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Enawenê-nawê: Os Homens-Espíritos(2012)

Silêncio das Asas

Sem Manual(2025)

O Carnaval é de Pelé(2025)

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.

Cinemateca Potiguar: Dez Anos de Memórias(2024)

Raízes de Concreto(2025)

O Fim de Bolsonaro(2025)

Memória(2025)

The short documentary traces the fading light of Belém’s silver screens through the eyes of a young filmmaker and aspiring historian. With camera in hand, he sets out to preserve the stories of the three movie theaters that once defined the city’s cultural pulse

Entre aulas e barricadas: dez anos das ocupações das escolas na cidade de São Paulo(2025)

A.D.VERSE

The sacred and the profane are explored through the dialectic between sacred images and the world of BDSM when we meet Guilherme and his fetishist persona Luke.

Ceifeira(2024)

Coisa Triste Eu Esqueço(2024)

êxodo rural(2025)

Blue Bird(2025)

"Blue Bird" is a letter to the director’s ancestors and a quest to understand the anxiety consuming his body, exploring how memories and the body intertwine.

Terecô: a força que vem da raiz(2024)

Cata(2025)

Lendas de Santa Clara do Desterro(2025)

Pista(2025)

One dance floor, many bodies, a sound that moves through them.

Raízes(2016)

A highway movie(2025)

Four researchers record their perceptions as they walk through the patch of the BR-116 that goes through Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, looking for characters who’ve had their lives connected throughout the highway. The BR-116, the largest road in Brazil, crosses 10 states and connects Fortaleza to the municipality of Jaguarão, at the Uruguayan border, while also going through Canoas, splitting the city in two. The documentary brings testimonies from different people who share their life stories. “A Highway Movie” (2025) is the work that concludes Wender Zanon’s trilogy on Canoas, which starts with “This Is Canoas, Not Poa” (2021), followed by “Essays on a city” (2024).