Cavi Borges
In the dressing room of the French cinema, minutes before attending a lecture, François Truffaut recalls his trajectory
Built from images of 1970s Africa, "Forofina" is a rehersal for Sylvio Lanna's next feature-length film.
An intimate and fictional tour through the cravings contained and corroded words of the writers Clarice Lispector and Maria Telles Ribeiro.
It is a realistic musical documentary, mixing the old and the new, exchanging chronological positions, creating a suggestive carousel for the audience. A tribute to Sérgio Ricardo's cinematographic work narrated through the assembly of scenes and tracks taken from the 7 films he directed. In this anthology, the most recurrent theme in the author's work is portrayed: the struggle of the oppressed worker who finds love, music and the community his escape valve.
The striking and sinuous shadow that intertwines with the conceptual imaginary moment reproduced on screen, runs over without mercy to everyone who is attached to old concepts and prejudices conceived in the residual decadent imagination of society in a globalized world.
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.
It tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente". The documentary is a historical record of a stronghold of cultural effervescence that remained in the affective memory of Rio de Janeiro.
Arthur Bispo do Rosario's past is practically unknown. It is only known that he was black, a sailor and a boxer. In 1938 he was admitted to Colônia Juliano Moreira after a mystical delusion.
Cléo is making her first film, inspired by french cinema and the nouvelle vague.
City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?
What's the importance of luck in life? How much effort and talent is enough to guarantee a solid carrier? Is luck part of the craft? Bianca is an excellent actor but theater doesn't pay the bills yet. In order to make a living, she impersonates movie divas and promotes events. Bianca auditions for a big international production and gets the part. The director of the film, inspired by her work, changes the character he wrote into a version of Bianca. Is this the chance of a lifetime?
Mateus is a video store clerk that deals with several weird clients everyday while he dreams to be a filmmaker like Tarantino.
