Films

  • Movie poster for 'Manas', directed by Marianna Brennand, with Jamilli Correa, Dira Paes and Romulo Braga, showing a woman with dark hair resting her head on her knee, with her eyes closed.

    Manas

    2024, Drama, 1h41m

    Directed by Marianna Brennand

    Starring Jamilli Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga

    In a riverside community in the Amazon, a 13-year-old girl realises her future offers few possibilities. Determined to break free, she dares to challenge the violent system that controls her family and oppresses the women around her.

  • Movie poster for 'The Best Mother in the World' by Anna Muylaert, with Shirley Cruz, Luedji Luna, Benin Ayo and Seu JORGE.

    The Best Mother in The World (A Melhor Mãe do Mundo)

    2025, 1h 45m, Drama

    Directed by Anna Muylaert

    Starring Shirley Cruz, Seu Jorge and Rihanna Barbosa

    A desperate mother flees with her kids, hiding them in her recycling cart. Homeless and vulnerable, she transforms their harsh reality into a thrilling journey, shielding them from the truth of their precarious situation.

  • A movie poster for 'Basic Sanitation, the Movie', by Jorge Furtado, with Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Camila Pitanga, Lazaro Ramos, Bruno Garcia.

    Basic Sanitation, the Movie (Saneamento Básico)

    2007, 1h 52m, Comedy

    Directed by Jorge Furtado

    Starring Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Camila Pitanga, Lázaro Ramos.

    In rural Brazil, a small community of Italian descendants makes an amateur fiction film to address the basic sanitation problems plaguing their village.

  • A movie poster for 'City of God' featuring several children holding guns, a large central figure of a young man looking down, and scenes of violence and chaos.

    City of God (Cidade de Deus)

    2002, 2h10m, Crime and Drama.

    Directed by Fernando Meirelles.

    Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge.

    In the slums of Rio de Janeiro, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

  • Movie poster for 'I'm Still Here' featuring Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, and Fernanda Montenegro. Awards mentions, critic reviews, star ratings, and director Walter Salles' name.

    I'm Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui)

    2024, 2h17m, Drama

    Directed By Walter Salles

    Starring Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro

    Based on a true story, a woman married to a former politician during Brazil’s military dictatorship is compelled to reinvent herself and forge a new path for her family after a sudden, violent, and arbitrary act upends their lives.


  • Book cover for the film "Same Old West" by Erico Rassi, featuring a desert scene with three vehicles and two people standing beside them under a colorful sunset sky.

    Same Old West (Oeste Outra Vez)

    2024, 1h 32m, Drama, Western.

    Directed by Erico Rassi.

    Starring Adanilo, Ângelo Antônio, Rodger Rogério, Babu Santana, Tuanny Araújo.

    In the arid hinterlands, two ruthless men—both forsaken by the same woman—turn their bitterness into a violent feud. Within this lawless landscape, others scarred by romantic disappointments are drawn into the conflict, and what begins as private resentment soon erupts into duels, hired gunmen, and the corrosive forces of wounded pride and fragile masculinity.

  • A movie poster for 'Chuck Billy and the Marvelous Guava Tree', by Fernando Fraiha. with Issac Amendoim, Luis Lobianco, Anna Julia Dias, Livia La Gatto.

    Chuck Billy and the Marvelous Guava Tree (Chico Bento e a Goiabeira Maraviósa)

    2024, 1h 30m, Adventure, Comedy, Family

    Directed by Fernando Fraiha

    Starring Isaac Amendoim, Taís Araújo and Raffiz Camargo

    Chuck Billy and his gang must unite to save Mr. Lau's guava tree when it is put at risk. Based on the famous Maurício de Souza comic books.