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.
Like many businesses, the restaurant industry has been hard hit by COVID-19. This timely film, direc...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...
An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immig...
It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still...
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almo...
Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that ...
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking do...
This documentary recounts the experiences of people on the ground in the earliest days of the novel ...
Following the class of 2020 at Oakland High School in a year marked by seismic change, exploring the...
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the ...
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with first hand a...
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent...
Kapwa, a Filipino term that means "togetherness" or "neighbor", is a recognition of a shared identit...
A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part...
Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible t...
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker M...
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: internatio...
Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his count...