Sergio Gagliardi-Gag

1972. A Kombi travels from Amsterdam to Goa, India. This journey is the raw material for Boom Shankar, the only film directed by Guará Rodrigues, a mythical character in Brazilian cinema, both as an actor and behind the camera, as an assistant to some of the greatest directors of the period. That film disappeared before its release, but some recently found fragments are combined with testimonies from members of the trip that recover the libertarian and pioneering spirit of the time.

Open details →

Making movies is the opposite of isolating yourself. NOTHING I WANTED TO SAY is a feature film shot indoors during the confinement of the 2020 pandemic. While they are involved in making a film about isolation, two brothers, 21 and 19, exercise their gaze towards what is near. Four months confined in a 60 m2 apartment, where they share the loneliness, anticipation and anguish of this strange time. A reflection on isolation during the Covid-19 quarantine and on reconnecting with one's inner self.

Open details →

Originality in a time of poorly made copies, a filmic inventory of a strange time, a kaleidoscope of images, in a constant game of ruptures and continuities. All this from 365 videos published on an Instagram page in 2018, added to an original soundtrack and a text adapted from Dürrenmatt's play Dialogue of a Vile Man, a text that synthesizes our time well.

Open details →

Open details →

What does your hair say about you? With this question, we approached more than forty people in Salvador, Belém do Pará, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and the answers reveal stories of resistance, conquest, affirmation and overcoming. Based on ethnic, age, socioeconomic and gender diversity, we can draw an original portrait of contemporary Brazil from the hair of Brazilians.

Open details →

Open details →

Open details →

Open details →

1972. A Kombi travels from Amsterdam to Goa, India. This journey is the raw material for Boom Shankar, the only film directed by Guará Rodrigues, a mythical character in Brazilian cinema, both as an actor and behind the camera, as an assistant to some of the greatest directors of the period. That film disappeared before its release, but some recently found fragments are combined with testimonies from members of the trip that recover the libertarian and pioneering spirit of the time.

Open details →

Making movies is the opposite of isolating yourself. NOTHING I WANTED TO SAY is a feature film shot indoors during the confinement of the 2020 pandemic. While they are involved in making a film about isolation, two brothers, 21 and 19, exercise their gaze towards what is near. Four months confined in a 60 m2 apartment, where they share the loneliness, anticipation and anguish of this strange time. A reflection on isolation during the Covid-19 quarantine and on reconnecting with one's inner self.

Open details →

A reflection on identity from memory. Who we are, how we are seen and how small gestures can be charged with meanings and intentions, sometimes hidden, sometimes not so much.

Open details →

Sofia has a very clear goal: pass the entrance exam, find a job and leave home. However, when the school where she studies is occupied by her friends and classmates, she finds herself in a dilemma between continuing to study alone or sharing her knowledge in transforming the school.

Open details →