Art

2022-05-10 | pt

Azougue Nazareth

No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.

2019-11-14 | pt

PASSAGENS

The film depicts Bruno's encounter with an old flame at the Recife airport. He then recalls the moments spent with Alice during a carnival, and his feelings start to resurface. But could that passion have been just a creation of his mind?

2024-12-10 | pt

Mandala Night Club

A strange figure from the night hires some prostitutes to fulfill their fantasies. In parallel, a hustler wanders through the night to perform a mysterious task. Not everything is what it seems to be in the underworld of Recife.

2018-03-01 | pt

Olinda Só Riso

1986-01-01 | pt

O Carnaval é de Pelé

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.

2024-12-13 | pt

Meu Maior Inimigo Sou Eu

2024-02-03 | pt

Labuta

2022-11-10 | pt

Almeri & Ari: Ciclo do Recife e da Vida

Brazilian documentary about the pioneers Ary Severo (director, screenwriter, actor and screenwriter) and Almery Steves, his wife (actress of famous Recife Cycle films)

1979-12-31 | pt

Mãos de Pedra

2014-05-14 | pt

Drag Queens em Cena: A Expressão de Almas Artísticas

2024-08-30 | pt

Black Out - A História Apagada no Palco da Arte

2024-08-30 | pt

A Ladeira dos Urubus

2022-05-22 | pt

Olho de Palha

2021-03-03 | pt

Nação Zumbi Ao Vivo no Recife

2012-03-15 | pt

Así Pasó

2021-04-07 | pt

Ave Maria ou Mãe dos Sertanejos

2009-01-01 | pt

The Killer

In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself.

2017-09-13 | pt

Public Solitude

asking people on the street to take a seat in front of his camera in a big white tent. He offers them three real (about one euro) for three minutes of their solitude. The tent is located on a square in Recife, a large Brazilian city. people smile stiffly, wave, make the sign of the horns, defiantly lick their lips, or shed their tears.

2008-01-01 | pt

Wallpaper

2023-09-07 | pt