More Shipwrecked than Navigators / Mais Náufragos que Navegantes
Synopsis
Plural concepts of Human Rights in Latin America are discussed from the point of view of characters that are, in some cases, protagonists of the contemporary history of the continent. Musicians, writers, architects, teachers, ordinary people in countries in a constant process of transformation of their societies. In their testimony , issues beyond what traditionally defines human rights.
The film exposes individual and collective rights as gender, sexual orientation, education, communication, environment, indigenous peoples, public safety and military dictatorships. Showing these themes, the proposal is analyze how human rights can be an element of integration in Latin America through a new vision of the concepts that define life as a basic right to be conquered.
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Budget: US$ 100.000 - Independent film, shooting without sponsorship. This Budget is considering travel costs, editing, production, equipment, hotels, food, staff
Country: Brazil
Director: Guillermo Planel
Minutes: 95
2013, Documentary
Synopsis
Plural concepts of Human Rights in Latin America are discussed from the point of view of characters that are, in some cases, protagonists of the contemporary history of the continent. Musicians, writers, architects, teachers, ordinary people in countries in a constant process of transformation of their societies. In their testimony , issues beyond what traditionally defines human rights.
The film exposes individual and collective rights as gender, sexual orientation, education, communication, environment, indigenous peoples, public safety and military dictatorships. Showing these themes, the proposal is analyze how human rights can be an element of integration in Latin America through a new vision of the concepts that define life as a basic right to be conquered.
Trailer: Click Here
Budget: US$ 100.000 - Independent film, shooting without sponsorship. This Budget is considering travel costs, editing, production, equipment, hotels, food, staff
Country: Brazil
Director: Guillermo Planel
Minutes: 95
2013, Documentary
Anyone Out There / Alguém Qualquer
Synopsis
Ze (Joe - Tiaraju Aronovich) is just another typical invisible working class man in a big city. He is a quiet, lonely and simple man who works as a jack-of-all-trades at a residential building and also fixes wicker chairs and baskets. Not even the unexpected visit of Jandira ( Amanda Maya), a distant cousin and a woman full of life, seems to have an impact on his routine of work and silence. Moving to a big city, Jandira hopes to become a celebrity, while Ze seems conformed to his fate of invisibility.
However, after suffering a heart attack, Ze is informed by his doctors he only has about six months of life left. Now, living under the same roof, both Ze and Jandira will question their values of love, happiness and life and learn from each other what really matters when facing death and eternity. Evolving to a compelling and touching climax, ANYONE is a romance without a kiss. A tale about simple details and the endlessness of life.
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Director/Writer: Tiaraju Aronovich
Country: Brazil
Cast: Tiaraju Aronovich, Amanda Maya, Luciana Stipp, Maisa Magalhães, Renata Souza, Celina Chrispin, Ana Maria Saad, Vaner Micalopulos, Jessé Henrique, Luis Panini, Tulio Ferreira, Polyana Lott
2012, Fiction
Synopsis
Ze (Joe - Tiaraju Aronovich) is just another typical invisible working class man in a big city. He is a quiet, lonely and simple man who works as a jack-of-all-trades at a residential building and also fixes wicker chairs and baskets. Not even the unexpected visit of Jandira ( Amanda Maya), a distant cousin and a woman full of life, seems to have an impact on his routine of work and silence. Moving to a big city, Jandira hopes to become a celebrity, while Ze seems conformed to his fate of invisibility.
However, after suffering a heart attack, Ze is informed by his doctors he only has about six months of life left. Now, living under the same roof, both Ze and Jandira will question their values of love, happiness and life and learn from each other what really matters when facing death and eternity. Evolving to a compelling and touching climax, ANYONE is a romance without a kiss. A tale about simple details and the endlessness of life.
Trailer: Click Here
Director/Writer: Tiaraju Aronovich
Country: Brazil
Cast: Tiaraju Aronovich, Amanda Maya, Luciana Stipp, Maisa Magalhães, Renata Souza, Celina Chrispin, Ana Maria Saad, Vaner Micalopulos, Jessé Henrique, Luis Panini, Tulio Ferreira, Polyana Lott
2012, Fiction
West End of The World / A Oeste do Fim do Mundo
IN COMPETITION - GRAMADO
Cesar Troncoso - Best actor
Best Foreign Feature by Audience Award
Synopsis
Route 7, Argentina. An old gas station, lost in the immensity of the transcontinental highway, is the refuge of introspective Leon (César Troncoso), a man of few words and no friends.
