Fernando Meirelles Movies

A story about the lies, treachery and vengeance of a middle-class family living on the outskirts of São Paulo. Four characters try desperately...

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a...

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he...

An epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall — an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight...

The Water Law is a Brazilian documentary that explains the relationship between the new Forest Code and the Brazilian water crisis.

Trinchas and his gang of graffiti taggers risk their lives climbing tall buildings to sign their names up there. When he falls for Valéria -...

This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets...

A film about weddings, professions, children, travel plans and a train that separates it all.

Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap...

Reunion of four reportages made by production company "Olhar Eletrônico" between 1983 and 1986, in which an irreverent reporter, Ernesto...

A unique visual journey through galaxies, deep into the subatomic world of elementary particles, and into the center of the sun. Witness the...

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

The documentary “Comercial” brings a portrait of Brazilian advertising, from the perspective of the production of advertising films, told...

Passages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio...

A poetic vision of the city Brasília.

An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond...