Tiago Rios
Camera
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Bia just turned eighteen. The end of the year is coming and also the ACTs. People at school and Bia’s parents are pressuring her to decide which graduation she will apply for. Bia doesn’t want to do anything.
Nothing
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Peçanha Contra o Animal
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Todo Mundo Ainda Tem Problemas Sexuais
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
The body of a trans woman lies lifeless in a soy plantation and three lives react to her missing and presumed death.
Madalena
The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier.
In the Heart of the World
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Confissões de Mulheres de 50
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Quando bate aquela saudade
A girl and boy take a long path that leads them to the point where their lives will change for ever.
Duel Before Nightfall
An homage to master Eduardo Coutinho, a Brazilian documentary filmmaker who recorded several interviews in the famous Master Building 20 years ago. Paz Encina searches for traces of Coutinho's still strong presence in the setting/object of his feature film, sewing an affectionate letter from the encounter with this space — and its current residents — and dialoguing with the voids, ghosts and memories of a film and a place.
Carta a un Viejo Master
Documentary and staged scenes mix in this very personal story of a family in the suburbs of Rio, through the memories of a backyard, a giant tree, and the woman who planted it.
Zizi (or Praying to a Fabulous Tree)
A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.
Inocentes
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O Homem que Parou o Tempo
So, here we are in time, here in the singularity, where two bodies inhabit an in-between space marked by the dilation of time. Inspired by radical Black thought, FUGA is an experiment on the erratic movement of escape and its impossibility.
Fuga
On Christmas Eve, Dejair, a former resistance fighter against the military dictatorship, gathers with his family in the backyard. During a Secret Santa game, the contrast between appearances and private truths emerges. A water gun gift leads Dejair to denounce the absurdity of giving a child a weapon.
Nativity Scene
It’s Carnival in Rio. A young man wanders through the streets of the city and the remains of the huge cardboard parade floats. Driven by grief over the bankruptcy of his samba school, he’s also haunted by memories of his dead father and a lost love. An impressive cinematic experiment composed of fragments of the present and the past, developed as part cinema, part art installation in the tropical setting of Rio.
A Whale Can Be Torn Apart Like a Samba School
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Apopcalipse Segundo Baby
São Paulo, 2016 municipal elections. A small film crew left Rio de Janeiro with the goal of following the last campaign weekend of former senator Eduardo Suplicy, then running for councilman. Between political agendas and moments of his daily routine and private life, the film shows the post-impeachment scenario of Brazil, while approaching one of the most iconic figures in Brazilian politics.