Allan Ribeiro

Tunico is the most famous “Pirate Parrot” of Rio de Janeiro and is always chasing reporters to appear on TV. After a serious accident at an amusement park, Tunico meets Beto, a mysterious young man who becomes his apprentice. This encounter will reveal the dark side of the relentless pursuit of fame at any cost, in a Brazil with more than 70 million televisions turned on every day.

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a boy idol who has lived through many carnivals.

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On March 1, 1982, the city of Niterói enters history and hosts one of the most important cultural movements: a so-called Rock 80 Generation. Radio Fluminense FM, known as “A Maldita”, goes on the air, mixing irreverence, daring and creativity with its programming aimed at music that lacks commercial space. The boldness of believing in the new made “Maldita” become one of the main alternative communication vehicles, launching Brazilian rock groups and independent music and creating a legion of fans.

Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she needs is a good coffin. A tribute to Leon Hirszman's "The Deceased", the first film starred by Fernanda Montenegro.

The documentary offers an intimate and sensitive portrait of the lives of prominent figures in Rio de Janeiro's drag scene, artists who enlivened and shaped the LGBTQIA+ nightlife of Rio de Janeiro.

A young man and his grandmother, both descendants of Armenian refugees in Brazil from the genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government, live together in an apartment on Copacabana beach decorated by the increasingly distant memories of their ancestors. They then decide that one of them must embark to Europe to retrace their family's history.

A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.

Gatto and Barbot are lifelong companions for more then 40 years and have just moved to a big decayed and abandoned building downtown Rio de Janeiro, where they start to live and promote their dance company rehearsals. The difficulties of everyday life are merged to artistic creation and to their belief in the Orishas gods. Through dance they spread through the city, occupying their territories.

The Ok Club - the oldest gay social club in Latin America - celebrates its 53rd birthday.

In 2024, Madonna performed the biggest show of her career in Rio de Janeiro. The sands of Copacabana welcomed 1.6 million people. This film shows how the city prepared for the event and how fans were impacted, eagerly waiting for May 4 and recalling the causes the singer has championed throughout her life.

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Brendo wants to be president of Brazil. Until that day, he studies law, makes videos for the networks, dreams of new achievements and imagines himself in a reality show during the pandemic.

Workers on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing moments of transformation in their routines. An instant of dreams, fantasy and escape from reality as a counterpoint to the sameness of everyday life.

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Rafael lives with his grandmother in Copacabana. After some incidents he sees the world from a new perspective.

A solitude of 800 square meters, in which the mirror is no longer enough. Plastic artist Darel Valença Lins discovers in video art an inseparable companion. Darel, however, does not like to make movies.

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