Aline Portugal
Directing
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A man bored with his reality, works in the São Paulo government censorship department, is married to Isabel, but falls in love with Dora Dumar, an actress of the films he has the obligation to censor.
Magnifica 70

A man returns to his hometown and resumes a dangerous old affair...
Orphans of Eldorado

André is a broken man, who lives isolated in a forest. The forces of nature embrace his body as he drowns in his effervescent inner world. Between the insomnia and the dreams, André is haunted by his past. He wishes to deconstruct himself, heal his sorrow and take the responsibility from his acts. He puts himself before the abyss where he must embrace his ghosts and change his skin in order to survive.
The Tower

Under the blinding sun Clara struggles to see her family and the reality that surrounds her.
Cloro

A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up.
Private Photos
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MC Estrela

Muanza, a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo in the early nineteenth century and trafficked to Brazil, awakens to find herself in the present, roaming the streets of Rio’s rapidly changing port region, known as ‘Pequena Africa’, or Little Africa.
Formosa Beach

"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." Rainer Maria Rilke.
Phryne

It's dusk when the wind blows.
Study for the Wind

A character, an actress and the passing of hours in a Holocaust interrogation. The film moves through the echoes of reality: representation, testimony, memory, fiction and investigates the limits between actress and character.
Testemunha 4

Thirty-five years after their first meeting, which would change their lives, Argentine guitarist Lucio Yanel and his Brazilian pupil Yamandu Costa reunited to redo, on a trip, the paths that originally led Yanel to the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. Aboard a motor home, with his guitars and memories, master and disciple cross the border of Brazil towards Corrientes, the Argentine's homeland, reflecting on the transformations brought about by the inexorable passage of time.
Road for Two

Vale do Jaguaribe, Ceará. Following the route of the Aracati wind, the film moves from the beach to the countryside. During this path, it observes the relationship between man and landscape, thetransformations of space and the limits between nature and artifice.
Aracati

The birth of music from the noises recorded in the memory of a violin.
Sinfonia

Having spent years on the road trying to escape the ghosts of his past, Roben despairs when a disembodied presence invades his electronic devices: it is Batma, his former partner. As they discuss the possibilities of a relationship mediated by the cloud, Roben will have to confront his origins, which he has been despised for being just a supporting character - and discover if there is anything left beyond Batma's desire for domination.
Batguano Returns: Roben on the Road

One guest, one room, one body.
Hotel Room

Based on Guy de Maupassant's "The Night".
O Fim da Noite

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Utopia

Lucas is a quiet, ruggedly handsome, stoical man on a mission. As he crosses the country to locate an obscure forgotten plot of family land from his late mother’s will, Lucas encounters strange places, eccentric new friends, random dreamlike circumstances, plus a long lost brother and a surprise romantic/erotic situation with a young motorcyclist.
The Reservoir

Jockey Club. Rio de Janeiro, August 7th. Hats circulate through the halls of the Brazilian Grand Prix.