Movies: André Novais Oliveira

Maria José Novais Oliveira, a black woman, resident on the outskirts of Contagem, already in her 60s, has become a film actress, with an award-winning career in Brazil and internationally. This documentary recalls the image of a unique woman who mark...

The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier....

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Andre and Elida are dating for a short time. In real life and in fiction....

The story of a family who has their lives crushed by the tragedy of the floods in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)...

Zeca tries to get up early to catch the bus and arrive an hour and a half later at the neighboring town’s school, where he works as a librarian. Waking up early is evermore difficult: something prevents him from maintaining his routine. One day, Zeca...

With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who l...

Bia just turned eighteen. The end of the year is coming and also the ACTs. People at school and Bia’s parents are pressuring her to decide which graduation she will apply for. Bia doesn’t want to do anything....

In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting ...

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Luiza will turn 15. Raquel has some dreams....

An event, four people and the city of Contagem....

A man waits on the top of his house's roof with his friend. They are talking to each other until this friend realises something quite strange....

Sandra waits to be called up for Saturday's game, waits for dinner with her father, waits for the appointment....

Another day in the life of an elderly couple in the suburbs....

Faced with the imminence of the end of the world, a group of friends travel to a place to spend their last moments together....

When you go back home and see that it all seemed much bigger....

An elderly woman films what she doesn't want to forget....

In 2011, during a blackout in an outskirt neighborhood’s street, a family – surrounded by candles that light conversations and thoughts – awaits the return of electricity. Now, ten years later, the light tries to impose its place towards the shado...