God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.

Som 10-årig ser Sandro sin mor dödas och flyr till de lokala gängen med hemlösa barn. När en ligaledare hotar polisen, svarar de med att döda hundratals hemlösa barn under Candelaria massakern. Sandro är en av de få överlevande, men hamnar i ungdomsfängelse där han blir han vän med Ale, och tillsammans lyckas de så småningom fly. Livet på gatan domineras av rå brottsligheten där rån och knarkhandel tillhör vardagen. En dag kommer Sandro hem till sin flickvän och hitta henne i säng med Ale. Sandro flyr och i desperation tar han - buss nummer 174 - och dess passagerare som gisslan.

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

Nittonårige André bor i Porto Alegre i Brasilien. Han attraheras av sin granne Silvia och brukar titta på henne genom sitt teleskop. Han gör ett försök att komma i kontakt med henne genom att handla i hennes klädaffär, bara för att upptäcka att han inte har råd.

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.

Yiorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village. He spends his first night out in a cheap downtown hotel in Athens. There he meets Strella, a young trans sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love.

”Vaquejada” är en traditionell sport i nordöstra Brasilien, en form av rodeo som går ut på att två män på hästrygg fäller en tjur genom att dra ner den i svansen. På dagarna är Iremar en tuff cowboy som lever för sina tjurar. Men på nätterna plockar han fram en helt annan sida. Då syr han fantastiska kreationer åt Galega som arbetar som dansare. En udda, vacker och sinnlig film som utmanar machokulturen och våra invanda föreställningar.

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events and encounters, unfolding a vivid tapestry of urban life in Rio de Janeiro during that period. These true misadventures shed light on the gritty reality of the city, unveiling its vibrant urban tapestry.

Two brothers fight to escape a violent and poor neighborhood in Caracas by playing soccer. Daniel wishes to play professionally while Julio supports the family with dirty money. The opportunity of a lifetime comes when a talent scout invites them to the Caracas Football Club. The boys' mother dies in a shootout forcing each brother to decide what it is more important to them:family, revenge, or achieving their dreams.

Larissa competed for the Rio Military Police in search of the ideal of “protecting the citizen”.

Pedro Paulo decides to put his car on the street, an 80s Opala, and work as an app driver. What he didn't expect was to pick up passengers who could turn his day upside down.

A teen couple plans for a night in private when the boy’s parents are away. At first it appears as a cosy night of sofa lounging, snack eating and film. But it soon becomes evident that beneath the façade of relaxed mutuality, there is a relationship based on insecurities and demands. Due to a fight, the parents cut their evening short, and when they return, the situation gets out of hand and feelings of hurt lead to abuse. Adolfsson paints a gruesome picture of adolescent love and how fears and expectations can completely override a young person’s will.

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by the drug lord to work transporting drugs in his airplanes. When he is arrested by the Federal Police, he does not rat his gang and the leader of the cartel gives a large amount of money as a bonus and asks him to leave the gang since he is known by the police. Marcelo uses the money to promote a party in the Carnival of Recife pretending to be the son of the owner of the Gol (a Brazilian air flight company). He lures the high-society, including the television presenter Amaury Jr. Marcelo is arrested again and is sent to prison. During a rebellion, he uses his leadership to present the claims of the prisoners and help to control the situation.

Två familjer lever på det brasilianska höglandet låsta i en våldsam släktfejd om en bit värdelös mark. Utanför familjen Breves hus vajar en blodig skjorta för vinden medan solen sakta bleker den röda fläcken runt ett skotthål. När fläcken blekts gul måste den 20-årige Tonio (Rodrigo Santoro) försvara sin familjs heder genom att döda en av grannfamiljens söner. Olycklig över situationen börjar Tonio ifrågasätta den meningslösa och våldsamma fejden. När en ung vacker kvinna korsar hans väg öppnas hans ögon för livet utanför den obarmhärtiga hederskultur han lever i och som snart kan komma att kosta honmom livet...

Två barndomsvänner blir poliser i staden Rio de Janeiro. Efter att ha funderat på att antingen läsa på högskola eller fortsätta sina polisjobb väljer de att söka till en speciell piketstyrka vars uppgift är att ta död på drogproblemen i staden. Påven ska komma på besök, hans logi ligger bara något kvarter från de problematiska slummen, läget är akut.

“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.