Hilton Lacerda

Clara Angélica

Documentary about a man who divides his time between street hawking and making films.

IFFR 1999

Simiao Martiniano, o camelô do cinema, 

main programme short

Simiao Martiniano, o camelô do cinema

Kiko Goifman

The making of an unfinished film about phobias. Says the director. Behind the screens, he discusses at length (with e.g. Coffin Joe) about the aesthetic boundaries of the project: volunteers under controlled circumstances become immersed in their phobias in order to film the fear on their faces.

IFFR 2009

FilmPhobia, 

Spectrum

FilmPhobia

Matheus Nachtergaele

Exuberant film and incomparable narrative about a village at the source of the Amazon that is in the grip of an exotic mystical cult: a half crazy narcissist is worshipped like a saint. Prize-winning début by Matheus Nachtergaele, actor in Cidade de Deus and Central do Brasil.

Dead Girl's Feast, The

Bright Future

The Dead Girl's Feast

Marcelo Caetano

Ten years after their dance duo split, two men at a beautiful country home celebrate the end of youth and the start of a new future. Bittersweet.

IFFR 2014

Verona, 

Spectrum Shorts

Verona

Cláudio Assis

High-power report of freedom and love on the fringes of tropical Recife. Anarchistic poet Zizo falls for the down-to-earth Eneida, while his friends succumb to sex, drugs and other hedonistic activities. In other words, a colourful black-and-white film, this latest from Tiger Award winner Assis (Bog of Beasts, 2007).

IFFR 2012

Rat Fever, 

Rat Fever

The sewing workshop n São Paolo where young homosexual clothing designer Elias works is in many ways a cross-section of colourful, 21st-century Brazil. This feature debut by Caetano beautifully sketches the nuances of the social relations between gay and straight, black and white, rich and poor, newcomer and establishment.

IFFR 2017

Corpo elétrico, 

Corpo elétrico

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025