The history of the Brazilian sex worker movement told through archival footage collected by activists over a period of thirty years. Speaking through a poetic language that weaves in contemporary activism, the film asks: What population groups and histories have a right to memory?

We are in the Arctic. With the promise of resisting even a nuclear attack, memories of 100 Brazilians were digitized and stored in 35 mm film reels under an iced mountain, as a relic of humanity for future generations that survive the expected mass destruction of the Planet. The target is that these memories can help them to recover the thread of the human epic on Earth. And so, start over.

Guarani Treasure follows Mbya-Guarani filmmaker Ariel Kuaray Ortega, main character and director, on a journey along with his mother, Elsa, in a hunt for a treasure hidden by the Jesuit priests after being expelled from the Guarani Jesuits Missions, in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil.

Jack is a young transgender who is part of a brave generation determined to forge their own identities. The film follows five years of his life and transition, as well as the relationships he establishes with Rafa, his non-binary girlfriend, Alice, Rafa’s trans mother and communist militant, Noah, a non-binary artist friend, and Helena, his spiritual mentor in what they call “holy trans”. In the background, a Brazil in a state of radical retreat.

Heloisa lives at the Marai, a place off the map in the Amazon. The 5-years-old girl has the habit of bathing in the Igarapé at midnight, which is said to be haunted by the Igarapé Mother. For her spiritual gift, people believe she is the successor of D. Maria, her grandmother and the community leader. During a classic soccer game at the village, and through Heloísa, the film reveals a place at the intersection of the real and the supernatural.

What is it like to be progressive and work in institutions based on extreme right wing ideologies? The policeman and the Pastor is a creative documentary that builds a sensitive immersion into two complex characters, an antifascist police officer and a feminist pastor. From an intimate portrait that pursue for the potential that raises from the uncertain, the film seeks to understand the complexity of a country living in a deep crisis.

The Secret Lives of My Three Men is a feature documentary that uses family photographs and creative writing to question the identity of a South American country against a history of violence. However, the documentary wants to break with this violence and, through poetry, create a possibility of another reality.

In the Northeast coast of Brazil, the sea comes in and goes out along the shores each six hours, one of the fastest tides in the world. Each hour is mystery for whom work on fishing. Each hour, a man becomes an animal that becomes the water that becomes the sky that becomes a man again. This film is about these men, who walk over the waters and over the time.

Brazil, 2017. Driven by the impact of coming across a 16mm film whose uncanny images seemed familiar but came from far away and long ago, we decided to investigate the origins of this anonymous material. Working from elements proper to the footage’s narrative, we made a research based on contemporary tools and platforms. Among sinister discoveries and unavoidable gaps, we now reveal the results of our endeavor.

From light to the Valley is a documentary about the fight of territory in the biggest city in Latin America. The movie reflects the structural violence of the state and the real state speculation in a confront with the minorities socially exclude. The community Guarani – Mbya and the artist who occupy downtown, fighting for a ecologic inclusive and conscious city.

The exciting journey of a couple, who after a major setback, seeks the essence of life and love by climbing mountains. Juliana lived normally and practiced mountaineering with her husband, until a rare neurological syndrome took away the coordination of her movements. That was when Guilherme developed a special wheelchair and said: “Wherever you want to go, I will take you”. Now they are preparing to climb the 10 highest mountains in Brazil.

A historical and unique record of the greatest health crisis of this century, told by health professionals who are at the frontline in the battle against Covid-19.

A “crazy” mountain climber trying to accomplish an ambitious project: To climb all 104 peaks above 6,000 meters in the Andes. In 2012, Máximo Kausch decided to take a holiday from leading expeditions at the Himalayas. Instead of chilling in Thailand or the Bahamas, he chose to climb 6,000m peaks in the Andes. To approach them, he bought a 250cc motorbike and started a 2 month trip completely alone. Out of the 104 peaks, Max has already climbed 83, breaking the world record in the process. 

The documentary “Another Trip” dives in the extreme regions of São Paulo, where infrastructure and basic needs are not delivered to the population, with the aim of revealing the power of bicycles in these regions, speaking of culture, behavior and needs in the communities that have bicycle as an integral part; of people who see it as an extension of their own body and often as the only way to reach their final destination.

As Crias do Rap is a documentary that reveals the Brazilian hip hop and rap scene through the voices of its latest generation, among young people and children aged 8 to 30 years old in the southeastern region of the country.

“As I Am” is a documentary about music used as an offending instrument by artists such as Liniker, Johnny Hooker, Triz and Gloria Groove. More than mere entertainment, they use it as a vector to reflect, instigate, provoke, and transform long-marginalized issues: identification, acceptance, sexuality and prejudice. Is society ready for this behavioral revolution in conservative times?

At the age of 11, Bernardo Monteiro Oliveira swapped toys for the microphone. Small in height, but giant in courage, intelligence and arguments, he became MC BMO. He faced the same for great opponents in rhyme battles and became a phenomenon! He won trophies, came out in the newspapers, had videos with millions of views on the internet and won a legion of fans. He broke into a scene … and now he’s going to break into an entire movie!

“Cantada de Mina” is a television series whose main objective is to highlight the narrative strategies present in the songs of Latin American women artists who present a feminist discourse in their works.

