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Mangúe-Bangúe(1971)

The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a runaway stockbroker, "Mangue-Bangue" is the paradigmatic expression of the post-1968 spirit of desbunde, the Brazilian slang catchword for "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll".

Aliens do terceiro mundo e o sequestro de Dona Irene(2022)

After receiving a letter calling for a secret conspiracy meeting, a woman is mistaken for a controversial policy and kidnapped by a pair of revolutionaries with no money for Uber. The three end up living together and witnessing the end of the world, the alien invasion and military intervention together.

The Ridiculous(2024)

Rebels on the surface, retrogrades in essence. “The Ridiculists”, a duo composed of the eccentric and explosive, “The Ridiculer”, and his faithful squirer, “The Talker”, roam through the Brazilian capital breaking into homes, committing murders, as they create a legion of blind supporters along the way.

Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia(1969)

Sangria(1972)

Never Stop on the Highway(2021)

In Brazil's countryside, Amanda tries to get her first show while Thamires tries to make her first film, both at risk of the highway.

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Cocoon(2025)

A lonely journalist lives locked in his apartment, consumed by the fear of being the next victim of a serial killer who targets media professionals. Semi-finalist – Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF), 2025

A Morte do Brasil(2024)

Morra.com(2015)

'Morra.com' reveals the strength and importance of marginal cinema in the 60s and 70s. In the film, the cardboard collector dreams of becoming a filmmaker and producing a film, while uncovering a crime that occurred in ”Boca do Lixo” .

Antropofagia Marginal(2020)

Through a historical-affective reconstruction of the Boca do Lixo region, in São Paulo, the documentary aims to investigate what was the cultural, social and geographic impact that the cinema made there had for the city and for the country during the from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Perifericu(2020)

Luz and Denise grow up in the midst of the adversities of being LGBT in the extreme south of the city of São Paulo. Between Vogue and poetry, from church to city access. The dreams and uncertainties of youth flood their existences.

Drug Stamps(2024)

She Brought Colour into My World(2024)

A woman comes back home after studying abroad.

Above the clouds(2023)

Gökhan is a journalist. He's on the road, driving from Istanbul to Southwestern Anatolia in order to make a good story for his newspaper. His car breaks down in a wilderness. What's more, his phone runs out of battery. Gökhan waits for help for hours but nobody shows up. After a while, a walking man appears out of nowhere.