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Cuceteiras VII: "Cucesniff?"

Amid the explosion of colors, sounds, and excesses of Olinda’s 2025 Carnival, Cuceteiras VII: "Cucesniff?" dives into the behind-the-scenes of a house

2025

Nelson Cavaquinho

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted las

1969

Todo Dia é Dia de Feira

2025

Saludos Amigos

A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba bea

1942

Baptismo de Terra

2016

Memória, identidades e ancestralidade como possibilidade do estudo de história em sala de aula

2022

Prazer, Madureira

An livid and comic presentation of Madureira in Rio de Janeiro.

Bus 174

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the pass

2002

SAMBANCESTRAL

2024

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first per

2025

Lua

Joseph Wilson meets the dance teacher fighting transphobic violence through voguing in Rio’s favelas.

2024

Acústico MTV

2003

Doidos de Pedra - O Paraíso Esquecido

From the 60's, the neighborhood of Pedra de Guaratiba, in Rio de Janeiro, was invaded by a varied artistic community.

2019

Nao ’t Zuuje

2018

O Carnaval é de Pelé

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he bui

2025

Wild Rio

Wildlife in Rio

2005

Waste Land

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik

2010

America By Night

Italian mondo featuring scenes of night life in North and South America, including Las Vegas, New Orleans, San Francisco, Buenos Aires and Rio de Jane

1957

Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959

VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 2016

For the first time ever, experience the work of a nation as it host the world and puts on a show like never before.

2017