Ailton Graça

Based on a true story, Carandiru is an adaptation of the book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella. Through the eyes of a doctor who worked in So Paulo's infamous Casa de Detneco, over twelve years, it tells stories of crime, revenge, love and friendship, culminating in the fateful massacre of 1992. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world. (imdb)

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has confessed the crime as a cover-up for his girlfriend, who was the wife of the dead man. So he starts a private investigation, with the help of his own friends, also involving the girl he loves. (imdb)

Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água is a crazy romantic comedy that combines some delicious touches of dark humor and hilarious police persecutions. Everything comes with an amazing soundtrack of the greatest hits of the Brazilian pop music of the late eighties, involving the movie in a very sensual atmosphere. The story is not realistic; it is more cartoons like. As a matter of fact, the introduction is an animation, using the "The Simpsons" and "South Park" styles. (imdb)

"Contra Todos" is a story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo.

A confused cleaning lady causes several problems in the lives of her bosses.

Quinzinho decides to leave his small farm together with his wife, his son and his donkey go to town to see a movie. During their trip they face many problems and get involved with many different people. This experience will change their lives forever.

Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. He also doesn't know who his father is. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price. (imdb)

Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. In Brazil, the Getúlio Vargas government releases political prisoners while receiving thousands of European immigrants. In this context arises the clash between the head of Customs and Immigration in Rio de Janeiro and a former Polish actor, supposed follower of Hitler.

Valter goes to night school. Iara, his wife, says that the new tenants don't work, that they're probably criminals. Nobody knows where they're from, Iara tells him that they bring women home and cuss all the time.Valter doesn't have a gun, he's got a young daughter and son, is at work the whole day, doesn't see what is going on in the neighborhood, hears what his wife tells him, hears the loud music and laughter next door, in the early morning. And can't get any sleep. (imdb)

A teacher takes a student to his house in the slum, but on arrival discovered that drug traffickers killed his parents and now are at your demand. (imdb)

The Brazilian Government leads Latin American countries in the fight against drug cartels. In response drug cartels start a series of attacks against Brazil's cities and natural resources. Their first target is the Amazon Forest. (imdb)

Focused on a friendship for 24 hours, traces the reunion of three childhood friends who grew up together: Jaiminho, a football player on the rise abroad, Pibe, a realtor and Macu, the young protagonist who remains in the neighborhood, flirting with crime.

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap. (Written by Versão por Guilherme O.)

Comedy about a family that 15 years ago has won the lottery but now is poor again

Mauro Mateus dos Santos became known in Brazil through another name: Sabotage. Growing up amidst the poverty of São Paulo, he found in rap a space to express themselves. In this documentary, with testimonials from artists and archival footage about the rapper's life, he speaks openly and spontaneously about childhood, inequality, neglect, solidarity, the past and the future. Portrait of a musician who became legend after his death, and is still one of the most important names of Brazilian rap.

The story of three young people in search of love amid the frantic pace of São Paulo. What will a relationship unearth of their unspoken past, and can they dare hope for a happy future? (imdb)

Paulo Gale is a black Brazilian man, a typical "day-by-day survivor", always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When finding himself a dead end, he discovers the opportunity to become a football manager by leading some boy from the neighborhood to becoming the new Neymar of international soccer. Going through the suburbs of Rio, he finds Glanderson, a young boy with an enormous talent for soccer given the absence of two toes in his right foot. Wi

A man's journey from his humble origins to his life as a millionaire patriarch. his dedicated first daughter, and the unscrupulous efforts of a woman who is obsessed with him. (imdb)

After three years locked up for a crime he didn't commit, former police officer André Câmara is back on the streets working as a bounty hunter and determined to prove his innocence. Gripping, South American sizzler charting the action from the mean streets of Brazil all the way to the bedrooms of the law enforcers. (simkl)