The world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. The true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.

When three trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys realize that what they've found must be important.

The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.

Reality and fantasy collide in the story of a family-owned circus spanning five generations of decadence, love and loss. Starring Vincent Cassel, based on a poem by Jorge de Lima. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. “*One of the Cinema Novo’s founding fathers and perhaps its most interesting exponent.*” – ***Film Comment***

Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders’ tactics to remove Clara become increasingly hostile, Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with. Nominated for the Palm d'Or and the Queer Palm at the **Cannes Film Festival**....

Pedro, a 70-year-old gay nurse and a big fan of Greta Garbo, needs to find an empty bed in the hospital where he works to save his best friend, Daniela. To do so he decides to help Jean, a criminal in police custody, escape from the premises. But then, worried about Jean₂s health, Pedro sets the criminal up in his apartment to treat his wounds. The two wind up having a highly-charged affair that brings to the surface Pedro's won solitude, now augmented...

A visionary masterwork, HORSE MONEY is a mesmerizing odyssey into the real, imagined and nightmarish memories of the elderly Ventura, a Cape Verdean immigrant living in Lisbon. Winner of four awards at the **Locarno International Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and **New York Film Festival**. "*The director has plenty of influences, Stanley Kubrick and Old Hollywood classicists such as John Ford among...

A young couple settles down in a large abandoned industrial warehouse. An orange strip, glued to the floor, partitions the area into two equal portions: to the right, his sculpture atelier; to the left, her dance studio. The film takes place in this setting, where art, performances, and intimacy mingle together, and where the characters slowly lose their capacity to distinguish between their artistic projects, their past, and their romantic relationship....

15-year-old Rita spends her summer days flooding the balcony of her apartment, gossiping with her best friend, and avoiding her ex-boyfriend. After Rita visits an exhibition on Melanesia culture photographed by her older handsome neighbor she develops a crush that propels her into a world where fantasy and reality collide in modern day Portugal. Directed by one of the country’s leading auteurs in gorgeous 16mm, JOHN FROM is a truly original, enchanting...

Based on a true story. A man and his family on a journey 2000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycle in search for a good life.