Ismail Xavier

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself. ...

Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta? (2010)

The documentary's starting point is the discovery and restoration of a rare and unknown photography reel reproduced from a mutoscope film, made in 1901 in London, about Santos Dumont (1873 – 1932). The work approaches historic and artistic aspects from t ...

Milagrez (2008)

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film. ...

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha (2007)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Age of Earth), including unedited clips taken from the sixty hours of recovered raw footage. ...

Depois do Transe (2006)

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Mar ...

Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema (2005)

A making-of directed by Bodanzky himself, the documentary discusses the language of the film Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica 30 years after it was made, gathering interviews with the authors, actors, critics and the filmmakers themselves. ...

A Classic, Two Home Matches, No Away Game (1968)

Love, sex and death get mixed in a love story between two desperate boys in a big city. ...

De Revolutionibus (1975)

Acaba de Chegar ao Brasil o Bello Poeta Francez Blaise Cendrars (1972)

Reconstitution, through photos, films and texts, of the arrival in Brazil of the poet Cendrars, in 1924. Tributes received, visits throughout the country and the desire to make a "100 percent Brazilian film". Testimonials from figures who lived with the in ...