Cristina Amaral Filmes

Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes.

Documentary about the discovery of a ditch in a cemetery located in São Paulo, in which were found the carcass of Brazilian political...

Zu, a twelve-year-old boy on the way to buy flour for his mother, winds up in the clutches of armed paramilitary narcotics officers.

Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in a young woman about to marry. After some time, her...

Bené spent many years looking for his spiritual evolution in a small country town. He has made great progress and is fully integrated into the...

50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.

Two tales of migration. In the first, after a tailings dam disaster floods her hometown, rural worker Joana (55) moves to São...

A tale about the apocalypse of the working class.

Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna....

Five friends meet for lunch. Nothing could be more mundane, but for some reason, no one stayed for dessert.

Disagreements, incommunicability between people. What is said is not heard, what is heard is not understood. Everything is ambiguous. What appears to...

The São Silvestre Road Race is a famous long-distance running event held yearly in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on December 31st. The...

Just released from prison, Léa returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara, the fearless...

A reflection on books and culture through testimonies and images from the Rio de Janeiro's National Library. In this work commissioned by the...

A musical about a woman who hates music.

In a hospital that struggles not to close its doors, two children discover their first love.

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend...