THE FABULOUS TIME MACHINE | 2026
Eliza Capai follows girls from Guaribas, in Brazil’s Piauí state, in “The Fabulous Time Machine”, a documentary about childhood, play and memory.
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Features
TIBUNGO: INTERVIEW WITH MARÍLIA MAFÉ
Director, screenwriter and storyboard artist Marília Mafé discusses Tibungo, her first animated feature: childhood fears, visual references and the challenge of making adult horror animation in Brazil.
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BUENOSAIRES (2026): INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR TUCA SIQUEIRA
Tuca Siqueira discusses the decade-long process behind BuenosAires, and the balance between reality and fabulation in small-town Pernambuco, Brazil.
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EU NÃO TE OUÇO | 2026
Caco Ciocler uses the “truck patriot” meme to explore Brazilian political polarization in “Eu Não Te Ouço,” starring Márcio Vito.
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FIVE KINDS OF FEAR | 2026
Bruno Bini expands his short “Three Kinds of Fear” into a feature that interweaves five storylines about violence, grief, and fear on the outskirts of Cuiabá.
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THEY DON’T WEAR BLACK TIE | 1981
Leon Hirszman adapts Gianfrancesco Guarnieri’s play into a family drama about solidarity and class struggle against the backdrop of the ABC Paulista strikes.
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XICA DA SILVA (1976): INTERVIEW WITH ZEZÉ MOTTA
In this interview, Zezé Motta shares her experience playing Francisca da Silva de Oliveira in “Xica da Silva” (1976), revealing how she built one of Brazilian cinema’s most iconic characters through physicality, moral contradictions, and the balance between satire and human truth.
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DRENCHED IN BLOOD | 2026
Aly Muritiba skillfully adapts Daniel Galera’s novel in “Drenched in Blood.” A dense atmosphere built around theatrical long takes serves as the backdrop for a disturbing examination of masculinity, with Gabriel Leone and Thainá Duarte
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SÃO PAULO, INCORPORATED | 1965
Released in 1965, Luiz Sérgio Person’s film remains one of the most precise portraits ever made of São Paulo — and of the kind of ambition the city produces.
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INTERVIEW: EVGENIA ALEXANDROVA (THE SECRET AGENT, 2025)
Evgenia Alexandrova, cinematographer of “The Secret Agent” (2025), discusses the decision to film Brazil’s dictatorship in broad daylight, working with Wagner Moura on set, and what it means to operate the camera to be fully present.
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