Brazilian Directors
Screening works by female Brazilian filmmakers Anna Muylaert, Juliana Rojas, Anita Rocha da Silveira and Roberta Marques.
-
Don't Call Me Son
WATCH TRAILER
Anna Muylaert • 2016 • Brazil • Pierre's world shifts when forced to live with his biological family
A poetic, provocative portrait of a young man's fluidity, Don't Call Me Son offers a richly layered examination of family, class, and sexuality in contemporary Brazil.
Living with...
-
Hard Labor
WATCH TRAILER
Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra • 2011 •Brazil • Helena has found the perfect spot for her new store.
Blending neorealist class critique with elements of subdued horror, Hard Labor dissects both the material and supernatural implications of a middle-class couple slowly succumbing to ...
-
Kill Me Please
WATCH TRAILER
Anita Rocha da Silveira • Brazil • 2011 • School girls feel a morbid fascination with local murders.
Bia, Michele, Mariana and Renata live in an affluent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Considered the cool girls at school, they are both priveleged and neglected by their parents, w...
-
Rânia
Roberta Marques • Brazil • 2011 • An evocative portrait of female adolescence at the margins of society
Rânia lives with her mother in the slums of Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil. Though she dreams of being a dancer, she has to work hard to survive—after school she juggles multiple jobs, incl...