Memória em Verde e Rosa

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

2016-06-06 | pt

Het Geheim van Carnaval

2023-02-14 | nl

As Philarmonicas

1975-05-01 | pt

Porto de Origem

2024-12-05 | pt

Ijó Dudu: Memórias da Dança Negra na Bahia

2022-10-28 | pt

Selma - Ocupação Luisa Mahin

2018-01-01 | pt

Meditação de Carnaval

2008-01-01 | pt

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália.

2024-04-25 | pt

A Última Vanguarda

70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the dissemination and development of Bahia gave rise to an artistic vanguard that still impacts Brazilian culture today.

2024-03-19 | pt

O Carnaval é de Pelé

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.

2025-03-21 | pt

The Miracle of Candeal

The story of the Candeal favela in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where musician Carlinhos Brown carries out social and cultural initiatives that protect and enrich the lives of its inhabitants every day.

2004-09-30 | es

Nossa Escola de Samba

A year in the life of a samba school, from the first rehearsals to the parade on the avenue.

1965-01-01 | pt

O Cristo de Vitória da Conquista

1980-01-01 | pt

Ocupar e Resistir - O coração do Centro Histórico

2023-08-12 | pt

Alegria, Viva o Bloco Não é Não

2024-06-27 | pt

Fubica

Discover the captivating origins of an iconic little pickup from the 1960s that was transformed into a 'triozinho' and captured the hearts of countless 'foliões' during Carnaval. Through heartfelt memories, interviews, and breathtaking landscapes, this documentary, directed by Daniel Bittencourt, beautifully reveals how a group of passionate music lovers gave birth to one of Linhares’ most cherished cultural symbols, straight from Vila de Regência.

2025-06-20 | pt

Deixa O Samba Me Levar

2025-06-24 | pt

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women.

2010-01-21 | en

Sonho de um Carnaval

2003-10-29 | pt

This Is Bate Bola (Somos Melhor Que Tem)

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro during its world famous Carnival, far from the beach and the touristic clichés, there is an explosive contest between neighbourhoods. This old form of carnival features teams of futuristic gladiators that are a surreal mixture of play and menace. A tradition that has its roots in ancient European carnival traditions and in African rituals, they look like visitors from another planet.

2019-03-15 | pt