His loneliness is broken by a truck , anyone that passes through to supply, or by the visit of sarcastic Silas (Nelson Diniz), a hippie retired biker.
Time passes slowly on Route 7. Until the day Ana (Fernanda Moro) arrives and radically transforms the ordinary life of Leon.
With the Andes at the background , secrets that was well buried come to the surface, reopening old wounds and changing the lives of the protagonists. .
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Budget: US$ 1,8 million
Director/Writer: Paulo Nascimento
Country: Brazil
Cast: Cesar Troncoso (El baño del papa) – Uruguay
Fernanda Moro (Em Teu Nome) – Brazil
2013, Fiction
IN COMPETITION - GRAMADO
Cesar Troncoso - Best actor
Best Foreign Feature by Audience Award
Synopsis
Route 7, Argentina. An old gas station, lost in the immensity of the transcontinental highway, is the refuge of introspective Leon (César Troncoso), a man of few words and no friends.
His loneliness is broken by a truck , anyone that passes through to supply, or by the visit of sarcastic Silas (Nelson Diniz), a hippie retired biker.
Time passes slowly on Route 7. Until the day Ana (Fernanda Moro) arrives and radically transforms the ordinary life of Leon.
With the Andes at the background , secrets that was well buried come to the surface, reopening old wounds and changing the lives of the protagonists. .
Trailer: Click Here
Budget: US$ 1,8 million
Director/Writer: Paulo Nascimento
Country: Brazil
Cast: Cesar Troncoso (El baño del papa) – Uruguay
Fernanda Moro (Em Teu Nome) – Brazil
2013, Fiction
Screening Ventana Sur:
Saturday, December 1 at 12:30AM - Cinemark 4
Synopsis
Colegas (Buddies) tells the story of three young people with Down syndrome who love movies and work at the video library of the institution where they have always lived in. One day, inspired by the film "Thelma & Louise", they decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to fly. During this search, they embark on several adventures as if life was just a children's play
Original Title Colegas
English Title Buddies
Official Site/Trailer: Click Here
Director Marcelo Galvão
Cast
Ariel Goldenberg,
Rita Pokk
Breno Viola
Awards
- Winner of Best Script - Paulinia's Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - Gramado Film Festival
- Winner of Best Art Direction - Gramado Film Festival
- Winner of Best film - Audience award at São Paulo International Film Festival
- Winner of Best film - Young audience award at São Paulo International Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - Audience award at Trieste Latin Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - International Disability Film Festival Breaking Down Barriers - Moscow/Russia
- Winner of Best Film (popular jury) - Festin (Portugal)
- Special Commendation (oficial jury) - Festin (Portugal)
- Winner of Best Director, Best Script, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack and Special Comendation – Anápolis Film Festival (Brasil)
- Special Commendation - Gramado International Film Festival
Saturday, December 1 at 12:30AM - Cinemark 4
Synopsis
Colegas (Buddies) tells the story of three young people with Down syndrome who love movies and work at the video library of the institution where they have always lived in. One day, inspired by the film "Thelma & Louise", they decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to fly. During this search, they embark on several adventures as if life was just a children's play
Original Title Colegas
English Title Buddies
Official Site/Trailer: Click Here
Director Marcelo Galvão
Cast
Ariel Goldenberg,
Rita Pokk
Breno Viola
Awards
- Winner of Best Script - Paulinia's Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - Gramado Film Festival
- Winner of Best Art Direction - Gramado Film Festival
- Winner of Best film - Audience award at São Paulo International Film Festival
- Winner of Best film - Young audience award at São Paulo International Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - Audience award at Trieste Latin Film Festival
- Winner of Best Film - International Disability Film Festival Breaking Down Barriers - Moscow/Russia
- Winner of Best Film (popular jury) - Festin (Portugal)
- Special Commendation (oficial jury) - Festin (Portugal)
- Winner of Best Director, Best Script, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack and Special Comendation – Anápolis Film Festival (Brasil)
- Special Commendation - Gramado International Film Festival
Screening Ventana Sur:
Sunday, December 2 at 11:30AM - Auditorium 3
Synopsis
In a world seething from the vibrations of the bikes from Easy Rider, from the poems of William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, from the counterculture revolution, from the battle to think, act and be free, a little boy from Bahia, impassioned with Elvis Presley, birthed rock & roll in Brazil! An out of control flying saucer that abducted hearts and minds of millions of fans! Raul Seixas, a man who became a myth. The film unveils, through rare images from the archives, family encounters and discussions with artists, producers and friends, the life and path of this rock legend. Raul Seixas died young because he lived intensely. He lived Rock & Roll, Free Love, the Alternative Society, Drugs, Black Magic, Military Dictatorship, Wives, Daughters. The beginning, the end, and the in-between are muddled because the story is still on-going.
