V meste Rio de Janeiro je množstvo slumov, ktoré sú ovládané gangami drogových dílerov. Vlastnia zbrane, s ktorými s v iných krajinách bojuje vo vojnách a neváhajú ich použiť. Použitiu sily sa však nebráni ani kapitán Nascimento, veliteľ elitnej jednotky brazílskej polície, ktorý s nimi vedie vojnu už dlhé roky. Je krutá, vedie sa nevyberanými prostriedkami a Nascimento jej začína mať už dosť. Potrebuje však vychovať svojich nástupcov...

Dobrodružstvo dvoch chudých, ale veľmi dôvtipných kamarátov Joãa a Chica, ktorý žijú v brazílskom mestečku. Napriek tomu že dostanú prácu v miestnom pekárstve, v boji o každodenný chlieb podvádzajú svojich spoluobčanov až do okamihu, keď do mesta vtrhnú obávaný banditi, ktorý zabijú nielen pekára a jeho ženu. Tým sa však dobrodružstvo hrdinov nekončí, ale začína...

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

Zero is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.

Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the infamous episode of 12th June 2000, when Sandro hijacked bus 174.

During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.

V 60. až 80. rokoch sa začala písať krvavá história drogovej scény najnebezpečnejšieho a najstaršieho slumu Rio de Janeira. V prachu ulice Cidade de Deus sa s pištoľami hrajú už malí chlapci. Vzory, ktoré sa snažia nasledovať, sú ich starší kamaráti z pouličných zlodejských gangov. Kto sa v miestnych favelas narodil, tiež tu zomrie - možno dosť skoro a násilne. Buscapé vyrastá v neskutočne brutálnom prostredí a až do tej chvíle, kedy sa na priateľov prvýkrát pozrie hľadáčikom fotoaparátu, netuší, že by pre neho mohla existovať spása. Možnosť "inej optiky" sa pre neho stáva prostriedkom, ako sa z aktéra zmeniť v pozorovateľa: zdeseného, ​​súcitiaceho, neschopného zavrieť oči pred beznádejou sveta. Drsná poetická dráma inšpirovaná autobiografickým románom Paula Linsa sa stala najúspešnejším filmom na MFF v Havane 2002.

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

An adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo, a famous Brazilian singer and composer who in the style of Bob Dylan knew how to delight crowds by telling stories and singing with his lyrics. Focusing on the love story of outlaw João do Santo Cristo with Architecture major student Maria Lúcia, the movie takes place in Brasilia in the early 80s. In a clash of interest, drug dealers and the police conflict with one another,while the end of the military dictatorship in the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia takes place. The wanderings and tedium of a young rocker, who lived in a city still being built, are the backdrop for this story.

A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

Anglická študentka na výmennom pobyte Sophie prichádza do tichej domácnosti stredoškolského učiteľa hudby Keitha. Namiesto očakávaného priateľstva s Keithovou rovnako starou dcérou Lauren a obvyklých nebezpečenstiev spojených s cudzím elementom v novom prostredí sa rozvinie iný vzťah. Rozčarovaný Keith, ktorý spomína na svoju bývalú kariéru rockového hudobníka a snaží sa vymeniť učiteľskú dráhu za stále miesto v Newyorskom symfonickom orchestri, je priťahovaný Sophie, ktorá je mimoriadne schopná klaviristka. Práve klasická hudba sa stane spúšťacím mechanizmom ich rodiacej sa vzájomnej náklonnosti.

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

Florence is a school teacher devoted to her students. When she encounters young Sacha, a child with problems, she will do everything she can to help him, even to the point of neglecting her own children, her own life, and of questioning her vocation. Little by little Florence realizes that learning has no age limit.

Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Brigitte sa obetavo starala o svoju sestru Ginger, ktorá sa premenila na vlkolaka. Po konflikte so sestrou Ginger zahynula, ale boj sa nezaobišiel bez zranení, a tak Brigitte zistila, že Ginger ju nakazila lykantropiou! Choroba ju zožiera zvnútra nielen telesne, ale predovšetkým duševne. Jej zdraviu tiež neprospejem že ju zavreli do liečebne drogovo závislých na detoxikačnú kúru, pretože alkaloid lycaconitín z Prilbice žltej (Aconitum lycoctonum), prezývanej aj Vlčí mor, ktorý jej ako jediný pomáha oddialiť hroznú premenu na vraždiace monštrum, považujú za drogu. Navyše ju prenasleduje aj iný krvilačný vlkolak, ktorý by sa s ňou najradšej spáril. Do najbližšieho mesačného splnu musí prísť na to, ako sa vyliečiť, aby zabránila ďalším krvavým jatkám.

The life of Renato Russo, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the Brasília rock scene of 1970s and 1980s.

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

A film director makes a dark pact for his career to be a success. When he summons the crew and cast to his home for a first screening of the movie they just filmed, they will Fhave to survive a reality they never saw coming.

Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.