Vão Livre(2014)

O Real(pt)

Panda(fr)

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too young to drive and the road is a bit strange.

Women Who Score(en)

"Women Who Score" is a concert documentary celebrating women composers changing the score in Hollywood. In 2016, out of the 250 highest grossing films in Hollywood, only 3% were composed by women. Despite winning 25 major awards including Oscars, Grammys Emmys, Golden Globes, and countless nominations, women composers have a long way to go. This short film documents the time-crushing rehearsal process running through 20 scores in 2 days, and introduces for one-night-only - Women Who Score: Soundtracks Live Concert - performed by a live 80 person orchestra.

My Sweet Angel(tr)

An ugly duckling transformation of a secretary who is madly in love with his boss and wants to take revenge for her wounded heart

Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’(en)

Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’

Pride Bushido 7(en)

Pride Bushido 7 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 2005.

Backstory: The Decision(en)

The backstory of LeBron James' infamous decision to leave Cleveland and take his talents to South Beach.

Hello(en)

Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.

Atlantic Avenue(en)

How a seventeen year-old determined girl in a wheelchair encounters love through a young antisocial male prostitute.

Cupid on the Phone(da)

During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a few days in Copenhagen, Enrico will seduce four women. Coincidentally - and unfortunately, Carolus' wife is the first Enrico to date.

Weekend(ru)

Denis works as a bartender. Today, after closing the shift, he immediately goes home, because he has to meet his mother in the morning. But a friend's visit changes the plans for this night.

Pleasure Plantation(en)

Double-crossing, murder, sex and intrigue plague a plantation-owning family in the South during the Civil War.

A.I.D.S: Syndrome Of Death(en)

Claudio, a womanizer, contracts AIDS due to his promiscuous lifestyle, and, in the hospital, he meets Mauricio, a homosexual Evangelist who is also infected and will discover Jesus to Claudio.

Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord(fr)

Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret - This is the story of a bunch of friends. Comedian buddies. Actors who dreamed of the Conservatory and the National Theater of Paris. The theater was their ideal, cinema will be their paradise. Their friend Jean-Paul Belmondo, the relaxed Parisian, who failed the entrance exam, will make sparks fly. Rochefort, Marielle and Noiret, the three provincials, will climb the steps of recognition one by one. From the little cabarets on the Left Bank to the TV shows of the Buttes-Chaumont pioneers. From the second roles to the first and from the B movies to the classics.

Blur: The Singles Night - Live at Wembley Arena(en)

On December 11th, 1999, Blur performed a setlist featuring all their released singles at the time at Wembley Stadium.

Whoa, Be-Gone!(en)

Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds.

Painted Angels(en)

The story centers on the life of a bordello in a midwestern prairie town in the 1870s. The whorehouse is run by pragmatic madam Annie Ryan and the film follows the life of several of her girls.

Lula, the Son of Brazil(pt)

The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.

The Norming of Jack 243(en)

In a society of the future, a conformist falls in love with a fugitive who forces him to rethink his attitudes about the society he lives in.

Wackersdorf(de)

Not an easy decision! District Administrator Hans Schuierer from the Upper Palatinate first opposed his own political line in 1981 and finally against the entire Bavarian Free State and Prime Minister Strauss. Because the planned reprocessing plant Wackersdorf promised 3,000 new jobs for the structurally weak region - but what if these are associated with massive health and ecological damage for future generations? Isn't it then the duty of a politician and citizen to resist?

Abnegation(en)

A woman's secret relationship is discovered putting her and those around her in danger.

The Face of the Woman in Debt(pt)

The faces of ten women, actual mothers of [pH2]: estado de teatro’s members, expand the face of Helena Failure and enact the misfortunes that tackled her life.

Black Sweat(ar)

During French colonization, a young Algerian boy is expelled from the French high school where he is able to study thanks to his father's position in the village. For his father, whose dream is to see his son climb the social ladder, this is a disaster, and the young man decides to go to work in the mines. A general strike that is severely repressed makes him aware of the class struggle, and he joins the resistance against discrimination and colonial oppression.

Conversation Piece(it)

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

American Pastoral(en)

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Días de poder(es)

The film tells the story of Fernando Quintero (Gustavo Camacho), revolutionary leader who, after the fall of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez, ascends to power, betraying their ideals to become an accomplice of repression against whom he fought.

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite(tr)

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.

Children of the Sun(ja)

At 38, Seiu marries Masako, who is emotionally distant and attempts suicide. Masako’s past includes being sold into servitude and an unrecognised pregnancy. Seiu learns the truth and accepts Masako and the unborn child, embracing his roles as husband and father. He also reforms a troubled youth at his institution. In a climactic speech, Seiu inspires his students with resilience and love.

Brummi(de)

A cinematic reflection on the lives of two middle-aged gay men and the formative value of personal freedom.

The Bachelor Girl(en)

Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary, does her best to take in hand and reform shiftless stock clerk Jimmy (William Colllier, Jr.), with whom she is in love. Despite her tireless efforts, he continues on his downward path. They separate, only to meet a couple of years later, at which point he vows to make himself worthy of her.

Land and Shade(es)

Alfonso is an old farmer who has returned home to tend to his son, who is gravely ill. He rediscovers his old house, where the woman who was once his wife still lives, with his daughter-in-law and grandson. The landscape that awaits him resembles a wasteland. Vast sugar cane plantations surround the house, producing perpetual clouds of ash. 17 years after abandoning them, Alfonso tries to fit back in and save his family.

Eila(fi)

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Even the Rain(es)

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Bharat Ane Nenu(te)

Bharat, a graduate from Oxford, is forced to take up his father's position as the chief minister after his sudden demise. He is not happy with the way government is functioning in the state and tries to reform the corrupt society but faces obstacles from his enemies.

Bastards of Utopia(en)

Three Croatian activists struggle to change the world. As children, they lived through the violent collapse of Yugoslavia. But now, amid the aftershocks of socialism's failure, they fight in their own way for a new leftism. In the middle of the struggle, a skeptical American is won over by their cause and even goes to jail with them. The activists, whether clashing with police or squatting in an old factory, risk everything to live their politics. But as the setbacks mount, will they give up the fight? The film, shot during years of fieldwork with a Croatian anarchist collective, applies EnMasseFilm's unique blend of observation, direct participation and critical reflection to this misunderstood political movement. Its portrayal of activism is both empathetic and unflinching -- an engaged, elegant meditation on the struggle to re-imagine leftist politics and the power of a country's youth.

His Tiger Lady(en)

A variety extra falls in love with a beautiful duchess, and tries to impress her by posing as a rajah. He tells her the truth before anything happens, and leaves. A lost film.

Untying the Knot(en)

Jafar Panahi's short film, shot with one uninterrupted long take, about siblings trying to sell a carpet in need of money.