The myth is eternal and the myth of rock is... RAUL SEIXAS !
Official Site/Trailer: Click Here
Director Walter Carvalho
Scriptwriter Leonardo Gudel
Art Direction Lulu Continentino
Cinematography Lula Carvalho
Film Editing Pablo Ribeiro
Executive Producer Alain Fresnot and Denis Feijao
Sound Direction Evandro Lima
Producer A.F. Cinema e Vídeo, Elixir Entretenimento
Cast
André Midani, Plínio Seixas, Maria Eugênia Seixas, José Walter Seixas, Waldir de Oliveira Serrão, Olival Dias Viana Filho, Bráulio Tavares, Mariano Lanat, Antônio Carlos de Souza - Carleba, Carlos Eládio Cunha, Mauro Motta, Renato Barros, Paulo César Barros, Jay Vaquer, Edy Star, Tárik de Souza, Simone Andrea Vannoy, Solano Ribeiro, Júlio Medaglia, Roberto Menescal, Marco Mazzola, Paulo Coelho, Nelson Motta, Pedro Bial, Caetano Veloso, Luiz Carlos Maciel, Daniel de Oliveira, Toninho Buda, Glória Seixas - Sky Keys, Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida, Tânia Menna Barreto, Penna Seixas, Raul Seixas Leal de Souza, Cláudio Roberto, Zé Ramalho, Tom Zé, Jom Tob Azulay, Scarlet Seixa, Rick Ferreira, Sylvio Passos, Kika Seixas, Vivian Costa Seixas, Helena Coutinho, Maria Juçá Guimarães, Dalva Borges da Silva, Marcelo Nova, Maurício Camargo Brito, Antônio Soares de Souza.
Awards
- Festival do Rio 2011 (opened the festival)
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2011
Best documentary
Best documentary – choice of public
More
- 22.000 DVDs sold (sales began on August 22, 2012, bluray campaign start on December )
- 4th best selling DVD title of all titles from Paramount Pictures
- 9th best selling DVD of all distributors at the point of sale ( sell thru )
Sunday, December 2 at 11:30AM - Auditorium 3
Synopsis
In a world seething from the vibrations of the bikes from Easy Rider, from the poems of William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, from the counterculture revolution, from the battle to think, act and be free, a little boy from Bahia, impassioned with Elvis Presley, birthed rock & roll in Brazil! An out of control flying saucer that abducted hearts and minds of millions of fans! Raul Seixas, a man who became a myth. The film unveils, through rare images from the archives, family encounters and discussions with artists, producers and friends, the life and path of this rock legend. Raul Seixas died young because he lived intensely. He lived Rock & Roll, Free Love, the Alternative Society, Drugs, Black Magic, Military Dictatorship, Wives, Daughters. The beginning, the end, and the in-between are muddled because the story is still on-going.
The myth is eternal and the myth of rock is... RAUL SEIXAS !
