João Pedro Zappa

A reporter for a popular newspaper and a criminal lawyer have their destinies linked by a murder that shocked Brazil in the 1970s and marked the beginning of the debate on femicide.

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Candinho and his faithful companion, Policarpo, are back for new adventures in the big city. However, the disappearance of his son brings new suffering to him, who continues to believe that "everything bad that happens in life is for the better!".

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Raul Seixas abandoned his career as a music producer to become a singer, mixing rock with baião. He adopted a radical style and fell into addiction, but became a Brazilian rock icon.

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Elder and Daiane are a couple in the midst of an urban war: while he fights to survive, their first child is about to be born.

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A threesome that takes place against the backdrop of Brazil's 2018 presidential election. Three young adults in a love triangle seek to understand the world and who they are on the brink of a shocking and highly-divisive election that puts the future of each one in check.

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One place, in two eras: in 2020, three heirs of an abandoned property decide to recover it. In 1985, the property was the scene of passions, episodes of violence and solidarity adventures.

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After eight years of a political exile imposed by the Brazilian military dictatorship, sociologist Herbert de Souza returns to his homeland. Alongside democracy activists, he faces the arrival of AIDS and puts the devastating impact of hunger under the spotlight. Overcoming his fragile health and personal tragedy, he creates the largest social awareness campaign in Brazilian history.

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In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

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After the death of his wife, Otto starts having trouble to sleep without his natural medicine: a lettuce tea she made every night.

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A zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.

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Joana D'Arc, a former public school teacher in Rio de Janeiro, tries to recover her home, lost to the City Hall. The trajectory is shared by the pirate fisherman Pharaó, from Guanabara Bay.

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The story of the man who embodied the great transformations of the turn of the century, acclaimed almost worldwide as the first man to fly a plane - the 14 Bis. Set in France and Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the production follows the aviator's trajectory, from his childhood at his family's coffee plantations in the interior of Minas Gerais, to the sophisticated Paris lounges and air clubs.

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Pedro and Fabrício are two young filmmakers who never got the chance to make their comedy films. Frustrated, they consider quitting the business, but decide, as their last attempt, to produce a low-budget drama and submit it to a local film festival.

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40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.

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Xeu and Lidiane are going to have a child. She pressures him to sell his motorcycle and get another job. The news of the pregnancy and Xeu’s to a cousin in Maré brings instability to the relationship.

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Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination.

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In 1970, with the conflicts in Brazil due to political repression from the military dictatorship as a background, the inquisitive student Alice and the idealistic doctor Renato fall deeply in love. Their worlds are joined by passion, but they are kept apart for many years by family feuds and a country facing a turmoil that affects lives and dreams.

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Livia and Felipe are in a forbidden love story doomed to end tragically. A century later, they both have a new chance to make their love real again. “Time After Time” is an innovative romance set in two different eras in which characters hold the opportunity to make up for their mistakes, come to terms with the past and write themselves another story.

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After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.

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After years without knowing each other's whereabouts, twins Analu and Marali meet again, exchange identities, cause confusion and change the lives of everyone around them.

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After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against the urban violence, and who decided to take action. Henrique recovers his stolen equipment and leaves, feeling avenged. But he goes back to find the memory card, with the photos, lost during the crash. From that moment, he is trapped in a situation where he is now the criminal for failing to rescue a victim, who had been his aggressor. Going from the murder scene to the police station, and then to the emergency ward of the public hospital, he attempts to clear himself.

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Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.

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Rafael is a young man who is tired of only reaching guys who say they are straight. Not wanting to go through this kind of embarrassment anymore, he gets a device that will put an end to all his doubts, the gaydar.

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An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.

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A millionaire's death leaves behind a nearly impossible mission: uniting three ex-wives. Sworn enemies, they must manage the business to secure the inheritance.

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Forgotten by her father after ballet class, Carolina finds herself encouraged by a friend to try to walk home alone. On this adventure, the girl will face her fears and encounter curious characters.

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During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.

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José Dourado uses a double identity to be able to have fun without compromising his image as a rich heir and telecommunications shareholder. His best friend, Agenor Nabuco, makes use of this to invade José's farm and, then, he meets the seductive Cecília Feijó, his friend's niece. Agenor is Patrícia Lobato's cousin, with whom José is in love, but Aunt Augusta, Patrícia's mother, is against the relationship. Love impediments will also be imposed by housekeeper Dona Glorinha and pastor Saulo Malaquias. Then, a plot from the past appears to alter the course of the characters in the story.

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