Virtuosas(NaN)

City of God(pt)

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

A Deadly Love(en)

A new young couple struggles to keep their relationship afloat.

Lavenza(en)

When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.

Central Station(pt)

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Elite Squad(pt)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

The Only Ones(en)

Six friends set out to a secluded house for a relaxing weekend away, when they unwittingly start a snowballing effect of chaos, death and paranoia. As the body count climbs, the survivors don't know who to trust, or who is next.

Friend of the World(en)

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

Mona Lisa Smile(en)

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Amor(pt)

An anguished woman awaits her love. A film is made about this. The parallels between the love between the woman and the film team are interspersed and show how this feeling can be both a pain and a joy.

Offside(fa)

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.

Happy Ending(en)

A night of lackluster anniversary sex leaves longtime partners, Brynne and Ezra, with the unsettling sense that their relationship has lost its spark. Desperate for a quick fix, they decide to try a “happy ending” massage parlor––but unbeknownst to them, they chose the wrong night to visit Angel Spa. An unhinged client has become obsessed with a masseuse, stalking her––and tonight he’s reached his boiling point. His twisted desires turn violent, setting off a chain of events that thrust everyone in Angel Spa into a fight for survival. Trapped in this lurid environment with damaged and dangerous people around every corner, Brynne and Ezra will have to face something even more terrifying than a murderous stalker: their intimacy issues. If they can’t mend what’s broken between them, they’ll lose far more than their love for each other . . . they’ll lose their lives.

She's a Bitch(en)

The 5th entry in the "I See the Dead" series. The team have been through a lot. What can possibly happen in this quiet, picturesque setting? There’s no one for miles, so those noises can only be animals outside – right? Was that… a howl?

I'm Still Here(pt)

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

Fragmento(pt)

Puppet Monsters(es)

Erick is a carefree puppet, who lives his day to day life peacefully, but at one point this changes when he notices creatures that control those around him, Erick escapes scared, but goes to discover that what he knows, wasn't always what he thought.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within(pt)

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

A Própria Carne(pt)

Three deserting soldiers during the Paraguayan War find an isolated house on the border, inhabited only by a mysterious farmer and a young woman. What seemed like a safe haven turns into a fate more horrible than the war they fled.

The Circle(fa)

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Osama(ps)

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.

Serra das Almas(pt)

In Pernambuco, a jewel robbery brings together an old group of misfits, with catastrophic results. Watched over by ghosts from the past, each of them will have to find their own way to freedom.