Explore: Brazil

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Cidade; Campo

Two stories – one involving a country-to-city move, the other in reverse – explore the place of women in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

Dir. Juliana Rojas / 2024 / 119 mins / Brazil / Portuguese
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The Falling Sky

A stunning doc that follows the Yanomami people of the Amazon as they perform a sacred rite and defend their homeland from the incursion of mining.

Dir. Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha / 2024 / 110 mins / Italy, Brazil / Yoanomam
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Malu

A middle-aged actress begins to unravel in this dynamite debut, featuring an explosive, emotionally wrenching lead performance from Yara de Novaes.

Dir. Pedro Freire / 2024 / 101 mins / Brazil / Portuguese
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Motel Destino

From Cannes competition lands a colourful, queered and beachside-set erotic thriller in which desire and destiny clash in a seedy sex hotel.

Dir. Karim Aïnouz / 2024 / 112 mins / Germany, France, Brazil / Portuguese
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Queer Utopia: Act I Cruising

Bear witness to an ageing queer man’s recollections as he reconstructs his life from memories that are slowly fading away.

Dir. Lui Avallos / 2023 / 25 mins / Brazil, Portugal / English, Portuguese
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Toll

To pay for the conversion therapy she believes her gay son needs, a well-intentioned tollbooth operator turns to crime in this crafty drama.

Dir. Carolina Markowicz / 2023 / 101 mins / Brazil, Portugal / Portuguese