Defiant Movies

Hebe Camargo is one of the most emblematic entertainments in Brazil. At her 60s, she went on to control her own career and, despite the criticism,...

Two tales of migration. In the first, after a tailings dam disaster floods her hometown, rural worker Joana (55) moves to São...

Malu — a mercurial, unemployed actress living with her conservative mother in a precarious house in a Rio de Janeiro slum — tries to deal...

Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her...

The fun and inspiring journey of a woman, from her 8 to 40 years of age, in search of herself and her own pursuit of happiness. When pressured by her...

Judas is the hero and Jesus is the villain in this lewd retelling of the classic Bible story. Depicted through anthropomorphic animals, we see a...

January 1st, 2003. When Brazil celebrates President Lula′s historic investiture, two middle-class, provincial families gather in an old, poorly...

Atmospherically shot in black and white North Circular Road travels the length of the eponymous road exploring the history, music and streetscapes of...

After taking in an abandoned child, Teresa meets Antônio and the two begin a journey on the roads. The common past, for them, is the memories...

In 1876 Bulgaria, a desperate revolutionary must convince a room of suspecting Ottoman soldiers that he is innocent. Based on the history of the...

Some say blood is thicker than water, but in our fictional small town of Cypress, vengeance is bigger than family loyalty when Mayor Ella Johnson is...

The film brings Clarice Lispector’s novel Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres to the current days. In the plot, Lóri is a lonely...

Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever...

We all want to have a family. He is the only one willing to kill to get one

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint –...

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and...

The untold true story: The rise and fall of the greatest funk band ever, Parliament Funkadelic.

Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing...

Documenting the Kapu Aloha movement, as they take a stand to defend Mauna Kea in the wake of the Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

After two years together and a lot of financial planning, Júlio and Daiana finally reach their dream of holding the long-awaited wedding...