Habitantes do Arroio

The Happiest Man in the World(pt)

An intimate portrait of one of the most loved footballers; Ronaldinho. This documentary looks at his childhood in Brazil, his breakthrough to professional football and his journey to Europe including the ground-breaking years with Barcelona. We hear from his family, teammates and peers in a truly heart-warming story of one of the games greats.

Restricted Access to Residents(pt)

The way to the bus stop is the same everyday in this remote semi rural neighborhood. But when concrete blocks and trucks start to appear on the middle of the street, it's necessary to take a detour. The landscape and daily routine of the residents are completely changed.

Symphony of doom(pt)

An urban symphony about all the evils that affect contemporary societies.

Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos(pt)

A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade(pt)

O flagelo da enchente assola Pôrto Alegre(pt)

Gentrificação(pt)

Minha Porto Alegre '50(pt)

Mirabal: Um Foco de Resistência(pt)

The Man Who Copied(pt)

André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money.

Cargas D'Água(pt)

Cargas D’Água” is an authorial and regional Brazilian musical written and directed by Vitor Rocha (author of Casusbelli) which, because it does not need great resources and has a short duration, is nicknamed “a pocket musical”. It's a story that begins right in the middle of Brazil: in the hinterland of Minas Gerais. A boy loses his revered mother and ends up forgetting his own name, because his stepfather, now the only member of the family, only calls him “kid”. But everything changes when he makes a friend, nothing ordinary, a fish, and starts to see his whole story with different eyes. Now he has a mission: to take his friend to see the sea.

The Evil Within(pt)

An exorcism goes terribly wrong as the entity searches for a stronger host.

Pressões não geram diamantes(pt)

Living Water(pt)

Inky sees, one night, a magical light that attracts him. Frustrated by not being able to shine, he sets out in search of this light. But for this, he will have to break with the past, to reach its luminescence and know, for the first time, the vast ocean.

Reflejos del Cielo(es)

Bil'in Habibti(en)

The Israeli filmmaker Shai Corneli Polak records the building of the 'security wall' through Palestinian territory at the village of Bil'in. The villagers protest mostly peacefully, while the Israeli army doesn't react peacefully. By now the Israeli High Court has ruled that the building of the wall was illegal.

Comrades in Dreams(de)

Four lives that could not be more different and a single passion that unites them: the unconditional love for their cinemas, somewhere at the end of the world. Comrades in Dreams brings together six cinema makers from North Korea, America, India and Africa and follows their efforts to make their audiences dream every night.

To Be and to Have(fr)

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.

Pumping Iron(en)

Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.

Sepideh(en)

Sepideh wants to become an astronaut. She spends her nights exploring the secrets of the universe, while her family will do anything to keep her on the ground. The expectations for a young Iranian woman are very different from Sepideh's ambitions, and her plans to go to university are in danger. But Sepideh holds on to her dream! She takes up the fight and teams up with the world's first female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari.