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Showing 40 Films from Brazil
![Almost Every Day](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/829/medium_film_41263747_photo1.jpg)
Almost Every Day
Polly navigates work, love, and the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
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![American Arcadia](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/5280/medium_AMERICANARCADIA_1_HERO_16X9.jpg)
American Arcadia
Welcome to Arcadia! A 70s retro-futuristic metropolis where all of its citizens enjoy a life of luxury and comfort… unaware tha...
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![A Strange Path](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/5581/medium_A_STRANGE_PATH-01-Clean-16x9.png)
A Strange Path
A young filmmaker returns to his hometown and attempts to reconnect with his father as the pandemic rapidly accelerates across ...
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![Barren Lives](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/647/medium_film_12733627_photo1.jpg)
Barren Lives
A newly-struck copy of a classic early film by Pereira dos Santos, whose Brasilia 18% is premiering at the Festival. Adapted fr...
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![Brasilia 18%](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1923/medium_film_12727877_photo1.jpg)
Brasilia 18%
A star medical examiner is called to Brasilia, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, yo...
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![Califórnia](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/2858/medium_California_Web_1.jpg)
Califórnia
Nostalgic, sweet, and at moments poignantly funny, Califórnia is a coming-of-age tale about a highschool student, Estela, growi...
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![Carandiru](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1595/medium_film_12737497_photo1.jpg)
Carandiru
The acclaimed director of Pixote and Kiss of the Spider Woman dramatizes the 1992 prisoner revolt and massacre at Sao Paulo's i...
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![Children Do Not Play War](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/3861/medium_CDNPW_CARLOS__ALVES_Still1_WB_LR_UBG.jpg)
Children Do Not Play War
Children Do Not Play War is a cinematic VR tale of the war in Uganda told through the eyes of a young girl.
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![Contactado](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/4619/medium_Tribeca_Contactado_1_1080p.png)
Contactado
Tribeca alums Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás return with a captivating drama about an aging self-proclaimed prophet who revisit...
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![Days in Sintra](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1413/medium_film_16736021_photo1.jpg)
Days in Sintra
Deftly interspersing home movies with contemporary images, director Paula Gaitán creates a compelling voyage of discovery in he...
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![Elite Squad](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1358/medium_film_16735416_photo1.jpg)
Elite Squad
Fresh from its Golden Bear win at Berlin, and one of Brazil's most controversial films, Elite Squad is a searing look at the co...
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![Elvis & Madona](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/images/graphic-no-image.jpg)
Elvis & Madona
The lives of a beautiful biker babe and a tall blonde drag performer intertwine in this vibrant Rio-set romantic comedy. Elvis ...
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![Endangered](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/5061/medium_ENDANGERED_ALEXTAKATS_CARLJUSTE_1-1920x1080.png)
Endangered
With riveting access and kinetic visual flair, Endangered is a sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the p...
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![En route to Baghdad](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/210/medium_film_12732447_photo1.jpg)
En route to Baghdad
Sergio Vieira de Mello spent his life helping refugees in Rwanda, East Timor and Cambodia. On August 19, 2003, the United Natio...
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![Favela Rising](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/471/medium_film_12736172_photo1.jpg)
Favela Rising
The dilemma of those who live in Rio's slums and struggle to overcome unbelievable poverty and gang violence seems even more pa...
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![Garapa](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/791/medium_film_41263532_photo1.jpg)
Garapa
Director José Padilha (Bus 174) follows up his Golden Bear-winning Elite Squad with this austere, unflinching examination of th...
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![Good Boy](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1364/medium_film_16735396_photo1.jpg)
Good Boy
Surviving the slums of Rio is a challenge for a boy and his mom in Good Boy (Bom Garoto).
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![House of Sand](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1088/medium_film_12737967_photo1.jpg)
House of Sand
Inspired by Woman of the Dunes, this epic tale of love and loss follows the fate of three generations of headstrong women who a...
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![Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never To Play Football](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/3446/medium_KAISER__TRUNK_FILMS__1.jpg)
Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never To Play Football
Soccer stars were at the center of the scene in the glamorous nightlife meccas of 1980s Brazil. But in their midst, one of the ...
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![KOGI](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/31/medium_film_41264202_photo1.jpg)
KOGI
For the KOGI Indians, there is a great mirror that divides two worlds, the perceptual and the sensory.
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![Mars One](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/5107/medium_MARSONE_STILL1_1920X1080.png)
Mars One
In this tender drama, a Brazilian family copes with an uncertain future as a far-right conservative leader rises to power. Thro...
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![Martha: A Picture Story](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/3808/medium_Martha__Dan_Brinzac__1_WB_LR_UBG.jpg)
Martha: A Picture Story
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declare...
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![Nando](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/4590/medium_Tribeca_Nando_1_1080p.png)
Nando
Told through the context of a poem, a young boy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dreams to see beyond the harsh realities that surroun...
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![Nelson Freire](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/1563/medium_film_12734972_photo1.jpg)
Nelson Freire
Brazilian Nelson Freire is one of the best-kept secrets in the world of piano -- his mastery rivals Rachmaninov, Cortot, Hofman...
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![Nobody's Watching](https://d13jj08vfqimqg.cloudfront.net/uploads/film/photo_1/3186/medium_TFF17_Nobody_s_Watching_John_Harris_1.jpg)
Nobody's Watching
Nico is a promising actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. After giving up a successful career in his home c...
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