Nelson Jacobina

Poetic documentary about brazilian musician Walter Franco.

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after his parents fled the Holocaust. Raised by a nanny who introduced him to Candomblé, Mautner became a precursor of the Tropicália, contributing to the construction of the identity of Brazilian music.

Perdues dans les dunes du nord du Brésil, trois générations de femmes vont lutter contre les forces de la nature, et surtout contre le sable qui, inéluctablement, envahit leurs maisons.Avec le temps, elles comprendront qu'il a aussi forgé leur destin. La Maison de sable a été entièrement été tourné sur la côte nord du Brésil, dans le parc national des Lençóis Maranhenses. Le film est lauréat du prix Alfred P. Sloan au festival du film de Sundance 2006.

In March 2006, the team for the Navegar Amazônia project left the Jandiá Channel in Macapá, bound for Belém. On board a regional boat, adapted with a modern multimedia laboratory, were the project team and thirty persons, including musicians and filmmakers. The objective was, along the way, to offer workshops in music, cinema, photography, video and art to the population visited on the river's edge. The documentary is a record of the interaction between the guests and the local population. The Navegar Amazônia project captures and conveys contents of the Amazon in a unique way: from the heart of the forest and from the river to the world.

"Before I Forget" is a short film by Jairo Ferreira. It was filmed in 1977, during the release of the book of the same name of Roberto Bicelli. The poet is part, along with Cláudio Willer and Roberto Piva, of the surrealist group of São Paulo. Also participating in the short Jorge Mautner and Nelson Jacobina.

Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town.

Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town.