Official Site/Trailer: Click Here
Director Walter Carvalho
Scriptwriter Leonardo Gudel
Art Direction Lulu Continentino
Cinematography Lula Carvalho
Film Editing Pablo Ribeiro
Executive Producer Alain Fresnot and Denis Feijao
Sound Direction Evandro Lima
Producer A.F. Cinema e Vídeo, Elixir Entretenimento
Cast
André Midani, Plínio Seixas, Maria Eugênia Seixas, José Walter Seixas, Waldir de Oliveira Serrão, Olival Dias Viana Filho, Bráulio Tavares, Mariano Lanat, Antônio Carlos de Souza - Carleba, Carlos Eládio Cunha, Mauro Motta, Renato Barros, Paulo César Barros, Jay Vaquer, Edy Star, Tárik de Souza, Simone Andrea Vannoy, Solano Ribeiro, Júlio Medaglia, Roberto Menescal, Marco Mazzola, Paulo Coelho, Nelson Motta, Pedro Bial, Caetano Veloso, Luiz Carlos Maciel, Daniel de Oliveira, Toninho Buda, Glória Seixas - Sky Keys, Euclydes Lacerda de Almeida, Tânia Menna Barreto, Penna Seixas, Raul Seixas Leal de Souza, Cláudio Roberto, Zé Ramalho, Tom Zé, Jom Tob Azulay, Scarlet Seixa, Rick Ferreira, Sylvio Passos, Kika Seixas, Vivian Costa Seixas, Helena Coutinho, Maria Juçá Guimarães, Dalva Borges da Silva, Marcelo Nova, Maurício Camargo Brito, Antônio Soares de Souza.
Awards
- Festival do Rio 2011 (opened the festival)
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2011
Best documentary
Best documentary – choice of public
More
- 22.000 DVDs sold (sales began on August 22, 2012, bluray campaign start on December )
- 4th best selling DVD title of all titles from Paramount Pictures
- 9th best selling DVD of all distributors at the point of sale ( sell thru )
Screening Ventana Sur:
Sunday, December 2 at 4 PM - Auditorium 5
Synopsis
Simone always had relations with women. Until she realized that she needed something more… A film that explores the concept of sexual freedom. A story surrounded by inner questions and uncertainties that call into question the convictions of the protagonist. Based on true events, "Simone" blends elements of fiction and documentary, plays with the theatrical creation and editing, creating a unique world, private and intimate.
Official Site / Trailer: Trailer | Website
Director: Juan Zapata
Cast: Simone Telecchi, Natalia Mikeliunas e Roberto Birindelli
Original language: Portuguese
2012, post production, 90 minutes , HD , Drama
Sunday, December 2 at 4 PM - Auditorium 5
Synopsis
Simone always had relations with women. Until she realized that she needed something more… A film that explores the concept of sexual freedom. A story surrounded by inner questions and uncertainties that call into question the convictions of the protagonist. Based on true events, "Simone" blends elements of fiction and documentary, plays with the theatrical creation and editing, creating a unique world, private and intimate.
Official Site / Trailer: Trailer | Website
Director: Juan Zapata
Cast: Simone Telecchi, Natalia Mikeliunas e Roberto Birindelli
Original language: Portuguese
2012, post production, 90 minutes , HD , Drama
Synopsis
A sensitive drama that occurs in the San Paulo metropolitan area, based on Carmen, a young and pretty physytian, who gets involved with two men while faces a sudden brain tumor.
Para la joven doctora Carmen, el mundocomienza a ser modelado como sus planes. Pero la descubierta de una grave enfermedadcambia su vida para siempre.
Official Site / Trailer: Click Here
Director: Toni Venturi
Cast: Cauã Raymond, Nazareno Casero e Leandra Leal
Awards: Leandra Leal - Best Actress at Brafftv 2012
A sensitive drama that occurs in the San Paulo metropolitan area, based on Carmen, a young and pretty physytian, who gets involved with two men while faces a sudden brain tumor.
Para la joven doctora Carmen, el mundocomienza a ser modelado como sus planes. Pero la descubierta de una grave enfermedadcambia su vida para siempre.
Official Site / Trailer: Click Here
Director: Toni Venturi
Cast: Cauã Raymond, Nazareno Casero e Leandra Leal
Awards: Leandra Leal - Best Actress at Brafftv 2012
