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Hillbilly has one single dream in life: eat beef. He finds a little maid who's anxious to marry, and promises him: in their wedding party, his father would kill an ox.

After diving into a shallow lake, a college student becomes tetraplegic. In his wheel chair, he remembers the important facts of his life as an adolescent.

Documentary about the story of Dinho, Bento, Julio, Samuel and Sergio, who started making dark songs in a band called Utopia and reached national fame in Brazil in 1995 as the comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas.

Portugal, 1739, the reign of King João V, who tries to keep a delicate balance between the power of the Church and the interests of the Court. António José da Silva, nicknamed "the Jew", a famous playwright admired both by the people and the aristocracy, is charged by the Inquisition with the crime of heresy and sentenced to die at the stake. His execution is organized as a demonstration of the triumphant power of the Church against any other force.

The young Janete works as a prostitute on the streets of São Paulo. Her dream is to work on the circus, on the trapeze but with countless difficulties coming her way she joins the criminal world and ends up in jail. Will she ever fulfill her dream?

A group of dancers perform the dance number 'Possessão', created by Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, and inspired by the works of two key figures of the Spanish Counter-Reformation such as John of the Cross and Teresa of Ávila. In their performance they bring out the expression of hysteria.

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.

Many teenagers arrive at a birthday party, all superficially carefree and happy. As time goes by, they start disclosing their personal problems.

KURT MASUR one of the world's great Maestros challenges and teaches the next generation of young musicians and conductors by stretching their limits and transforming their perspectives and abilities. Following master classes around the world over a period of few years, the film is a carefully constructed collage organically interviewing the maestro's teachings and his personal life experiences. The result is a comprehensive emotional portrait of one of the most respected music conductors of our time.

"Sobras", in Portuguese, means "remainders", like the falls of fabrics which the dressmaker draws aside with a hand. It is also the title of the last photographs carried out by Geraldo de Barros (1923-1998), pioneer of Brazilian experimental photography and also one of the most significant artists of the constructivist movement . His creative process is approached in this film in a stimulative dialogue between passed and present, between the trajectory of a man and that of his country.

Shot in a hat factory in the early 20th century, the film evokes oppressive industrial production where abnormality becomes normal and the banal details of everyday life become expressions of human resistance.