The series tells the story of the São Paulo International Film Festival, one of the most traditional cultural events in Latin America. For 48 years, the festival has showcased hundreds of films from all over the world, bringing vibrancy to the city. Filmmaker Marina Person provides an irreverent perspective, highlighting the exciting and unusual stories that have marked the festival’s journey of resistance. The series reveals the individuals who have embraced the challenge of organizing this significant cultural event in Brazil every year, despite often challenging conditions. We also delves into how the Mostra has grown to become one of the main festivals globally, shedding light on the changes in cinema, Brazil, and the world over the years.
Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret - This is the story of a bunch of friends. Com...
Emilio Pascual, a historical figure of Andalusian cinema from the early 1900s, appears in today's Ma...
Escape from everyday life in freedom and community and live utopias - for many organizers and artist...
At the beginning of the year 2020, a relentless plague sweeps the planet and, as a consequence, a gl...
A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part...
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker M...
Based on parts of Rita Lee’s autobiography “Uma Autobiografia”, the documentary explores Rita’s rema...
In the beginning it felt like a holiday, then everything changed due to Covid19.
In 1968, Orlando Lovecchio was made victim of a guerilla's bomb terrorist attack, which main objecti...
Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that ...
Based on testimonials from key characters, such as Dona Onete, Manoel Cordeiro, Pio Lobato, among ot...
End of a trilogy started with Hold up and continued with Hold On, Hold out questions the official na...
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking do...
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: internatio...
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the ...
How could the Cannes Film Festival become the biggest cinema event in the world? For 75 years, Canne...
Lissette's favorite aunt Adriana, who lives in Australia, is arrested in 2007 while visiting her fam...
A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked ...