Manas
A 13 year old girl in a remote village in the Amazon tries to escape a cycle of abuse. Developed from 10 years of research, documentary filmmaker Marianna Brennand’s first narrative feature explores unspoken truths and networks of complicity.
Rural stories
Abril Despedaçado / Behind The Sun
One of the earliest feature films from Walter Salles (I’m Still Here), this is a dreamy, parched meditation on the wasteful futility of revenge.
O Último Azul / The Blue Trail
No country does a road movie like Brazil – especially when the open road is the Amazon river.
Bacurau
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s delirious genre-bender is a modern classic, escalating from thoughtful social drama to weird, ultraviolent revenge Western.