Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra • 2011 •Brazil • Helena has found the perfect spot for her new store.
Blending neorealist class critique with elements of subdued horror, Hard Labor dissects both the material and supernatural implications of a middle-class couple slowly succumbing to precarity in a globalized world.
Helena's dream is finally coming true—she has found the perfect location to open her neighborhood grocery store. However, she senses something amiss; the space becomes a setting for strange occurrences, portends of the building's sinister past.
Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's first feature premiered at Cannes, SXSW, and Sitges, where it won Best Director.
M. Bühler & M. Mariani • Brazil • 2014 • A riveting true crime story set in a a prison in São Paulo
A prison in São Paulo, Brazil. Researching criminals for a documentary, two Brazilian directors ...
Gabriel Mascaro • 2015 • Brazil-Uruguay-Netherlands • A dreamlike journey into Brazil's vaquejada
Evoking northeast Brazil’s rural traditions alongside dreams of its burgeoning fashion industry, and attuned to the c...
Roberta Marques • Brazil • 2011 • An evocative portrait of female adolescence at the margins of society
Rânia lives with her mother in the slums of Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil. Though she dreams of being a dancer, she has to work hard to survive—after school she juggles multiple jobs, incl...
