Wilson Rabelo

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

Narciso is a Black orphan living with siblings Carmem and Joaquim. Just before his birthday, he is returned by a couple who decided not to adopt him. To cheer him up, Alexandre, another child living in the foster home, gives him a magical basketball. If Narciso makes three baskets, a genie will appear to grant him his greatest wish.

The small town of Furnas Fundas hides a secret far older than its pastures, forests, or the people who live there. During a heated election marred by scandals, Bartira, known merely as the town drunk, unexpectedly finds herself at the center of it all. It’s up to her to face a dark force that has returned to turn the town into a true bloodbath.

At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, violence, drugs and love of a female drug kingpin in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.

A journey through the memories of Brazilian filmmaker Afranio Vital. Between dreams and ruins, a life in cinema doesn’t end like this.

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When a rock wannabe is forced to replace his famous sertanejo look-alike, he faces a life-changing choice — lose his own identity or follow his heart.

Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the surrounding Rio favelas, Tati and Jaca must navigate the clashing forces threatening to derail their hope for the future.

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Gabriel, a 24-year-old anthropologist from a wealthy family from the interior of the Northeast, is gay and in the closet. Following the death of his grandmother, he decides to go to Rio de Janeiro to study the lives of sex workers. Seduced by his object of study, Gabriel will become one of them.

Rejane returns to her hometown, Paraíso, in search of answers to her brother's murder.

Suddenly, the earth stars spinning faster.

A young girl wishes Christmas was over for good, and her wish is granted with unexpected consequences.

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An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion. The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter, threatens to collapse this great friendship.

Carmen lives her last day of freedom before her husband leaves prison.

Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the black population in the streets of Salvador against slavery in 1835. After the failure of the revolt, the protesters were harshly punished and repression against black people in Brazil increased.

A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent.

Hated by the Greeks, detested by the Trojans, Helena lives a peaceful life in Guaratiba, a fishing neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Until love knocks on her door, bringing back ghosts from her past.

The routine with housework takes up much of Cristina's day. The noises of these movements echo through all the vacant rooms of the house. The arrival of an unexpected invitation interrupts their customs and will lead to a touching reunion, full of pride and longing.

In a Brazil measured 6×1, Girassóis follows the daily life of Zé, an elderly Black man who is still forced to work. Portraying the harsh reality that burdens Brazilian workers, the story reflects on the challenges of labor—from the daily grind to its impact on family relationships and the fading hopes for a hostile future. Loosely based on true events.

Dalva is an anthropologist from Nilópolis who is searching for the source of the Sarapuí River, which runs through several cities in the Baixada Fluminense region. Immersed in dreams and memories, she discovers that these forgotten waters still pulse with life.

Jorge is 70 years old and is one of the most capricious and dedicated janitors at the Paradise Motel, except for a single detail: He secretly records the audios of the room’s guests. Selling these audios to Alberto earns him an extra income as well as affection, even though Jorge no longer remembers what his own pleasure sounds like.

Mwanito has lived for eight years in a remote place, surrounded by raw nature. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle and a servant. They tell him that the world out there is dead and they are waiting for an apology from God.

Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.

Max, controversial and cult filmmaker, go into crisis after knowing the diagnosis about your photophobia, that points to possible blindness. Trans- developed, undertakes a complete overhaul of their artistic, philosophical and affective postures, projecting them on the film he makes.

A pictorial portrait of the legendary sambista, Assis Valente. The film traces his biography in a sensorial way, capturing a world divided between joy and despair.

A grandmother tells her three grandchildren the legend of the kids who went after the lost treasure of the São José da Boa Morte church. The children imagine themselves living the story.

A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.

Sérgio is determined to take over his family's construction company to pursue a long-buried dream. But when he uncovers a hidden chapter from his father's past, his ambitions are shaken, forcing him to confront the man he has truly become.

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João and Vitor used to be paramours but haven't spoken to each other for 30 years. At 70, they reunite and reconcile past, present, and a possible future after the passing of Vitor's wife, at a moment when so much of their lives seem to have reached an end.

On Christmas Eve, Dejair, a former resistance fighter against the military dictatorship, gathers with his family in the backyard. During a Secret Santa game, the contrast between appearances and private truths emerges. A water gun gift leads Dejair to denounce the absurdity of giving a child a weapon.

Jonatan, aka MC Xerelete, dreams of becoming a famous funk singer and so providing the comfortable life that he sees in the media for himself and his father. Till then, both of them work as fishermen at the Guanabara Bay. Together, they face the responsibilities and obstacles that life throws at them.

Favela resident Ursinho, an overweight mixed race 30 year old introvert, fantasizes about his dream Adonis: one of Copacabana's high end male prostitutes.

A documentary short by Delanir Cerqueira.

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