“Chico Rei Amongst Us” documents and investigates the echoes of Brazilian slavery in the lives of black people today, understanding their movement of self-affirmation and freedom from a collective perspective. The documentary is full of music, dance and poetry, looking for the beauty and the resistance that can be seen and heard in every cultural manifestation.

Between the Brazilian forests and the Andes, humanity experienced one of its most rich, diverse and misunderstood times. Thousands of people roamed freely in a territory we call South America, in a continent without borders. In this territory, five major expeditions, carried out by researchers and indians from different countries, will reveal lost cities, histories and knowledge not known to date.

A trip around the world visiting countries that until recently experienced political and social
conflicts, and how local cinema influenced and was influenced by the environment.

Angela, Bruno, Jonas, Maria and Terena are youngers we’ve worked with in our previous films. During the pandemic, in a Brazil devastated by the virus and by the rise of the far-right, we proposed them to film their own isolation. Thus, before the impossibility of going to see the world outside, they look inside, rethinking their pains, their losses. Death lurks around. But perhaps the only way to face it is be with the pulsating power of life.

“In Search of the Lost World” tells the story of a group of adventurers who retrace the journey described by Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, to unravel the mysteries behind “The Lost World”, written in 1910. As in the British novel, the explorers will have to face a series of challenges, but when researching the author’s life they are also faced with astonishing supernatural mysteries in an incredible/amazing Amazonian fable.

Luthiers proposes a journey through the lives of eight instrument makers, immersing us in the different cultures, roots and passions of these creators who have worked with artists such as Mark Knopfler, Leonard Cohen, Paco de Lucía and Lenny Kravitz, among others. An exciting journey through the stories behind these instruments and what distinguishes us as humans: our ability to create.

A black boy learns how to play the piano with the help of a cardboard; he secretly practice in the Music Conservatory thanks to the help of a janitor; he is discovered by a conductor of his city; he becomes a classical music success in Germany.
The doc highlights the three most remarkable conflictive moments of Moisés’ life. From a life full of poverty, discrimination, and social bias until he became an acclaimed, award-winner, pianist in Europe.

The color industry, one of the most polluting on the planet, paints everything around with petroleum products: houses, clothes, and even the food we eat.
The doc series “Nature of Color” discusses the impact of this industry in society and presents, in 7 episodes, the creation of 7 natural colors, which paint stories of hope and conflict in Latin America.

Along the deep Amazon forest, a film director searches for a language that was imposed to the Indians during the colonization period. Through this mixed language, Nheengatu, and sharing the filming with the local population, the film is built through the meeting of these two worlds.

The Amazon without romance, lived by those who are covered with mud trying to reach dignity to postpone their own burial. It is the Amazon of the drug dealer running between shacks to escape from bullets. It is where the prostitute awaits the end of the shift to breastfeed her baby.
In the civilization collapse surrounded by a natural Paradise, the preacher gives hope while the green hell burns in flames. In the Amazon, land is red as blood.

After the premature death of her father, an environmental photographer, Alice needs to get close to her mother to carry out the project conceived by her father: to study cases of mutualism between species, where cooperation is above competition. In each episode, they look for examples of good coexistence, which demonstrate a more altruistic way of life. A relationship that Alice had with her father, but she still needs to develop with his mother.

The Firm Stitch follows the creative process of the first crochet fashion collection fully developed by
male prisoners in Brazil and presented at the country’s main fashion event, The São Paulo Fashion Week.

ssi Rafael, Brazilian Filmmaker, lives between Sao Paulo and his home state Mato Grosso do Sul. Among his short films, “She Came Along” (2011) was exhibited in film festivals across Brazil and abroad. “The Four Seasons of Youth” is his first feature film project. He studied Filmmaking at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Theologian Leonardo Boff, in the isolation of his country house, writes and reads love stories, seeking a new meaning for God, surrounded by trees, memories and a pandemic.

When a major pandemic arises impacting the lives and routines of billions of people, the following questiones remain: what impact will this pandemic have on our lives and what will be the post-pandemic transformations in our interpersonal relationships, with the labor market, with the economy and with the planet? 

“This is not art” aims to discuss artistic censorship in authoritarian governments, in light of recent episodes that have been happening in Brazil. The film will analyze how censorship gains space, how art can be interpreted in different ways, and how artists can resist in this scenario. It is a film about the importance of art and it seeks to show how much artists help to lead the spirit of a time, preserving memory, and pointing to the future.

Brazil leads the world in murders of trans people, indigenous folk and environmental activists. Emerson is all three. A biologist, art educator, and descendant of an indigenous nation, the 29yo is also the non-binary eco-warrior drag queen Uyra, part human, part forest being. Emerson/Uyra are revolutionizing environmental activism, performing arts, leading the queer scene in the Amazon and disclosing urgent messages from the spirits of the forest.

Rejane, Pedro, Fatima, Fabiano and their friends prepare to create their own films. In researching what they mean, they go through their memories, their reflections on life and the world, building their own narrative. Between their world and the world of others, in “You didn’t know about me” they build a powerful reflection on madness, love, loneliness and the challenges that life imposes on us.