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When Rosa's mother makes a surprising disclosure to her one day, Rosa decides to break out of her usual obligations. In so doing she discovers that life holds many surprises in store for her.

A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.

Revolves around the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years, through Brazil's colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, in the midst of wars for water.

An intimate look at the life of Dom Pedro I and the historical events that revolve around the prince, anticipating a decisive moment in his trajectory. In 1831, the first Emperor of Brazil returned to Europe under adverse conditions, on the English warship Warspite. In view of his abdication to the throne of Brazil, this is a moment of deep reflection for D. Pedro I, who ponders the mistakes and successes of his administration since the moment he arrived in the country with his family at the age of 10, in 1808 .

Claé and Bruó, two secret agents working for enemy kingdoms, who are dispatched to the Enchanted Forest. They finally discovered they're on the same mission: To save the Perlimps from the terrible Giants that have surrounded the Forest.

Mano has to deal with adolescence dilemmas and his family destruction, after his father leaves their house.

In an old-time dance hall (the "gafieira") in São Paulo, one evening is all it takes to meet different characters as they remember the past, live the present, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, naturally, dance.

This documentary series details how Brazil was shaped by centuries of armed conflict, from its early conquerors to its modern-day violence.

Ever since their first contact with the Western world in 1969 the Paiter Suruí, an indigenous people living in the Amazon basin, have been exposed to sweeping social changes. Smartphones, gas, electricity, medicines, weapons and social media have now replaced their traditional way of life. Illness is a risk for a community increasingly unable to isolate itself from the modernization brought by white people or the power of the church. Ethnocide threatens to destroy their soul. With dogged persistence, Perpera, a former shaman, is searching for a way to restore the old vitality to his village.

The history of women in sport is often confused with the history of women as a whole. While so many Brazilian women were fighting for the right to vote, divorce and free expression, some Brazilian women were fighting for the right to be present at one of the biggest events on the planet: the Olympics. And what could be simple and natural: it was not. Some appearances were dramatic. Others, isolated and lonely. As in society, in sport, women had to earn their rights by force.

A girl plays soccer with the street kids, and is the best player of them. In a decisive moment of discovery, she begins to experience her first passion and to discover her sexuality.

São Paulo's War is a documentary with some fictional segments on the 1932 Revolution. Made with Betacam and Super8 cameras, using extensive material of the period and never-before-seen footage captured on film during the war, the documentary directed by Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi was broadcasted by TV Cultura during its prime-time. In 1932, more than two hundred thousand men armed with machine guns, grenades and canons took part in on of the most violent wars in America in the 20th century. Brazilian against Brazilian, in a conflict that involved air raid of big cities - such as Campinas, Santos and São Paulo - and resulted in more than 2.000 dead. Why did this war happen? Who took part in it? What were the details of the conflict? How did the war end? The documentary tells this episode of the history of the country, not only grand but also unknown, with an accessible language and an involving rhythm.

Tthis short-film tells the adventures of two wanderers in downtown São Paulo.