Waldir Xavier

The making of Makbul Mubarak's debut feature film "Autobiography" (2022).

With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakib works as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna, a retired general whose family Rakib’s clan have served for centuries in a rural Indonesian town. After Purna returns home to start his mayoral election campaign, Rakib bonds with the older man, who becomes a close mentor and father figure, and finds his calling as Purna’s assistant in work and life. When Purna’s election poster is found vandalised one day, Rakib doesn’t hesitate to track down the culprit, kicking off an escalating chain of violence.

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.

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.

On the border between the real and the fantastic, between the colonial past and the overwhelming modernity of agribusiness, the city of Goiás is the scene of the meeting between the young Fernanda and her secret roots. She returns to the home of her wealthy uncle, after the death of her adoptive mother, in order to implode the certainties and to reveal the painful truth about its origin.

Un chico que tiene la misión de recoger lo que él cree que son los restos de su padre, entra en contacto con la parte más vulnerable de la industria migrante en México.

Two moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a tough restructuring process, with layoffs and early retirements. Soon, privatization will come. In the second moment, two years later, Pedro lives retired in his hometown Barbosa, in the company of his childhood memories, his dog and his girlfriend. By interweaving these two moments in time, we put ourselves in Pedro's skin and experience his fears and delights.

The night side of a modernist icon. The fauna and flora of Roberto Burle Marx's gardens inhabited by visitors to Parque do Flamengo while the city of Rio de Janeiro falls asleep.

Pedro, un enfermero de 70 años, decide llevar a Jean, un joven paciente, a su casa.

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.

Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hunger reign over poorest, a desperate man takes his revenge on those who caused his ruin during the darkest night, unable to get honestly the bread needed to feed his family in the daylight.

January 1st, 2003. When Brazil celebrates President Lula′s historic investiture, two middle-class, provincial families gather in an old, poorly maintained house. As they prepare a big party, secrets, hidden desires and frustrations are revealed.

Antes de entrar a una prestigiosa universidad americana, Gabriel Buchmann decide viajar por el mundo durante un año. Después de diez meses en la carretera, llega a Kenia decidido a descubrir el continente africano. Hasta que llega a la cima del Monte Mulanje, en Malawi, su último destino.

Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.

En medio de la convulsionada Caracas, Armando (50), dueño de un laboratorio de prótesis dentales, busca a hombres jóvenes en paradas de autobús y les ofrece dinero para que lo acompañen a su casa y observarles. Al mismo tiempo, Armando tiene la costumbre de espiar a un hombre de edad avanzada: sabe dónde vive, qué lugares frecuenta; algo en el pasado de ambos los une. Un día Armando se lleva a casa a Elder (18), líder de una pequeña banda de delincuentes juveniles. De este encuentro nacerá una relación que los cambiará para el resto de sus vidas.

Brasil /// Año 1978. El régimen militar que gobierna Brasil desde el golpe de estado de 1964 parece que comienza a tambalearse. En ese contexto, un soldado de 18 años (Jesuita Barbosa) se enamora de un intelectual (Irandhir Santos) que tiene un cabaret anarquista, un hombre mayor que él que se niega a aceptar la dictadura.

Player, coach, journalist and polemicist, João Saldanha (1917-1990) has always been a good fighter. The bravery he displayed on the field, in the short period he was a player, led him to accept the post of coach of the same team, Botafogo. He was also one of the most feared and controversial sports commentators of his time.

Violeta is a married dentist on a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the cell she enters in despair. The message of her husband, Djalma, says he is leaving her and going to another city.

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.

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.

After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions.

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

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.

A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.

A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.