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.

Недалекое будущее. Адвокат подает в суд на правительство Бразилии с требованием возмещения ущерба всем потомкам африканских рабов в стране. Авторитарное правительство в ответ подписывает указ о депортации всех чернокожих граждан страны в Африку. На людейа начинается настоящая охота - их ловят и насильно вывозят на другой континент. Пока армия и полиция следят за соблюдением закона, адвокат поручает дяде найти его жену, а сам присоединяется к подпольному движению сопротивления.

Недалекое будущее. Адвокат подает в суд на правительство Бразилии с требованием возмещения ущерба всем потомкам африканских рабов в стране. Авторитарное правительство в ответ подписывает указ о депортации всех чернокожих граждан страны в Африку. На людейа начинается настоящая охота - их ловят и насильно вывозят на другой континент. Пока армия и полиция следят за соблюдением закона, адвокат поручает дяде найти его жену, а сам присоединяется к подпольному движению сопротивления.

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.

The story of a young boy on a mission to collect what he believes to be his father’s remains only to get sucked into the underbelly of the migrant industry in Mexico.

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.

Педро, 70-летний гомосексуальный медбрат, заботится о Даниэле, своей нездоровой трансгендерной подруге. Для того, чтобы определить ее в больницу, он решает помочь раненому заключенному сбежать.

Рио-де-Жанейро, 50-е годы прошлого века. Эвридика и ее старшая сестра Гида мечтают о жизни в Европе. Эвридика намеревается стать пианисткой и уехать учиться в Вену, а Гида жаждет свободы. Она бежит из дома с любовником в надежде обрести рай в далекой Греции. Планам обеих сестер не суждено сбыться. Деспотичный отец приговорит их к долгой разлуке. Но даже вдали друг от друга они будут верить в неизбежность встречи…

По роману Мануэла да Фонсека. Португалия, 1950 год. Пустынный и величественный ландшафт Юга, пронизанный ветром, изнуренный страданием и голодом, сотрясает насилие: в одну ночь происходит чреда хладнокровных убийств. Каковы причины этих преступлений? Эпическая история одной крестьянской семьи, для которой чувство собственного достоинства оказывается сильнее голодающих детей. История основана на романе Мануэла да Фонсеки, который в свою очередь основан на реальной истории о человеке, который в течение трех дней в одиночку оказывал сопротивлении армейским частям.

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.

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination.

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.

Армандо – обеспеченный мужчина средних лет. Время от времени он приводит в дом молодых людей, которым платит. Он не хочет до них дотрагиваться – только смотреть с достаточного расстояния. Таким же образом он следит и за пожилым бизнесменом – человеком из прошлого, который оставил в его жизни глубокую рану. Когда Армандо встречает уличного хулигана Элдера, тот отвечает ему насилием. Но несмотря на это красивый грубоватый подросток не выходит у Армандо из головы. Ради денег Элдер продолжает приходить к Армандо и постепенно из этих встреч складывается родство душ. Но тяжелое прошлое не даёт Армандо покоя и толкает Элдера на серьёзный шаг, который он совершает во имя своих чувств к Армандо.

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship.

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.

A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.

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.