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João Cândido Zacharias

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João Cândido Zacharias (Rio de Janeiro, 1981) is a director and screenwriter. His short film Sandra Calling (2017) won the Felix Award at the Rio Film Festival and was selected to festivals in Brazil, Europe and the US. His following short, The Last Romantics (2019), screened in over 35 film festivals around the globe. He has recently directed his first feature, the queer horror A Herança (Birthright). His main focus of interest is genre cinema, ranging all scope from horror to thriller, action, crime and fantasy. As an LGBTQIAPN+ person, he is also very interested in portraying characters from that community and addressing, in cinematic and narrative ways, issues and themes regarding them.

14-11-1981

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Birthright

Birthright

When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two aunts that treat him like a long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something lurks beneath the façade of a quiet country life.
0.0

Year:

2024

Birthright

Birthright

When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two aunts that treat him like a long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something lurks beneath the façade of a quiet country life.
0.0

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2024

The Best of All Worlds

The Best of All Worlds

Lisbon, 2027. Marta and Miguel are both researchers that are part of a scientific group and a couple in their private lives. Their relationship will be put to the test on one decisive night when the parameters that Marta is analyzing point to the very high probability of a major earthquake hitting Lisbon. The group splits, debating whether or not to warn the population of the possible impending tragedy.
8.5

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2024

A Jaula

A Jaula

It's just another luxury car being stolen on a street in São Paulo... or not. A thief easily gets into the SUV parked on a quiet street, but when he tries to get out, he discovers he is trapped, without water or food.
7.1

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2022

The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

Two young men share different points of view of the same sexual encounter in a public space.
6.0

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2019

The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

Two young men share different points of view of the same sexual encounter in a public space.
6.0

Year:

2019

The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

Two young men share different points of view of the same sexual encounter in a public space.
6.0

Year:

2019

Sandra Calling

Sandra Calling

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.
6.0

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2017

Sandra Calling

Sandra Calling

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.
6.0

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2017

Danado de Bom

Danado de Bom

Born in Arcoverde, in the backlands of Pernambuco, the lonely boy who was raised by his father after his mother left, João Silva soon discovered a passion for the northeastern rhythms, such as the baião, xote and forró. He went to Rio de Janeiro when he was still a little boy to meet the idol Luiz Gonzaga. Both men, who were not very fond of each other when they first met, became not only great friends but also partners in many hits like “Doutor do Baião”, “Nem se Despediu de Mim” and “Pagode Russo”.
5.0

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2016

OK

OK

Two twenty-something boys in a public restroom. They sniff coke, talk about sex, get dirty. But the film takes on another tone as they reveal what it is that they really want.
5.9

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2007