Vladimir Carvalho

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.

Silvio Tendler goes through his life remembering the movements he was part of during the brazilian dictatorship and his adherence to socialism.

Jorge Bodanzky reaches to his memories of the time he studiet at the University of Brasília to show a look into the 1960s Brazilian youtuh, with its dreams, expectations, crisis and incomplete projects.

In this wildly inventive hybrid documentary, the feature debut from experimental film and installation artists Yoni Goldstein and Meredith Zielke, viewers are transported to the space-age city of Brasília. A modernist architectural marvel, the city is a sparkling wasteland of machine dreams and aging monuments to a utopian future. Highlighting the sacred geometry of triangles and symmetry of lines, this sci-fi flick interrogates the semiotic structures that undergird the Martian outpost. With striking visuals and a thumping, electronic soundtrack, A Machine to Live In is a transcendent, transcendental voyage through Brazil’s cosmic capital.

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, business and cultural circles in Brazil and the world.

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró, he marked the history of Brazilian art.

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró, he marked the history of Brazilian art.

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Joan Miró, he marked the history of Brazilian art.

A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.

The story of the young people from Brasília that, led by Renato Russo, after a long journey and many obstacles, sees their dream come true, with the success of their bands.

The story of the young people from Brasília that, led by Renato Russo, after a long journey and many obstacles, sees their dream come true, with the success of their bands.

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.

Six episodes set in and focusing on the history of Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Episode list: A Paisagem Natural (dir. Vladimir Carvalho), O Sinal da Cruz (dir. Pedro Jorge de Castro), A Volta de Chico Candango (dir. Roberto Pires), Além do Cinema do Além (dir. Pedro Anísio), Suíte Brasília (dir. Moacir de Oliveira) and A Capital dos Brasis (dir. Geraldo Moraes).

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.

Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.

Luís Perseghini, a former member of Brazilian Comunist Party, remembers his life e and his dream of living in a socialist country.

Passages from the life of former Alagoan senator Teotônio Vilela, with emphasis on the process of his formation as a public figure, from his childhood as a mill boy to the final stage, with his famous campaign for the democratic restoration of the country. At this point, he was a man on the brink of death, already victimized by the cancer that would kill him.

Passages from the life of former Alagoan senator Teotônio Vilela, with emphasis on the process of his formation as a public figure, from his childhood as a mill boy to the final stage, with his famous campaign for the democratic restoration of the country. At this point, he was a man on the brink of death, already victimized by the cancer that would kill him.

Documentary made in the municipality of Luziânia - Goiás, presenting a black community, a remnant of the old quilombo.

Documentary made in the municipality of Luziânia - Goiás, presenting a black community, a remnant of the old quilombo.

A population close to Brasília receives a group of people from the big city that tries to recover lost elements of the local culture

The contrast in the extremely rudimentary form of xelite mining and the use of tungsten, obtained from xelite, in the most complex instruments of nuclear technology.

A population close to Brasília receives a group of people from the big city that tries to recover lost elements of the local culture

A population close to Brasília receives a group of people from the big city that tries to recover lost elements of the local culture

The contrast in the extremely rudimentary form of xelite mining and the use of tungsten, obtained from xelite, in the most complex instruments of nuclear technology.

Documentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.

Documentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.

In rural Brazil, villagers battle wealthy land barons for the sake of their own survival.

Annual pilgrimage of pilgrims to the ruins of Nossa Senhora da Guia, on the north coast of Paraíba. After visiting the temple, the faithful indulge in the coco de roda dance.

The real story of Quilombo Olho d'Água from Serra do Talhado, in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, which became institutionally isolated from the rest of the country. Quilombos were runaway slave communities in colonial Brazil.