Erotique (1994)

Director: Clara Law, Lizzie Borden, Monika Treut, Ana Maria Magalhaes

Starring: Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Priscilla Barnes, Marianne Sagebrecht, Camilla Soeberg, Mic...

This erotic film compilation, told from the female perspective, features four separate vignettes by four award-winning international directors. Lizzie... Read more

Favela Rising (2005)

Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary

Starring: Anderson Sa

Anderson Sa grew up in the slums, or favelas, of Rio de Janiero. Tormented by the murders of his family and many friends, this former drug trafficker... Read more

The Miracle of Candeal (2004)

Director: Fernando Trueba

This music-soaked documentary is set in Candeal, a favela or shanty town in Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, where Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes goes in searc... Read more

City of Men: The Complete Series (2002)

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Philippe Barcinski, Regina Case, etc

Starring: Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha

Following the outstanding success of the Oscar-nominated 'City of God', the same team made this incredible 9-part series for Brazilian television. Fi... Read more

Bus 174 (2002)

Director: Jose Padilha

On June 12, 2000 a lone gunman, seemingly insane or drugged, hijacked a bus in Rio de Janeiro as authorities - and television cameras - surrounded the... Read more

Moro No Brasil (2002)

Director: Mika Kaurismaki

Starring: Walter Alfaiate, Grupo Fethxa, Grupo Gleetwtxya, Children Fulni-o

To many of us Brazilian music and the Bossa Nova are one, but in this wonderful documentary Mika Kaurismaki pretty much ignores this genre in favour o... Read more

Madame Sata (2002)

Director: Karim Ainouz

Starring: Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques, Emiliano Queri...

Born to slaves in the arid wasteland of Northern Brazil and sold by his mother at the age of seven, Joao Francisco pursued his freedom on the mean str... Read more

Carandiru (2003)

Director: Hector Babenco

Starring: Rodrigo Santoro, Milton Goncalves, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Maria Luisa Mendonca...

Carandiru, Brazil's largest correctional facility. Built to house 3,000 inmates, it is home to over 7,000 murderers, rapists, drug addicts and crimina... Read more

City of God (2002)

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund

Starring: Seu Jorge, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Douglas Silva

Celebrated with international acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous awards at festivals around the world. The str... Read more

Behind the Sun (2001)

Director: Walter Salles

Starring: Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Rodrigo Santoro

Walter Salles ("Central Station") helmed this powerful drama set in the Brazilian badlands in 1910, where a feud between two families boils over into... Read more