Lírio Ferreira

Directing

Lírio Ferreira

Born

1965-03-01 (61)

Place of birth

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Lírio Ferreira (Recife, March 1, 1965) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He directed the feature films Baile Perfumado (Best Film at the Brasília Film Festival 1996), Árido Movie (Venice 2005), Cartola – Music for the Eyes (2007), O Homem que Engarrafava Nuvens (IDFA 2009), Sangue Azul (Berlin 2015), Acqua Movie (Rio Festival 2019) and CAFI (Rio Festival 2021).

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Perfumed Ball poster
7.3

A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.

Perfumed Ball

1997

Perfumed Ball poster
7.3

A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.

Perfumed Ball

1997

VIVO 76: Alive in ‘76 poster
NR

This work explores the culture and influences that shaped the creation and performance of the songs on Vivo!, the third album by Pernambuco-born singer-songwriter Alceu Valença, released in 1976. Through this album, it paints a portrait of the birth of Pernambuco’s psychedelic scene, ranging from its visual art and fantastical characters to the initial forays toward Rio de Janeiro and mainstream success. It is a journey back to the 1970s, viewed through the lens of today and the eyes of tomorrow.

VIVO 76: Alive in ‘76

2026

VIVO 76: Alive in ‘76 poster
NR

This work explores the culture and influences that shaped the creation and performance of the songs on Vivo!, the third album by Pernambuco-born singer-songwriter Alceu Valença, released in 1976. Through this album, it paints a portrait of the birth of Pernambuco’s psychedelic scene, ranging from its visual art and fantastical characters to the initial forays toward Rio de Janeiro and mainstream success. It is a journey back to the 1970s, viewed through the lens of today and the eyes of tomorrow.

VIVO 76: Alive in ‘76

2026

Chá poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chá

1987

Para Vigo Me Voy! poster
NR

A Documentary about the Brazilian Filmmaker Carlos Diegues and His Works.

Para Vigo Me Voy!

2026

Blue Blood poster
5.7

When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances.

Blue Blood

2014

Blue Blood poster
5.7

When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances.

Blue Blood

2014

Blue Blood poster
5.7

When the Netuno Circus returns to Fernando de Noronha, it brings back a young man with a turbulent past. Pedro is now Zolah, the human cannonball. When secrets surface, bizarre family reunions rival the circus performances.

Blue Blood

2014

Cartola: The Samba Legend poster
8.0

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).

Cartola: The Samba Legend

2007

Cartola: The Samba Legend poster
8.0

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).

Cartola: The Samba Legend

2007

On Off poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

On Off

2023

The Man Who Bottled Clouds poster
NR

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.

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

2008

The Man Who Bottled Clouds poster
NR

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.

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

2008

Soul's Peak poster
3.4

In Pernambuco, a jewel robbery brings together an old group of misfits, with catastrophic results. Watched over by ghosts from the past, each of them will have to find their own way to freedom.

Soul's Peak

2025

The Last Rock Band poster
NR

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian rock band Cachorro Grande, created in Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, in 1999 and imploded in São Paulo, the exact year they would have celebrated their 20th anniversary. As is the script of every self-respecting rock band, Cachorro Grande lived and survived amid contrasts and extremes. From being the greatest promise of Brazilian rock’n roll at the beginning of this century, opening shows for the Rolling Stones in Brazil, to going through open fights that shaped the band’s style and created fissures, culminating in the threat of its disbandment.

The Last Rock Band

2024

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

That's a Lero-Lero

1995

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

That's a Lero-Lero

1995

The Water Eyed Boy poster
NR

As a toddler, Hermeto Pascoal made a flute from a pumpkin stalk so he could make music with the birds. His love of the sounds of nature has remained with him throughout his life. They play a major role in the music of the famous Brazilian composer, bandleader, conductor and multi-instrumentalist – known in Brazil as ‘the sorcerer.’

The Water Eyed Boy

2024

Salve o Prazer! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Salve o Prazer!

2020

Salve o Prazer! poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Salve o Prazer!

2020

Ouro Velho, Mundo Novo poster
NR

Filmmakers Cláudio Assis and Lírio Ferreira go on a journey through the frontier between the states of Pernambuco and Paraíba, Brazil, to show the importance poetry holds in local culture.

Ouro Velho, Mundo Novo

2020

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Crime da Imagem

1992

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Crime da Imagem

1992

Acqua Movie poster
5.9

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river.

Acqua Movie

2019

Acqua Movie poster
5.9

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river.

Acqua Movie

2019

Dry Movie poster
6.7

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.

Dry Movie

2005

Dry Movie poster
6.7

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.

Dry Movie

2005

Dry Movie poster
6.7

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face the geographic elements and his own memories.

Dry Movie

2005

O Poeta Americano poster
NR

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a word ball, gives a literal stroke and makes an imaginary goal in this film about football, passion and poetry. João Cabral's America goes beyond the four lines of the field or paper, it transcends time and the field; update the memory to the fact that the love of football will not be volatile or ephemeral, neither in defeat nor in victory.

O Poeta Americano

2014

O Poeta Americano poster
NR

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a word ball, gives a literal stroke and makes an imaginary goal in this film about football, passion and poetry. João Cabral's America goes beyond the four lines of the field or paper, it transcends time and the field; update the memory to the fact that the love of football will not be volatile or ephemeral, neither in defeat nor in victory.

O Poeta Americano

2014

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A espiritualidade e a sinuca

2011

Cafi poster
NR

It portrays the work of Carlos Filho, Cafi, a photographer from Recife, who for more than 40 years has dedicated himself to recording a large part of the events of dance, theater and Brazilian popular music. Recordings, concerts, tours and rehearsals by important artists passed through Cafi's lens.

Cafi

2021

Cafi poster
NR

It portrays the work of Carlos Filho, Cafi, a photographer from Recife, who for more than 40 years has dedicated himself to recording a large part of the events of dance, theater and Brazilian popular music. Recordings, concerts, tours and rehearsals by important artists passed through Cafi's lens.

Cafi

2021

Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano: Ao Vivo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano: Ao Vivo

2002