Hernani Heffner

O País da Pornochanchada (2022)

The son of a filmmaker from the 1960s and 1970s searches for his father's latest unreleased work. In this search, he retells the history of pornochanchada and presents a look at cinema and Brazil. ...

Shadows of Tomorrow (2021)

Searching and digging through the different resolutions that composes Brazilian cinema. ...

Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude (2020)

A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha", the column "Geleia Geral" and the controversial Cinema Novo X Marginal, among other passages important aspe ...

Women's Cinema (2020)

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break with oppression, look after precious archives, play remarkable characters, produce and direct successful fi ...

In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador (2019)

Experimental movie about Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art's Movie Archive (Cinemateca). ...

Até Onde Pode Chegar um Filme de Família (2019)

Reminiscences (1909-26), family film by Ouro Preto filmmaker Aristides Junqueira, collection of the MAM-Rio Cinematheque and Brazilian Cinemateca, is unveiled in his stories and points of view in the form of a filmic essay with archive footage, family scen ...

Aqui de Volta (2018)

Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema (2018)

In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three days, a crowd of young people enjoyed songs by Rita Lee, Angela Ro Ro, Raul Seixas and others. ...

Juliana at the Cinematheque (2017)

Juliana works in a film archive. Busy with the restoration of the pieces, she copes with decay and the constants dilemmas that's involved in film preservation. ...

Filme Reverso (2017)

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century (2017)

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand ...

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração (2014)

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour". ...

Reencontro com o Cinema (2014)

From a screening of "Antes, o Verão" (1968) in the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Artes of Rio de Janeiro, in 2005, "Reencontro com o Cinema" follows the rediscovery of the life and works of filmmaker Gerson Tavares, who hadn't worked with cinema in ...

Onde os Mortos Não Têm Vez (2011)

Remo Usai - Um Músico Para o Cinema (2008)

Que Cavação é Essa? (2008)

A short film that emulates the activities of early Brazilian filmmakers known as "cavadores". ...

Movie Theaters of Rio (2001)

The story of Rio de Janeiro's movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema. ...

Arruma um Pessoal pra Gente Botar uma Macumba num Disco (2023)

A short film on Getúlio Marinho, musician and pioneer on intrudicing Afro-Brazilian religious music in the recording industry. ...

The Editing of the Brazilian Northeast (2023)

In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play "A Invenção do Nordeste", this is a re-editing of Brazilian films essential to the foundation of the Northeastern imagin ...

Women's Cinema (2020)

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break with oppression, look after precious archives, play remarkable characters, produce and direct successful fi ...