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.
Documentary about the detention-disappearance of Juan Marcos Herman in the city of Bariloche during ...
Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History is a documentary about the history, the development in the prese...
A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part...
Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in ...
From dungeon-like basements to worldwide phenomenon, ADVENTURE NEVER ENDS: A TABLETOP SAGA explores ...
When does art become obscenity? Cover Your Ears takes a close look at this question through the lens...
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...
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker M...
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
On September 14, 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini played his last game of football, before his death, in Sa...
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the ...
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: internatio...
Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from unt...
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking do...
Like many businesses, the restaurant industry has been hard hit by COVID-19. This timely film, direc...
Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker, Honorable but Broken highlights the highs and significant lows -- ...
Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian film...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almo...