João Marcos de Almeida

The Intrusion (2024)

The name of Brazil's biggest airport, Guarulhos, references the fact that it was built on indigenous territory. In a blend of realistic and stylised scenes, the film follows a member of the ground staff as she seeks her roots beneath the runway. ...

Sempre o Mesmo (2024)

Real Man (2023)

A boy dreams of being a man like the ones he lusts for. Does the man he becomes live as he imagined? ...

Ingra! (2022)

Ingra's faith is shaken when she realizes she is being haunted by her criminal past. ...

Contravozes (2021)

Vera: Ontem e Hoje (2021)

While Sergio Toledo's film Vera is widely recognized as pioneering for its portrait of a young transgender man struggling to find their place in Brazilian society, its narrative and lead performance by Ana Beatriz Nogueira are perhaps open to scrutiny in t ...

Unlearning to Sleep (2021)

Flávio loses his sexual appetite editing porn videos. José, his husband, is trying to create an equation that determines when humans will colonize Mars. Flávio is focused on a more internal journey, and José is trying to find ways to bring Flávio's lu ...

Won't You Come Out To Play (2020)

On a sunny day during quarantine, in the midst of a global pandemic, Vanessa and Virginia make choices for their lives. ...

A Guerra de Michael (2020)

Negro Leo, recording session. ...

Mulher Oceano (2020)

After relocating to Tokyo, a Brazilian writer begins a new novel, provoked by her experiences in Japan and by one of the last scenes she witnessed in Rio de Janeiro: a female swimmer tearing up the horizon with powerful strokes in the wide, open sea. Those ...

Barbie & Bob (2020)

A young couple spends the night in a motel room in the Brazilian Capital. Amid drugs, drinks, money and whims, they mimic a marriage cerimony, triggering the violence between patriarchy and the Brazilian political elite. ...

This Is Not Dancin Days (2020)

It looks like you're virtual, I haven't seen skin in a while. ...

Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky (2020)

The daily life of a family in which countless factors are disturbing: the father is unemployed, the members need to move house, the mother is abducted, and life continues as if nothing had happened. ...

We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars (2020)

Strike on the red carpet. ...

Fakir (2019)

The feature-length documentary Fakir portrays the success of fakirism in Brazil, Latin America and France. This circus art origin show is presented and analyzed through archives that reveals the success of these presentations with their pain resistance cha ...

A Mulher da Luz Própria (2019)

Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of acting. Nowadays, she directs independent films. The documentary tells some of the History of Brazilian cinema, its political context and Helena's trajectory. ...

Miragem (2019)

For a while, I doubted about what I felt, but the psychiatrist said I din't need any medicine. So, I decided to make a movie from it. I invited my mother and a great actress to participate. It was a ritual of turning into film what I didn't want to be just ...

Tea for Two (2018)

Silvia is a middle-aged filmmaker in crisis with her life. The same night that she is surprised by the visit of the ex-wife, who left her a few years ago, meets another woman who fascinates her. ...

My Calendar Girl (2018)

A film in which dream and reality intertwine, A Moça do Calendário tells the story of inácio, 40, married, without a permanent job. Ex-street sweeper, he works as a mechanic at Barato da Pesada, where he dreams of the calendar girl. ...

Febre (2017)

Marcos returns home after a few years away. ...

Sunday (2015)

A short documentary by Marco Dutra. ...

Desculpa, Dona Madama (2013)

Employee exploited by her employer changes her life by winning the lottery. ...

Poder dos Afetos (2013)

A study that unwraps a paradisiac scenery, reaching the subjects of Brazility and its force in the change of habits, breaking taboos and bringing out a magical and original reality throught its characters. ...

Midnight Therapy (2013)

Short film with Gilda Nomacce and Majeca Angelucci ...

Meu amigo que trabalhou com Manoel de Oliveira, que fez 100 anos (2012)

Eva Nil, Cem Anos Sem Filmes (2009)

Essay on Eva Nil, the first star of Brazilian cinema. ...

A Bela P... (2008)

The human body in 5 parts. ...

Sarau na Cama (2008)

Two women having fun in bed ...

Carne (2008)

A woman finds herself preparing a piece of meat at the kitchen while disturbing scenes are playing on the TV ...

We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars (2020)

Strike on the red carpet. ...

Sunday (2015)

A short documentary by Marco Dutra. ...

Necropolis Symphony (2014)

In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working girl arrives at the cemetery. Together, they must re-register the abandoned tombs, but strange events make the apprentice wonder about the consequences of m ...

A Ópera do Cemitério (2013)

Young gravedigger apprentice Deodato's job is at risk. The other gravediggers doubt his ability to do the work. His uncle Jaca tries to make him appreciate the job, but it's useless: the work distresses Deodato, who has artistic aspirations. He prefers to ...

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit (2012)

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been incarcerated for the last 30 years. ...

A Stem (2007)

Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm. ...