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2 of 80 / 2006
Kika Moura
Synopsis: A bus journey can more be than a daily fact:
a moment of discovery, nostalgia, meeting and imagination.
33 / 2003
Kiko Goifman
Synopsis: A search documentary in which the director sets out to find his biological mother. The film is like a journal disclosing the director's initiatives, anguishes and uncertainties.
A New Life in the Favelas / 2005
Luis Carlos Nascimiento
Synopsis: Different versions and personalities of people who live in the slum-quarters (favelas) of Rio de Janeiro.
Aristocrata Club / 2004
Jasmin Pinho, Aza Pinho
Synopsis: The glamorous recreational club founded in Sao Paulo by a group of black people in the 60s. The film is based on interviews with the three generations that frequented the Aristocrata and on a collection of photos and films. The documentary portrays the scene of black resistance looking back on not too distant past that holds a lesson of dignity for us all.
BALETÉIA AND THE MYSTERIOUS DOLL / 2005
ALUNOS DO NÚCLEO DE ARTES ALENCASTRO GUIMARÃES
Synopsis: An adopted girl finds a mysterious doll in the basement of her house.
Barra 68 -Without Losing Tenderness / 2000
Vladimir Carvalho
Synopsis: The struggle of anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro in the early 60s to create and establish the University of Brasilia (UnB). The crisis dragged for four long years and in 1968, the streets of Brasilia witnessed the conflict between the students and the police.
Brothers of Kidney / 2004
Cesar A. Gananian & Dinho Zaclis Wolff
Synopsis: Stories on the life and faith of people who needs transplantations.
Carrapateira is no longer jealous of Apollo 11 / 2004
Fabiano Maciel
Synopsis: In 1969, Carrapateira in the hinterland of the state of Paraiba was considered one of the most deprived towns in Brazil. In that same year, the crew of Apollo 11 stepped for the first time onto the surface of the moon. Over thirty years later, this documentary shows how Carrapateira's people live today and relates the conquest of the moon to the personal dreams of progress and prosperity in the dry hinterland of the northeast.
Don't Cross Me / 2003
Paola Barreto Leblanc
Synopsis: "Me erra" ("Miss me") is jargon used by boxers in the Nobre Arte Academy, which has been in existence for 12 years at the Cantagalo Hill complex in Rio de Janeiro -a ground breaking amateur boxing and community work initiative. The documentary follows the routine of fighters borned and raised in the slum, showing how boxing fits into their lives and how the sport transforms the circumstances of an underprivileged community.
Invisible Daily Pleasures / 2004
Jorane Castro
Synopsis: A portrait of the city of Belém do Para, made up of declarations from its young inhabitants who express and communicate through blogs. Because of its geographical and cultural distance, it has developed around itself and the Amazon region, which has always lived away from the world, in nearly complete self-sufficiency.