Film1993As Aventuras de Raul Seixas na Cidade de ThothJairo Ferreira's view on the career of singer Raul Seixas.Open details →
Film1980O Insigne-FicanteA travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.Open details →
Film★ 9.01979Nem Verdade Nem MentiraA mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.Open details →
Film★ 6.01978Horror Palace HotelAn unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.Open details →
Film1977Antes que Eu me Esqueça"Before I Forget" is a short film by Jairo Ferreira. It was filmed in 1977, during the release of the book of the same name of Roberto Bicelli. The poet is part, along with Cláudio Willer and Roberto Piva, of the surrealist group of São Paulo. Also participating in the short Jorge Mautner and Nelson Jacobina.Open details →
Film★ 7.01976The Vampire of the CinemathequeAs filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.Open details →
Film★ 7.51973O Guru e os GurisA film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.Open details →
Film202211 and a Half Questions to Julio CalassoA final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his old house in Butantã, São Paulo, Julio talks about his experiences, frustrations, joys and tragedies.Open details →
O Galante Rei da BocaFilm2003O Galante Rei da BocaDocumentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do Lixo, popular area in Luz neighborhood located downtown São Paulo, where usually night clubs and sexual services establishments were located.Open details →
Film★ 6.41993Buccaneer Soul50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.Open details →
Film★ 9.51992O VigilanteAn unemployed man gets a job as night watchman that puts him in the middle of the rising violence in his neighborhood.Open details →
Film★ 8.01987The Beauties of BillingsA travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.Open details →
Film★ 6.31986Movie DementiaTransposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.Open details →
Film1980O Insigne-FicanteA travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.Open details →
Film1979Dreams in LifeTwo factory workers from the outskirts of São Paulo make a trip to a bathhouse close to the city.Open details →
Film★ 7.01979Buccaneer BloodOne of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and friend Orlando Parolini.Open details →
Film★ 9.01979Nem Verdade Nem MentiraA mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.Open details →
Film★ 7.01976The Vampire of the CinemathequeAs filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.Open details →
Film★ 7.51973O Guru e os GurisA film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.Open details →
Film★ 6.51981The OptionThe Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a potentially better life is through prostitution, often with truck drivers.Open details →
Film★ 6.11980The Woman Who Invented LoveDoralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by a butcher, a friend advises her to become a prostitute - and she does it. After that, all her wishes and longings will curl up into a fascinating vortex.Open details →
Film1980O Insigne-FicanteA travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.Open details →
Film★ 7.01976The Vampire of the CinemathequeAs filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.Open details →
Film★ 9.01972Corrida em Busca do AmorTwo groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.Open details →
Film★ 5.71970O PornógrafoWannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.Open details →
Film★ 5.51970The Awakening of the BeastA psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine '60s drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.Open details →
Film★ 9.01970Orgy or The Man Who Gave BirthA countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. On his way, he meets the most bizarre and allegorical types: a robber, a drag queen who thinks he's Carmen Miranda, a black king, a fallen black angel, a priest, two whores, a pregnant cowboy, among others.Open details →
Film★ 9.01972Corrida em Busca do AmorTwo groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.Open details →
Film★ 5.71970O PornógrafoWannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.Open details →
Film★ 7.51970Audácia!Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.Open details →
