Décio Pignatari

Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes (2018)

From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career. ...

Hi-Fi (1999)

A deep dive into the history of São Paulo's avant-garde poetry movement, starting from fragments of the works of poet Augusto de Campos. A collage of rare scenes shows a long trail of comradery between avant-garde poetry and experimental cinema. ...

Saturday (1995)

On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. ...

Noigandres - Poetas de Campos e Espaços (1992)

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália (1992)

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28. ...

A Embaixatriz do Samba (1991)

Infinita Tropicália (1986)

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never ...

O Gigante da América (1980)

A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown. ...

HO (1979)

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Hélio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés. ...

The Universe of Mojica Marins (1978)

A film portrait of Jose Mojica Marins. ...

A Marca do Terrir (2005)

Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)" ...

Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes (1989)

Piconzé (1972)

In the small village known as Vila do Vale Verde live three great friends: the young Piconzé, the parrot Papo, and the pig Chicão. The three lead a peaceful and quiet life in the small community where they live, but one day, everything changes: Bigodão, ...