THE SECRET AGENT | 2025
Kleber Mendonça Filho creates singular approach to Brazilian dictatorship with very strong visual language. Wagner Moura delivers perhaps his best work in film exploring how physical media preserves stories.
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The Beads (2023) | INTERVIEW
In Tropical Alien's first interview, directors Rafaela Camelo and Emanuel Lavor delve into the creation and production of the short film "The Beads".
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MY NAME IS GAL | 2023
Directors Dandara Ferreira and Lô Politi's decision to portray Gal Costa between 1967-1971 is successful, focusing on a decisive phase of her formation. Sophie Charlotte ...
Features
INTERVIEW: MAURÍLIO MARTINS (O ÚLTIMO EPISÓDIO, 2024)
Maurílio Martins discusses "O Último Episódio", a film set in 1991 on the outskirts of Contagem born from personal memories of Laguna neighborhood. The director ...
RIVER OF DESIRE | 2022
Sérgio Machado continues his exploration of marginality since "Lower City"...
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BIZARRE FISH FROM THE ABYSSAL TRENCHES | Premiere 25/01/24
The 75-minute animation will feature Rodrigo Santoro (7 Prisoners, 2021),...
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PICTURES OF GHOSTS | 2023
Kleber Mendonça Filho creates a "fantasy documentary" that is a...
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Features
BURY YOUR DEAD | 2024
In his adaptation of Ana Paula Maia's first book from her trilogy, Marco Dutra creates Brazilian cosmic horror with Selton Mello. The film navigates between ...
Features
Tropical Takes: The Blue Trail | Gabriel Mascaro (2024)
In the first Tropical Takes video, Bruno Weber analyzes Gabriel Mascaro's "The Blue Trail". Brazilian dystopia where government sends elderly to distant colonies. Starring Denise ...
Features
LATIN BLOOD: THE BALLAD OF NEY MATOGROSSO | 2025
The film works as an anthology of moments that built Ney Matogrosso's career, counting on Jesuíta Barbosa's immense talent to represent one of the most ...
Coming Soon
POWER ALLEY | Premiere: 22/02/2024
On the eve of a future-defining championship, promising volleyball player Sofia (17) is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Seeking an illegal termination, she becomes the ...
GREAT SERTÃO | Premiere 30/05/24
In a large community on the outskirts of Brazil called "Grande Sertão", the fight between policemen and criminals takes on the atmosphere of war and ...
EVIDENCE OF LOVE | Premiere 11/04/24
One evening, Marco (Fábio Porchat, A Man Amidst Bees, 2015) and Laura (Sandy Leah, When I Was Alive, 2014) meet at a karaoke bar and ...
Features
THE SON OF A THOUSAND MEN | 2025
Daniel Rezende sensitively adapts Valter Hugo Mãe’s novel, creating “humble epic” about coastal village. Rodrigo Santoro brings compassion to Crisóstomo, solitary fisherman who maintains humanity amid cycles of violence.
INTERVIEW: MARCO DUTRA (BURY YOUR DEAD, 2024)
Tropical Alien talked with director Marco Dutra about "Bury Your Dead" (2024), an adaptation of the first book in Ana Paula Maia's trilogy. The film ...
THE SECRET AGENT | 2025
Kleber Mendonça Filho creates singular approach to Brazilian dictatorship with very strong visual language. Wagner Moura delivers perhaps his best work in film exploring how ...
Short Films
The Beads (2023) | INTERVIEW
In Tropical Alien’s first interview, directors Rafaela Camelo and Emanuel Lavor delve into the creation and production of the short film “The Beads”.
SIDERAL | 2021
In Natal, on the Brazilian north coast, the country is preparing to launch its first manned space rocket into space. A couple lives with their ...
THEY DON’T COME IN PEACE | 2021
Shot in 16mm with Kodak support, the short reflects on predominantly Black victims of police violence. Independent production introduces fantastic element effectively, finding intelligent parallel ...
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