Marisa Merlo

Mais Um Dia, Zona Norte

Workers on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing moments of transformation in their routines. An instant of dreams, fantasy and escape from reality as a counterpoint to the sameness of everyday life.

Eu. Empresa

A self-employed worker faces financial and emotional problems. Without any decent opportunities, he creates a channel on YouTube as an attempt to monetize on his own failures while takes precarious jobs in huge corporations.

O Filho Eterno

Roberto is in the edge to become a father for the first time. He was already dreaming of the years yet to come, wondering how his son would be. While trying to figure out how to act like a father he must also face and endure a tough reality - to be a Down syndrome child's dad. Insecure and ashamed of the situation he will have to confront and overcome it.

C(us)todians

For seven years Aly Muritiba worked in a prison in Brazil. There, he was part of the Alpha team. After studying film and making some shorts, Aly returns to his old job to be reunited with his former colleagues and make a film about the Alpha Team. The Team consists of 28 people, men and women of different origins and backgrounds, that work as caretakers and custodians for over a thousand criminals in a Brazilian prison. Walkiu becomes the leader of the team and hopes to do a good job. But as time goes by he realizes that his hands are tied.

C(us)todians

For seven years Aly Muritiba worked in a prison in Brazil. There, he was part of the Alpha team. After studying film and making some shorts, Aly returns to his old job to be reunited with his former colleagues and make a film about the Alpha Team. The Team consists of 28 people, men and women of different origins and backgrounds, that work as caretakers and custodians for over a thousand criminals in a Brazilian prison. Walkiu becomes the leader of the team and hopes to do a good job. But as time goes by he realizes that his hands are tied.

C(us)todians

For seven years Aly Muritiba worked in a prison in Brazil. There, he was part of the Alpha team. After studying film and making some shorts, Aly returns to his old job to be reunited with his former colleagues and make a film about the Alpha Team. The Team consists of 28 people, men and women of different origins and backgrounds, that work as caretakers and custodians for over a thousand criminals in a Brazilian prison. Walkiu becomes the leader of the team and hopes to do a good job. But as time goes by he realizes that his hands are tied.

Pátio

In the prison yard, the prisoners play football, dance “capoeira” and talk about freedom.

Pátio

In the prison yard, the prisoners play football, dance “capoeira” and talk about freedom.

The Factory

Visiting day. Lindalva prepares food to take it to her son who is in jail. Metruti, Lindalva's son, shaves and wears the best clothes to welcome his mother. Today is a very special day and he really needs to make a phone call. His mother is taking a risk, she's willing to smuggle a cell phone for him into the penitentiary.

Beard Boy

Due to a rare disease, a child grows a beard. He likes being himself but resents people staring at him.

A Revolta

The only successful armed agrarian uprising in the history of Brazil, after which more than 56,000 plots of land were titled, the Revolta dos Posseiros ended a severe dispute that lasted several years. The documentary A Revolta addresses this topic by bringing together multiple points of view and versions about this very significant and still little-known event.

A Revolta

The only successful armed agrarian uprising in the history of Brazil, after which more than 56,000 plots of land were titled, the Revolta dos Posseiros ended a severe dispute that lasted several years. The documentary A Revolta addresses this topic by bringing together multiple points of view and versions about this very significant and still little-known event.

Reminiscências

Léo finds an old photograph dated the same day he was born. Intrigued, he sets off in search of what he thinks is a fragment of his past.

Displaced Lives

Palestinians Faez Abbas and his wife Salha Nasser live forcibly displaced from their culture and family.

With My Own Hands

In a huge abandoned shed, a woman inflicts the most various tortures on a man in order to get answers.