Gabriela Amaral Almeida

A Procura de Martina

Martina, who has Alzheimer's, has been searching for her grandson for over three decades. Discovering he is in Brazil, her long and solitary journey becomes an intense struggle against time and oblivion.

The Father's Shadow

When a child is forced to become the house's adult because her father is sick and her mother is dead, there's an inversion in the natural order of things. Childhood becomes a saga. And the frustrated parenthood turns into a conviction.

The Father's Shadow

When a child is forced to become the house's adult because her father is sick and her mother is dead, there's an inversion in the natural order of things. Childhood becomes a saga. And the frustrated parenthood turns into a conviction.

Friendly Beast

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

Friendly Beast

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

When the Earth Trembles

The story of a family who has their lives crushed by the tragedy of the floods in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Profane Cow

​Nádia is a transvestite who wants to be a mother. She will be a mother. She is a mother.

Estátua!

Isabel is a babysitter pregnant of her own child and can't wait to be a mother. Until she meets Joana.

Estátua!

Isabel is a babysitter pregnant of her own child and can't wait to be a mother. Until she meets Joana.

When I Was Alive

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Terno

One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.

Who's Afraid of Cris Negão?

Cristiane Jordan, or Cris Negão, as she was called, was a transvestite who worked as a bawd in downtown of São Paulo known by her violent methods to control the other transvestites. Hated and feared by a legion, she also had her fans until she was tragically murdered with two shots in the head. The documentary is a dive into the transvestite universe through the stories of this legendary character of São Paulo's underworld.

The Comforting Hand

At her only child's 9th birthday, Lucas, Estela, a telemarketing operator, plans a party that has minimal chances of success.

The Comforting Hand

At her only child's 9th birthday, Lucas, Estela, a telemarketing operator, plans a party that has minimal chances of success.

A Sutil Circunstância

A subtle morning, in the subtle life of Judite and the subtle Eduardo, marked by macabre and not at all subtle circumstances.

A Sutil Circunstância

A subtle morning, in the subtle life of Judite and the subtle Eduardo, marked by macabre and not at all subtle circumstances.

Náufragos

Odete tries to guess where her husband would be hidden. But there is no possible hiding place.

Náufragos

Odete tries to guess where her husband would be hidden. But there is no possible hiding place.

Cão de Guarda

Single father and overprotective of a teenager, Geraldo loses the ability to feel when an iron beam passes through his skull, in a work accident. Fearing that he would lose his affection for his daughter, he sets off on a motorcycle trip from São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul, with the intention of leaving the girl in the care of his ex-wife. Along the way, Geraldo reveals himself to be a violent man as a result of the accident. The girl tries to regain her father's love, but he ends up being guided more and more solely by his paternal sense of responsibility. And what's worse: even this tenuous thread that still connects father and daughter runs the risk of breaking at any moment.‍

Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess

Based on the book O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha, the story combines real world and fantasy, dream and determination, with a surprising end, even for a fairy tale. The movie shows the fight of the fairy tale characters, now adults, who come together to recover the fable of the Little Ugly Princess, a beautiful Princess with a strange name, which only makes sense for those who know her story. The problem is that children and adults have forgotten the story of the Little Ugly Princess, which is as wonderful as other major fables for children. Cinderella brings together other fairy tale characters to meet the writer who keeps, lost in a small notebook, the Little Ugly Princess story.

The Shoes of Aristeu

The body of a dead transgender woman is being prepared by others trans people for the burial. Later it is delivered to the original family, that decides to bury her as a man. A trans person cortege moves toward the wake to reclaim the deceased’s built identity.

Quarto do Pânico

Trapped in their brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, a newly divorced woman and her young daughter play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it. A Portuguese language remake of David Fincher's 2002 thriller.

Gill

Noemi lives a solitary life, confined like a fish in a bowl, yearning for connection. When a mysterious secret admirer begins sending her flowers and letters, she feels her deepest desires for love awakened. But beneath her longing, something dark and twisted stirs within her—a hidden obstacle that threatens her happiness. As the tension grows, Noemi is forced to make a radical choice, torn between life and death.

Uma Primavera

At Lara's 13th birthday, her mother takes her to a picnic in the park. Everything goes well until the girl disappears, leaving the mother in complete despair.

Uma Primavera

At Lara's 13th birthday, her mother takes her to a picnic in the park. Everything goes well until the girl disappears, leaving the mother in complete despair.