Helvécio Marins Jr.

Blurring borders between documentary and fiction, this film portrays a few moments from the lives of three people from Belo Horizonte: a transsexual prostitute and academic, a Hare Krishna soccer fan and a would-be writer.

A simple Portuguese-Brazilian song. Fernando spends his time in Porto in the neighborhood of Fontainhas between a small house and a local café. A parrot reaches him from Brazil, which evokes paradise in his imagination. This gives rise to a Portuguese-Brazilian correspondence. A game of mirrorings develops over the exchange of letters between the two friends, in which ideas of each other’s country are reflected.

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In the bucolic countryside of Brazil, Marcelo, an easygoing cowboy at a cattle farm lives for one passion: rodeos. One tragic incident affects him deeply. Little by little he overcomes the trauma and is ready to dream again.

During the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Brazil’s independence, a Brazilian diplomat and a Portuguese historian escort the heart of Emperor Dom Pedro I, confronting colonial traumas, identity crises, and the delirium of a country in turmoil.

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Blurring borders between documentary and fiction, this film portrays a few moments from the lives of three people from Belo Horizonte: a transsexual prostitute and academic, a Hare Krishna soccer fan and a would-be writer.

A simple Portuguese-Brazilian song. Fernando spends his time in Porto in the neighborhood of Fontainhas between a small house and a local café. A parrot reaches him from Brazil, which evokes paradise in his imagination. This gives rise to a Portuguese-Brazilian correspondence. A game of mirrorings develops over the exchange of letters between the two friends, in which ideas of each other’s country are reflected.

No synopsis available yet.

In the bucolic countryside of Brazil, Marcelo, an easygoing cowboy at a cattle farm lives for one passion: rodeos. One tragic incident affects him deeply. Little by little he overcomes the trauma and is ready to dream again.

In the bucolic countryside of Brazil, Marcelo, an easygoing cowboy at a cattle farm lives for one passion: rodeos. One tragic incident affects him deeply. Little by little he overcomes the trauma and is ready to dream again.

During the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Brazil’s independence, a Brazilian diplomat and a Portuguese historian escort the heart of Emperor Dom Pedro I, confronting colonial traumas, identity crises, and the delirium of a country in turmoil.

During the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Brazil’s independence, a Brazilian diplomat and a Portuguese historian escort the heart of Emperor Dom Pedro I, confronting colonial traumas, identity crises, and the delirium of a country in turmoil.

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Documentary film about the Brazilian football club Atletico Mineiro, but also about something intangible: football, its emotion and imperishable spirit.

Documentary film about the Brazilian football club Atletico Mineiro, but also about something intangible: football, its emotion and imperishable spirit.

Documentary film about the Brazilian football club Atletico Mineiro, but also about something intangible: football, its emotion and imperishable spirit.

An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.

Bastu's grandchildren and friends help her pick up the strands of her life after her husband dies.

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The stories, adventures and misadventures of Alfredinho Rocha, a fado singer, a Karate fighter, a former drug dealer, an owner of a cafe in Fontainhas, Oporto, a nutter, a dancer, a nightingale and a whole family.