Wagner Novais

Directing

Wagner Novais

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Directing

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9 titles

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Behind the camera

Class 101 poster
NR

Thirty years after a school photo was taken in City of God, a filmmaker and former student seeks out his old classmates from Class 101. The documentary explores life paths shaped by inequality, survival, and loss. A reunion at their old school culminates in the recreation of the original image, bridging past and present in a collective portrait of the favela.

Class 101

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Class 101 poster
NR

Thirty years after a school photo was taken in City of God, a filmmaker and former student seeks out his old classmates from Class 101. The documentary explores life paths shaped by inequality, survival, and loss. A reunion at their old school culminates in the recreation of the original image, bridging past and present in a collective portrait of the favela.

Class 101

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Cadu Barcellos: Legends never die, they live forever poster
NR

This documentary celebrates Cadu Barcellos, a Black filmmaker from the Maré favela complex. In defiance of erasure, the film moves beyond tragedy to celebrate his light, ancestry, and legacy.

Cadu Barcellos: Legends never die, they live forever

2026

Cadu Barcellos: Legends never die, they live forever poster
NR

This documentary celebrates Cadu Barcellos, a Black filmmaker from the Maré favela complex. In defiance of erasure, the film moves beyond tragedy to celebrate his light, ancestry, and legacy.

Cadu Barcellos: Legends never die, they live forever

2026

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves poster
5.2

The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting of five stories that reflect different facets of the daily lives of residents of these communities - with the promise of escape stereotypical representations.

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

2010

5x Pacificação poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

5x Pacificação

2012

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10.0

A time traveler gathers data to create an Afro-diasporic mythology. She seeks to build an Afrocentric narrative based on a decolonial language and a synesthetic experience of understanding the world.

Caminhos Afrodiaspóricos pelo Recôncavo da Guanabara

2022

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10.0

A time traveler gathers data to create an Afro-diasporic mythology. She seeks to build an Afrocentric narrative based on a decolonial language and a synesthetic experience of understanding the world.

Caminhos Afrodiaspóricos pelo Recôncavo da Guanabara

2022

Sinistro – Um rap de Nikiti poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sinistro – Um rap de Nikiti

2025