Jacob, Mairun and João are 6 years old and are making their carnival costumes for the school party. Ana does not participate in the activity because she believes that carnival is a sin. This situation causes surprise among her little friends who start a conversation about their different religious...
The documentary’s starting point is the discovery and restoration of a rare and unknown photography reel reproduced from a mutoscope film, made in 1901 in London, about Santos Dumont (1873 – 1932). The work approaches historic and artistic aspects from the beginning of Cinema (pre cinema,...
Documentary about the discovery of a ditch in a cemetery located in São Paulo, in which were found the carcass of Brazilian political prisoners who fought against the military dictatorship.
The city outside and the city within. Inside: a couple starting to grow old. Outside: a city in constant flux - new buildings, a noisy airport, a troubling new neighbor, gossip. Things that never change amid things that change too fast. The fragmented everyday, seen through a lens that's indirect...
"Their Inner World" intends to unveil the inner universe of brazilian children featuring the autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). Across a number of cities, a cross-section of children affected by the disorders in their varying grades are portrayed through their daily lifes.
It's Friday night. Pedro and Anastácia are at home, like millions of other couples in São Paulo. Locked away in the living room of their apartment, Pedro and Anastácia's relationship finds an opportunity to reveal its degree of wear and tear. História Familiar portrays the banality of everyday...
With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, reaching more than 15...
Experimental documentary about the life and work of obscure samba musician Vassourinha (1923-1942), born in São Paulo, who only recorded six 78rpm records, dying at 19.
