Fernando Meirelles Movies

A film about weddings, professions, children, travel plans and a train that separates it all.

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a...

Inspired by the illegal universe of the Brazilian animal lottery, a fearless young man must win a deadly race to save his sister in a dystopian...

Samuca is only 17 years old and discovers that his girlfriend Alicia is pregnant. The news comes to light at a not very favorable moment in Samuca's...

This is the first 3D animated Brazilian film. It tells the story of Stress & Relax: a businessman who thinks only of money and a film director who...

William Phelan — a washed-out Chicago cop turned corporate gun-for-hire — who finds himself in a wildly unfamiliar landscape, his...

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara,...

Passages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio...

An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond...

This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets...

Trinchas and his gang of graffiti taggers risk their lives climbing tall buildings to sign their names up there. When he falls for Valéria -...

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

The documentary “Comercial” brings a portrait of Brazilian advertising, from the perspective of the production of advertising films, told...

Reunion of four reportages made by production company "Olhar Eletrônico" between 1983 and 1986, in which an irreverent reporter, Ernesto...

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he...

A poetic vision of the city Brasília.

For the first time ever, experience the work of a nation as it host the world and puts on a show like never before.