Luciana Boal Marinho

Silent Alarm

Every year 288 thousand people attempt suicide in Brazil. The film documents the creative process of actors preparing a play about the re-encounter of a girl who has attempted suicide with her friends from a theatre group. The idea is to give a voice to the young people, those who have attempted, the friends and relatives of those who survive and those who die. The documentary proposes a recovery of self-esteem and hope for those who consider suicide, encouraging all to give a new meaning to their existence, indicating the possibility of new choices and pathways.

Dois é Demais em Orlando

João is an adult passionate about films and superheroes who is about to fulfill his childhood dream: spend his holidays in Orlando and visit the Universal parks. On the eve of the trip, his boss asks him for a small favor: to take his son Cacá, a ten-year-old boy who behaves like a middle-aged executive, on the same flight and hand him over to his father. What was supposed to be just a ride to Orlando turns into a problem when Cacá's father doesn't show up to pick him up. Now, João will have to play babysitter and learn to live with differences to save his job and also overcome his great childhood trauma: the roller coaster.executive, on the same flight and hand him over to his father. What was supposed to be just a ride to Orlando turns into a problem when Cacá's father doesn't show up to pick him up. Now, João will have to play babysitter and learn to live with differences to save his job and also overcome his great childhood trauma: the roller coaster.

Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

In 2018, Brazil’s 1988 Constitution turned thirty. Known as the Citizen Constitution, it was a landmark in the history of Brazil, the outcome of across-the-board engagement of society in its preparation. In Congress, the parliamentarians best known for their involvement in this initiative were names that are still familiar today in Brazil’s political history: Ulysses Guimarães, Teotônio Vilela, Tancredo Neves and Nelson Carneiro.

I Will Never Be the Same

Although Fatima, Brandy, Ana and Cecilia have never met, their life stories seem connected. Despite their difference in age, origin and skin color, they are all Latin American women affected by violence. Set in Mexico, Honduras, Brazil and Argentina, this full-length documentary recounts their stories of vulnerability and strength. Despite all these contrasts, their stories align and rhyme with each other.

Tente Entender O Que Tento Dizer

The film portrays the power of the collective that transforms people marked by the barriers imposed by HIV and follows six HIV-positive characters in different social contexts.

A Esperança É a Última que Morre

Hortência is a dedicated, dreamy TV reporter, who hopes to stop doing boring reports and become an anchor of the local news. When she learns that the newspaper's anchor is about to be fired, she is excited about the big opportunity, but Vanessa also wants the job. Needing to find a way to secure her new post, Hortência invents a serial killer and starts "investigating" the case.

Yvone Kane

After her daughter's death, Rita returns to the African country of her childhood to investigate the death of Yvone Kane, a former political activist and guerrilla fighter. There, she becomes embroiled in a journey into the past of a land haunted by war and evil.

Jungle Magic

Storyville visits a carnival in the Amazon.

Jaguar

A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator.

Kickboxer 3: The Art of War

Kick-box champion David Sloan arrives in Rio de Janeiro for an exhibition fight. He and mentor Xian take pity on Brazilian rascal Marcos Coasta, an urchin who offers guide services but routinely steals from tourists for himself and his older sister Isabella. David is shocked when he sees how his Argentinian opponent Marcelo needlessly abuses a courteous local sparing partner. That's the doing of his evil US manager, Lane. He has nasty plans to force David to cheat and runs a white slavery racket.