Hugo Carvana Movies

The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking...

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on...

Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only...

Ox carts are still part of the landscapes of the Brazilian badlands, in a mixture of usefulness and poetry. Filmed in Volta Grande, in the Zona da...

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation...

In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the...

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Brazilan writer Jorge Amado and his everyday life.

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin....

When major drug-dealer Boca de Ouro dies, a reporter interviews his ex-lover, now married with children and living in a poorhouse, to try to...

The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.

A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power...

Documentary about Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças

When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by...

A Journalism intern makes her first report in a public office, getting lost in the bureaucratic intricacies.

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.