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Thiago and Bruno are two friends with no direction in life who come across a great business opportunity when they discover, inside a doghouse, a portal that allows anyone who enters to exchange bodies and minds with other people. But how far does the desire to be someone else go?
Sep 2023
Breno, a lonely boy, deals with a recent breakup by reliving memories while trying to understand why Ísis, his former love, left him, recalling various moments from their significant relationship.
Nov 2022
Victor and Francisco meet in a bar. After a night of lust and passion, seduction turns into a nightmare when Francisco finds himself at the mercy of a killer who hides his insanity behind a handsome face.
Oct 2024
A visual essay on ethnicity, gender and misogyny.
Jun 2019
After an exhausting day, Pablo lies in his bed, where he begins to experience several bizarre events. Between his failed attempts to escape, he realizes that he can't for some reason. Maybe something from the past keeps him trapped. What motivated this situation?
Dec 2022
In a fantastical and humorous perspective, Zinho and his Kombi van work transporting the unalive to "there" on their own afterlife journeys to settle their accounts.
Aug 2023
Marcos, a 10-year-old boy, is devastated after his kitten Fefe goes missing. In his search, he finds a book about tales and legends from the city of Foz do Iguaçu. His sister, Mariana, joins him on the adventure to help him find Fefe. Walking through the streets of Foz, they notice black cats painted on all the walls, and Marcos immediately realizes that this has something to do with the disappearance of his feline best friend. As Marcos and Mariana get closer to the truth about Fefe's whereabouts, he decides to return to the company of his human best friend. They both discover the true meaning of friendship, unconditional love, and companionship.
Jan 2026
Putta (Whore) follows the story of three prostitutes living in the town of Foz do Iguaçu, on the triple border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The film traverses the complexities of each of the three prostitutes personal lives’–from transexuality to family and motherhood–in the context of the brothels and streets in which they work.
Dec 2016
Mar 2028
The story unfolds through three parallel narratives: that of a painter, that of a musician, and that of volunteer clowns who visit hospitals in Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná, Brazil, bringing moments of comfort to patients in the city's neighborhoods.
Luisa is beginning to forget, sometimes getting lost in the maze of her memories. At the bus station, she writes texts in an attempt to safeguard her memories, especially those involving the great love of her youth.
Franco suddenly loses his daughter Maite inside his own home. While trying to find her, he embarks on a fantastical journey through his house where he discovers the truth about himself and his relationship with Alzheimer's and Dementia, reviewing moments with his family, friends and his art through images.
Jun 2023
Jul 2025
Real testimonials from five Latin American immigrants who share their experiences and challenges, recounting what it has been like to build a new life in Brazil from their different perspectives in the city of Foz do Iguaçu. Individual experiences are revealed and reflect on belonging, identity, and the constant reinvention of those who cross territories in search of new opportunities.
Jan 2025
This is not a documentary about documentary film-making.
May 2022
Mothers share their experiences adopting their children.
Mar 2025
In a record of images and sounds, a HIV-positive man recounts his sexual experience on the border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
A documentary about rap artists from Ceilândia, a satellite-city of Brazil capital, Brasilia. The film portrait the struggle of the lives of the rapers and makes a parallel with the violent building of the city designed to settle the outcast from Brasilia after its completion.
Nov 2005