A Political Movie

From the murder of his father by his uncle, Hamlet is forced to confront its own contradictions and the world around him. In a deconstruction of itself, Hamlet delves into the eternal question of the meaning of existence. Set in a large metropolis, Hamlet is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy.

Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 24th 2011. Isabel Burlan da Silva, the director’s mother, is brutally murdered by her partner. “Elegy of a Crime” is the final chapter of Cristiano Burlan’s “Mourning Trilogy, about the tragic family history. Faced with impunity, the film plunges into a dizzying journey to rebuild Isabel's image and life.

Henrique is a filmmaker who has made films that hardly anyone saw. A marginal for lack of choice.

Documentary series in five episodes about the Brazilian thinker who is a world reference in education. Cristiano Burlan investigates the formation of Paulo Freire and his influences for the conception of Pedagogy of the Oppressed from testimonies of his family and professionals who knew him or work in the institutions where he put his concepts into practice.

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Reconstructing the details of the death of his brother, Rafael Burlan da Silva, twelve years ago, the filmmaker Cristiano Burlan launches a personal journey that leads to the heart of a cycle of violence in the outskirts of São Paulo — like the neighborhood Capão Redondo, where his family lived and where his 22 year-old brother was killed with 7 shots in 2001. Exploring his brother’s reasons for involvement with drugs and car theft, the director exposes parts of his own family history, listening to relatives and friends, whose testimonies bring to light the fates of several characters, mapping the history of painful emotional wounds.

An everyday story about love, tolerance and colors.

Members of a secret society have a falling out. It is up to the highest ranking member to adjust the score. Cinema of cruelty, silence and freedom.

A time-displaced group of militants decides to kidnap an ex-torturer.

An addicted tormented by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend watches the passage of a mysterious planet.

Independent audiovisual experience composed of three mocking allegories about the influence of capitalism on today's affective relationships.

Madame Satã, Maria Tomba Homem, Cintura Fina. With me it's Velvet Pants, butt sticking out.

The dream is the only right that cannot be forbidden.

Aldo, a former photographer, is fired from his college professor job a little before his retirement. With no job perspective, he decide to sell his old work tools,and burn some of his pictures.

A film poem about Nauro Machado, one of the greatest poetry of Brazil.

The water reveals.

Last walk from an old woman.

A political film about horror and solitude.

An elderly couple lives in an abandoned farm. Every night they receive a visit from a young man who comes join them. The past comes to light when the memories of the couple seems to arise from dreams and nightmares.

A man from the countryside lives only with his three daughters. Away from everything and everyone, they face the drama and despair of their own lives.

Narrates in existential drama tones the story of a man searching for his lost time, traveling across the roads of Brazil’s countryside, making his way back to his homeland.

A human market makes a man plunges into an abyss of no return. With no one to trust his grief, the man collapses in his pain.

The Orbits of Water (Water Version) is a fable about a family waiting for a return of a son and a brother. A revenge story with contours of tragedy and fantasy. This film version is a special cut for movie theatres only.

A funeral. A pain.

Sounds, nature and strings.

A short film tells that the story of a group of actors, living together in a house and sharing their dilemmas with each other.