BODY (Corpo)
Directors/Screenplay: Rossana Foglia & Ruben Rewald – Producer: Paulo Boccato & Mayra Lucas
Cast: Leonardo Medeiros, Rejane Arruda, Chris Couto, Louise Cardoso

A corpse is found in a common grave serving as a converging element for the stories of five characters…
Brazil 2008 – Drama – 85mn
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THE DAY BRAZIL WAS HERE
Directors: Caito Ortiz & Jo

How can a game of Football change a Nation’s destiny? How can a passion for another country’s National Team surpass the personal and collective conflicts of everyday life? Now imagine the Five time World Champion Brazilian Team playing with Haiti’s National Team to promote Peace in a country going thru a period atavistic misery.
Brazil 2005 – Documentary – 72mn
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NOW BOARDING (Embarque Imediato)
Director: Allan Fiterman – Screenplay: Marcelo Floriao, Laura Malin & Aloisio de Abreu – Producers: MF & Juliana de Carvalho
Cast: Maria Pera, Jonathan Haagensen, Jose Wilker, Marta Nieto & Clara Choveaux

Wagner is a young outcast in Rio de Janeiro, who dreams of a better life in New York. Justina is an older woman who works at the Airport, stops Wagner from living his American Dream. Together, Justina and Wagner discover new things about life.
Brazil 2009 – Comedy – 94mn

VLADO, THIRTY YEARS LATER
Director/Screenplay/Producer: João Batista de Andrade
Interviews with Clarice Herzog (Vlado’s widow), D. Paulo Evaristo Arns, Henry Sobel, Fernando Morais, José Mindlin

Vlado portrays a tense political time in the history of Brazil marked by torture and persecution.
Brazil 2005 – Political Documentary – 85mn
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ALMOST EVERYDAY (Quase Todo Dia)
Director/Screenplay: Gandja Monteiro – Producer: Carol Albuquerque & GM
Cast: Priscilla Marinho & Agatha Marinho

Priscilla, a young single mother in Rio de Janeiro, struggling to reconcile her motherly duties with her own professional ambitions, confronts a day in the bustling city when everything that can go wrong, does.
Brazil 2009 – Drama – 17mn – European Premiere
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CLOUDS (Nuvens)
Director/Writer: Daniel Grinspum – Producer: Olívia Brenga
Cast: Thainá Lopes, Guga Paulino & Carlota Joaquina
Film School: University of São Paulo

The movie tells the story of Luana, a ten years old girl, who sells candies on the streets. She discovers a way to make the clouds disappear and try to apply this method to her reality.
Brazil 2009 – Drama – 12mn

DAY-IN DAY-OUT (Cotidiano)
Director/Screenplay: Joana Mariani – Producers: Marcelo Monteiro & Matias Mariani
Cast: Carla Ribas

Some call life the period of time from the moment you wake up until the time you go to bed. This film is about those who spend this period of time not living, but seeing life go by.
Brazil 2009 – Drama – 18mn – European Premiere
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LANDAU 66
Director: Fernando Sanches – Screenplay: J.M.Trevisan – Producers: Adriano Civita, Francesco Civita & Caito Ortiz
Cast: Ricardo Gelli, Pedro Carvalho & Victor Ribeiro

What does the devil do when He is bored?
Brazil 2008 – Fantastic – 12mn
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SUSHI MAN
Director/Producer : Pedro Iua – Screenwriter: Ivan Jaf
Cast: Almir Martins, Isabela Leal, Otto Jr.

A love triangle… dinner included. It’s a recipe for surprises and amour, with lots of sushi and sake!
Brazil 2003 – Animation – 20mn
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