Olinda Só Riso(1986)

Christmas Goat(pt)

A Christmas story. The goat is the solution to the problems of a family in Recife, Brazil.

Today I Will Only Come Home Tomorrow(pt)

Each person is a Carnival and Marina knows which one she is. On the slopes of Olinda she seeks the ecstasy of carnival revelry, the music, the shouting, the heat, the joy, the love. Her journey is seen through the eyes of ten different characters, and for each of them a director lends their artistic view. But in the midst of so many people, marching bands, encounters and misencounters, how can we find Carnival?

A Ladeira dos Urubus(pt)

Art(pt)

Olho de Palha(pt)

Nação Zumbi Ao Vivo no Recife(pt)

Así Pasó(pt)

Ave Maria ou Mãe dos Sertanejos(pt)

PASSAGENS(pt)

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?

Azougue Nazareth(pt)

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.

Meu Maior Inimigo Sou Eu(pt)

Wallpaper(pt)

The Killer(pt)

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

La Ursa(pt)

Black Out - A História Apagada no Palco da Arte(pt)

Drag Queens em Cena: A Expressão de Almas Artísticas(pt)

Recife no Centenário da Confederação do Equador(pt)

De formas diferentes(pt)

O Carnaval é de Pelé(pt)

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.

Pesado: Que som é esse que vem de Pernambuco?(pt)

Documentary about the heavy rock scene in Pernambuco.