Paris Je T'aime is a compilation of short films, each directed by different directors, that explores various aspects of the vibrant city of Paris. Through a diverse range of characters and stories, the film captures the essence and spirit of the city, showcasing love, romance, drama, and comedy.
Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.
Foreign Land is a fast-paced movie that follows the story of a young man who finds himself caught in a dangerous chase across different countries. As he tries to evade pursuit and stay alive, he encounters various obstacles and characters, including hitmen, criminals, and a blind man. The movie explores themes of love, death, and the criminal underworld.
Linha de Passe follows the lives of four brothers: Dario, Dinho, Denis, and Reginaldo. Each brother is facing their own struggles in the poverty-stricken city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Dario dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, while Dinho is involved in assault and parties. Denis drives a bus and is dealing with his girlfriend's unexpected pregnancy. Reginaldo, the youngest brother, attempts to find money to buy a motorcycle. The film explores themes of family relationships, poverty, and the search for a better life.
With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from Ipanema,” Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message underlying the celebration: Let’s take care of our planet.
In Midnight, a teacher in a Rio de Janeiro slum is caught in a web of crime and violence on New Year's Eve. As he navigates through prison riots and a suicide attempt, he holds onto hope for a better future amidst the chaos and fireworks.
20 short films about human rights.
In the Kalapalo cosmogony (an ethnic group that lives in the Xingú Indigenous Park), water is as old as humans and is the source of life. That is where all their sustenance comes from, their food, their drink, their joy. The idea of using water as a dumpster, of poisoning water is a dystopia. In this documentary Chief Faremá —from Caramujo village on the banks of the Kuluene River— tells us about the birth of water and warns us about the consequences of disrespecting it.
Vazante tells the story of a dramatic adventure in Brazil during the 1820s. It explores the challenges faced by the characters as they navigate through the uncharted territories of the country.
An elegant dinner, which takes place in real time, brings together a group of intellectuals in the early 90s in São Paulo, Brazil: the hosts are the editor of the country's top news magazine and her husband, the company's lawyer, and the occasion is the wedding anniversary of the magazine publisher and his wife, a famous theater actress. The publisher has written an open letter to the president of the country, with serious denunciations, which will run in the upcoming issue. He risks being arrested this very evening. As tensions increase with the imminence of prison, secrets come to light revealing the conflict between the ethics sought in public life and the ethics practiced in private life.
A resident of the Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Adão Xalebaradã is the composer of more than 500 songs and has never been recorded in Brazil.
In this new adventure, Maluquinho is spending the holidays at the home of his grandfather Tônico (Stênio Garcia), an inventor who lives in a small community in the interior of Minas Gerais. His friends Junim (Samuel Brandão), Lucio (Cauã Bernard Souza), Bocão (João Romeu Filho) and Nina (Fernanda Guimarães) are coming to the city to help Maluquinho organize the circus for the centenary of the city. On this trip, they meet Tatá-Mirim, a small flame that ends up making the city believe that they are being invaded by the Capeta. So they end up living many adventures.
The six-minute film is shot in just two locations: an old movie theater in the city of Miguel Pereira (RJ) and a multiplex in the New York City Center, in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. In front of the old movie theater, the embolistas Castanha and Caju (actually Cajuzinho, the replacement for the original Caju, who died in June 2001) unravel an extremely biting and funny "embolada", which spares no Hollywood idols: from Stallone to Leonardo DiCaprio.
In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short stories, the plots weave and unravel together in the improbable city of Brasilia – a distorted mirror-image of the Soviet utopia – located in the heart of the Brazilian desert.
Three women from São João da Chapada, district of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, narrate themselves in the small town that was one of the largest producers of diamonds in Brazil.
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