Hernani Heffner
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Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
The son of a filmmaker from the 1960s and 1970s searches for his father's latest unreleased work. In this search, he retells the history of pornochanchada and presents a look at cinema and Brazil.
O País da Pornochanchada
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Onde os Mortos Não Têm Vez
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Remo Usai - Um Músico Para o Cinema
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
Movie Theaters of Rio
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Super Writers Room
Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break with oppression, look after precious archives, play remarkable characters, produce and direct successful films? The documentary illuminates the trajectories of dreams, challenges and victories of talented Brazilian women in our audiovisual sector.
Women's Cinema
A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play “A Invenção do Nordeste”, this is a re-editing of Brazilian films essential to the foundation of the Northeastern imaginary.
The Editing of the Brazilian Northeast
A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha", the column "Geleia Geral" and the controversial Cinema Novo X Marginal, among other passages important aspects of Brazilian culture in the 60s and 70s.
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three days, a crowd of young people enjoyed songs by Rita Lee, Angela Ro Ro, Raul Seixas and others.
Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema
As a young archivist labours on the reassembly of a long-lost film print, her emotional life spirals into a tumultuous state that is mirrored in the degradation of the frames she so painstakingly works upon.
Valentina
A short film on Getúlio Marinho, musician and pioneer on intrudicing Afro-Brazilian religious music in the recording industry.
Arruma um Pessoal pra Gente Botar uma Macumba num Disco
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Filme Reverso
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Aqui de Volta
Experimental movie about Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art's Movie Archive (Cinemateca).
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
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Cinemateca do MAM - 60 Anos em 10 Minutos
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Leni Riefenstahl - Vida e Obra
Searching and digging through the different resolutions that composes Brazilian cinema.
Shadows of Tomorrow
Reminiscences (1909-26), family film by Ouro Preto filmmaker Aristides Junqueira, collection of the MAM-Rio Cinematheque and Brazilian Cinemateca, is unveiled in his stories and points of view in the form of a filmic essay with archive footage, family scenes, interviews and voiceover to tell the unknown biography of a Brazilian film pioneer.