2024

Shedding
In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.

Janaína is an 18-year-old girl who lives with her mother and grandmother in a housing complex on the outskirts of Recife. She is the first person in her family to obtain a university degree, but an unwanted pregnancy threatens the plans she had made for her life.
Janaína

Luciana
Rita
Kelly
Jefferson

Giovana
Professora Vilma
Carla (Tia de Jana)

Everton (Tio de Jana)
Fátima (Mãe de Kelly)

Tainá
Professor
Professora
Suely (Vizinha)
Primo Janaína
Prima Janaína
Sobrinha de Jefferson
Sobrinha de Jefferson

11 Apr 2024

In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.

13 Oct 2022

Short on cash and a place to live, a woman agrees to let an old upper-class couple takes care of her and her unborn child, not knowing they have a more sinister plan that involves their only son.

20 Feb 2024

Helena finds herself lost in her life and loves. Reflections on herself lead her to thoughts and disappointments.

12 Oct 2007

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

04 Mar 2024

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25 Nov 2022

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15 Jan 2025

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14 Feb 2024

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13 Nov 2022

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30 Aug 2002

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

03 Apr 1998

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

08 Jun 2018

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29 Aug 1951

A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.

15 Jul 2023

Amid the 2019 drought in Brazil’s Northeast, Madalena loses her mother in a tragic event that changes her life. Alone, she joins a rebellion at the Grajaú farm in Canudos, where a community rises against government neglect. A violent State response turns their hope into sorrow. Later, journalist Júlia returns to uncover the truth, hearing from people like Lúcia, a grieving mother. As Júlia investigates, hidden stories emerge: Madalena's forbidden love with rebel João and Pedro's thirst for revenge after losing his father to political violence. Their paths cross in a tale of justice, pain, and redemption. Inspired by Ariano Suassuna, famed for "A Dog’s Will", this short film is a prelude to "A Pena e a Lei", created by 9th-grade students from Escola SESI Cambona, in Maceió, Brazil. It was screened at the SESI Festival of Art and Culture in July 2023, touching audiences with its emotional and socially conscious narrative.

06 Mar 2025

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03 Jun 2015

The short film tells the story of Negro Facundo Sombra, a Farroupilha hero who is visited by his former commander, General Netto, who asks him to fight in the Paraguayan War. After five years, Sombra returns from the war and tries to return home, which turns out not to be easy.

26 Sep 2024

Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to rescue her desires, facing her dilemmas that confront the illegal trafficking of wild birds.

10 May 2025

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11 Dec 2021

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08 Oct 2010

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.