Bacurau

Bacurau 2019

7.68

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.

2019

Aquarius

Aquarius 2016

7.50

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

2016

Neighboring Sounds

Neighboring Sounds 2012

7.07

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

2012

Green Vinyl

Green Vinyl 2004

6.60

A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.

2004

Pictures of Ghosts

Pictures of Ghosts 2023

8.02

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

2023

Heartless

Heartless 2024

6.60

Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction for this mysterious girl.

2024

Crítico

Crítico 2008

7.90

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

2008

The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent 1970

1

1977. In a Brazil tormented by the military dictatorship, Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where he hopes to build a new life and reconnect with his family. That's without taking into account the death threats that lurk and hover over his head.

1970

Heartless

Heartless 2014

6.30

Léo goes on vacation at his cousin's, in a fishing village. There, he meets a girl who goes by the nickname Heartless.

2014

Eletrodoméstica

Eletrodoméstica 2005

6.40

A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set.

2005

Seu Cavalcanti

Seu Cavalcanti 2024

1

The sequence of graduation of law graduates in Seu Cavalcanti helps to understand the Sergio Moro phenomenon in Brazil.

2024

Cold Tropics

Cold Tropics 2009

7.60

In tropical Recife, in northeastern Brazil, temperatures drop to impossible lows and the inhabitants have to adapt. This 'mockumentary' gradually turns critical, looking at the climate, urban development and social interaction from every angle. Does a ray of sun pierce the clouds, after all?

2009

Sleep with Your Eyes Open

Sleep with Your Eyes Open 2024

4.80

A coastal city in Brazil. Kai arrives from Taiwan for holidays with a broken heart. A broken air conditioner sends her into Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season doesn't arrive and his shop disappears. While looking for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds herself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s tale.

2024

O Ateliê da Rua do Brum

O Ateliê da Rua do Brum 2016

1

The life of Reno, an artist who lives and works in an old building in the Recife neighborhood that is rapidly transforming. His inspiration and tools have been found in the beautiful Capibaribe River which is filled with pollution and death.

2016

Coffee Stains

Coffee Stains 2014

5.20

A photographer travels to São Paulo for his first solo exhibition and decides to stay in his now married, ex-girlfriend’s house.

2014

Bacurau no Mapa

Bacurau no Mapa 2019

8.30

Behind the scenes of Bacurau (2019)'s shooting and pre-production. With exclusive images, directors Kléber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles show how they made the film an audience and critical success.

2019

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Friday Night, Saturday Morning 2007

5.40

Friday Night Saturday Morning is a small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kiev. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.

2007

Caged In

Caged In 1997

5.20

Middle class man surrounded by fear and paranoia become prisoner of his own world.

1997

The Little Cotton Girl

The Little Cotton Girl 2002

3.30

The urban legend of 'cotton girl'. The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.

2002