Flávio Bauraqui

A science fiction and suspense feature that presents a frighteningly possible future, where things got even more out of control and what would be just a "quarantine" became the new and totally bizarre normal.

"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.

En un distópico y cercano futuro en Brasil, un gobierno autoritario ordena a todos los ciudadanos descendientes de africanos que se vayan a África, generando así caos, protestas, y un movimiento underground de resistencia, que inspirará a toda la nación.

Daniel, de 40 años, ha sido suspendido del trabajo policial activo y está bajo investigación interna por violencia. Cuando Sara, su historia de amor en Internet, deja de responder a sus mensajes de texto, decide conducir hacia el norte en busca de ella, comenzando lo que aparentemente es una tontería. Muestra la foto de Sara, pero nadie parece reconocer a la mujer. Hasta que finalmente aparece un chico que dice que puede ponerlos a los dos en contacto bajo condiciones muy específicas.

The special features 22 real testimonials from people like Mandela, Martin Luther King and Marielle Franco, who fought racism and freedom in favor of justice.

Life is not easy for anyone and the money is getting shorter for Antonia, who is unemployed. But she doesn't lose her sense of humor even when she gets into a huge mess. Outraged by the increase in prices in the only market in the neighborhood, which on top of that no longer accepts credit, the housewife sets up a scandal and ends up infecting other customers who, like her, have no money to pay the bill.

When Nego discovers that a cocoa farm where he lives and works will be sold, he needs to face not only the loss of his home and his job, but also the daily contact he has with the land he loves so much.

In the 1990s, two brothers were accused of murdering eight women, one man and one child in the Serra dos Órgãos region. In the eyes of the suspects, Sergeant Téo realizes that the trial of the press, police and local society is fundamentally racist, and begins to have doubts about the conviction of one of them. Based on a true story, the film is a work of fiction about the famous case of the "Necrophil Brothers."

Río de Janeiro, Brasil, 1950. En el conservador hogar de la familia Gusmão, Eurídice y Guida son dos hermanas inseparables que se apoyan mutuamente. Si Guida puede compartir con su hermana menor los detalles de sus aventuras románticas, Eurídice encuentra en su hermana mayor el aliento que necesita para perseguir su sueño de convertirse en pianista profesional.

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.

In 2008, Sergipe teachers engaged in legal struggle with the state government to prevent the loss of rights already won. 30,000 teachers from all over the state leave their schools and go on a long journey to fight in the capital Aracaju. The challenge is to convince the judges of the Court not to vote for the end of the teaching career. The trial is postponed twice and the battle lasts for a month. In the midst of this struggle between government and teachers, Professor Ana Rosa lives the challenge of being a mother, a woman and a union leader. She needs to reconcile the multiple tasks of professional and domestic life, but her husband's incomprehension and the macho vision of his own mother make his journey even more challenging.

After spending years in prison for a crime that shocked the country, a former rock star finds refuge in a humble evangelical church. All he wants is to be forgotten, but his past comes back to haunt him.

Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the handwriting on the envelope: this could only be sent by his father, Ernesto, who has been dead for many years. A father who always created unusual situations. In this time warp, Carlos is split in two: one Carlos remembers and the other forgets the moments he spent with his father.

A group of playboys organizes the last party of the year in a slum before the change in weather. And for this night, beyond the usual drugs, alcohol and sex, they will receive special guests: an addict that uses and is used by the group, a country singer who was raised around the slum, a strange security guard and the owner of the place.

Después de ser liberado de la prisión, el Dr. Nise da Silveira está de vuelta en el trabajo en un hospital psiquiátrico en las afueras de Río de Janeirom donde ella se niega a emplear la nueva y violenta de electroshock en el tratamiento de los esquizofrénicos. Ridiculizado por los médicos, se ve obligada a asumir el Sector abandonada de terapia ocupacional, donde comenzaría una revolución a través de pinturas, los animales y el amor.

Nando, a 12 year old boy, narrates the adventures of his father Antonio, during the 60s in Brazil, who leaves the inland of the state of Minas to go to Brasília, a recently inaugurated city, but still with construction works in progress.

Inspired by an novel by Graciliano Ramos, Alexandre e Outros Heróis is a beautiful way to celebrate his 60th year of death. The story of a man, his life and his death in the Brazil's backwoods.

In crisis after killing an innocent during action in the favela, a police officer is introduced into the unit of the "Ninjas" - extermination group that is dedicated to sadistically eliminating suspects of violent crimes.

The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting of five stories that reflect different facets of the daily lives of residents of these communities - with the promise of escape stereotypical representations.

Rey de los boliches, burdeles y salones de baile en Bahia, el ex burócrata Quincas Berro d’Agua es encontrado muerto en su cama. Inconformados con su muerte, sus mejores amigos “se roban” a su cuerpo y lo llevan para una última noche de parranda, regada a mucha bebida. Entre mil y un líos, Quincas “vive” una segunda y definitiva muerte, una tal cual la que el siempre soñó. Basada en la obra de Jorge Amado. (FILMAFFINITY)

Free adaptation of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro. Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonathan is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art.

El ex-policía Vieira se ve envuelto en la muerte de su amante prostituta. Después de la muerte empiezan a pasarle cosas extrañas.

In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.

Un propietario una casa de empeños compra bienes usados a los lugareños desesperados - tanto para jugar a juegos perversos de poder como para su propio sustento- pero cuando entran en su vida el trasero perfecto y un aseo estropeado, pierde el control.

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.

The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To get the job, he has to perform 12 hard tasks in São Paulo.

Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.

In the streets of Rio de Janeiro, survival is the name of the game where the protagonist is an imported 'hot' car. People, from all social levels, will do anything in order to possess it, if only for a few minutes.

The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel was there for political reasons, and Jorge, as a common criminal.

Río de Janeiro, años treinta. João dos Santos era pobre, hijo adoptivo, negro y homosexual confeso. Su ficha policial sumaba tres mil peleas y tres homicidios. Decía que no peleaba, se defendía.