David Santos

As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.

Joana, a 14-year-old teenage girl, shows up to spend a week with her father, Renato, a comedian who performs his shows in steak houses, bars and nightclubs in Fortaleza dressed as Silvanelly. Despite barely knowing each other, having had little contact so far, and leading very different lifestyles, father and daughter need to live together during this period of time. Together they will meet the young actor Marlon, live new experiences and try new feelings. This week together will profoundly transform their lives.

Motel Destino, a sex hotel in Northern Brazil, is run by the hot-headed Elias and his restless wife, Dayana. When a young gang member on the run named Heraldo stays at the motel, Dayana becomes intrigued with him. As the two navigate a dance of power and desire, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges.

Gugu, a black boy living with his grandmother, experiences memories and revelations when the old city where she lived returns.

What can 20 actors’ faces, waiting for a casting call, reveal?

Madalena is a film producer having to deal with the recent death of her father, her 8-month pregnancy and the production of a B-sci-fi film where everything seems to go wrong.

Lucas is a quiet, ruggedly handsome, stoical man on a mission. As he crosses the country to locate an obscure forgotten plot of family land from his late mother’s will, Lucas encounters strange places, eccentric new friends, random dreamlike circumstances, plus a long lost brother and a surprise romantic/erotic situation with a young motorcyclist.

As a virus spreads throughout Brazil, a young filmmaker goes back to his village and tries to rekindle his relationship with his father. But as they become closer, stranger events start to happen, making their connection more difficult.

Two great friends meet again after five years. Among so many things that have changed, the resumption of the bond awakens an old feeling for which they remain unprepared.

In Pernambuco, a jewel robbery brings together an old group of misfits, with catastrophic results. Watched over by ghosts from the past, each of them will have to find their own way to freedom.

Dayane suddenly leaves. Her mother Marluce, her sister Mariana and her fiancé Antônio stay. Between the incessant search, silent resignation and silent denial, this touching family drama from Ceará is located.

In a quilombo in the backlands of Ceará, Dulce witnesses the murder of her partner, Davi, carried out by gunmen on the orders of a foreign mining company. Threatened, Dulce goes to São Paulo, where she gives voice to the crime that occurred and denounces the involvement of the multinational, with the support of NGOs and lawyers. Orphaned and raised on a mission by sisters, Dulce is sought out in São Paulo by Beatriz, who reveals herself to be her mother. Abandoned as a baby, she also discovers that she has a twin brother, now her sister Marisa, who owns a karaoke bar with a "refuge" spirit, which brings together an LGBTIQ+ audience, a completely new universe for Dulce. Dulce and Marisa demand that Beatriz reveal something about their unknown father and now set off together, back to the backlands, with two missions: to celebrate the victory of the quilombo and to find the father who never knew of his daughters' existence.

Solange is heartbroken to discover that Manuel, her fiancé and work partner, no longer wants to marry her. Not knowing how to go on with her life, she ends up opening a tapioca stand, which competes with Manuel's. The two develop a rivalry that gets worse when Manuel feels jealous when he sees Solange involved with another man.

When a teen is kidnapped by a sex trafficking ring, a river pirate and a fierce mother embark on separate quests to find her — until their paths cross.