Movies: Affectation

After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover....

After awkwardly coming out to her conservative parents, an Asian-American teenage girl takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend. Bursting with colorful animation and kinetic comic book flourishes, EGGHE...

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river....

Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from ...

Alice Segretto is more agitated than ever. The success of her chain of stores Sexy Delícia takes the businesswoman on a tour around the world. Working endlessly, Alice realizes that she has not been able to keep up with her family, which has also gro...

When the fifteen year old Bram meets Florian at a house party, he immediately falls for him. There's only one problem: nobody knows Bram is gay....

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial ti...

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a dead end, he discovers the opportunity to become a football manager by leading some boy from the neigh...

Documentary about three people living in the North part of Rio de Janeiro, in poor neighborhoods: their lives, dreams and intimacy. They don’t know each other, but have one thing in common: they’re rappers, and dream of becoming professional musician...

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends on "the Nickel" of Los Angeles' skid row....

An elegant dinner, which takes place in real time, brings together a group of intellectuals in the early 90s in São Paulo, Brazil: the hosts are the editor of the country's top news magazine and her husband, the company's lawyer, and the occasion is ...

Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married....

After his wife's death, Fernando becomes a quiet and introspective man who raises his son, Daniel by himself. Every night, while the boy is sleeping, Fernando "revives" his wife by touching her clothes and organizing her personal belongings. Paulo do...

After two years together and a lot of financial planning, Júlio and Daiana finally reach their dream of holding the long-awaited wedding party, so that they can finally get married in the church as per the rules. Everything seems to be going well, un...

A thriller set in São Paulo Brazil, about a private security agent who starts to dream of his teeth falling. Somehow those dreams might be related to a string of mysterious deaths around him. Tormented by his dreams he sets on a journey to investigat...

We're all searching for something! Explorer Reed Randle goes deep into the woods on an adventure looking for the "Bigfoot" creature. Lost within himself, can he find meaning again?...

We all want to have a family. He is the only one willing to kill to get one...

Set in a high school navigating Indonesia’s new “Merdeka Curriculum,” this graduation film follows a group of students grappling with the pressures of modern education. As projects pile up and expectations rise, they begin questioning the very system...

A sensitive drama located in São Paulo, Brazil, about a young doctor who gets involved with two men and a homeless community at the same time....

When an 80 year old intellectual is confronted with issues of old age and death, she reminisces the death of her mother that happened 30 years earlier. With dialogue inspired by Simone de Beauvoir mixed with contemporary dance, the cycle of life is e...