João Maria

Deliverance (2023)

A fairly shabby, dark, three-part wardrobe in a hallway: About ten years have passed since Joana Claude suffered sexual violence when it was assembled. Now the time has come to not only disassemble it. Instead, Joana sets out to destroy the artefact of pai ...

Pedro Feels Like Dancing (2022)

After taking the wrong bus, the repressed Pedro gets lost in the city and has his cell phone stolen. The course of his day changes when he meets another guy. Into the night, he experiences new sensations and discovers more about himself. ...

The Best Friend (2013)

Lucas and Felipe spend their first day of vacation together wearing out jokes and hanging out. But beneath this apparent normality, Lucas' heart is burning in fire. ...

ReTrato (2013)

A day in the life of a woman, who upon turning 53, decides to rethink her life, confront herself and the image she has created of herself over the years. ...

Neighboring Sounds (2012)

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil. ...

Dia Estrelado (2011)

In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival. ...

SuperBarroco (2008)

Décimo Segundo (2007)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2006)

A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the ot ...

Eletrodoméstica (2005)

A middle-class family living in a house filled with superfluous electronic appliances see the arrival of a new item, a 29" TV-set. ...

Véio (2005)

On the outskirts of the city of Nossa Senhora da Glória, in the hinterland of the state of Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, we will find an unexpected open-air sculpture park. This unusual "art gallery" is the result of the work of Cícero Alves dos Santos, kno ...

Green Vinyl (2004)

A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one. ...

O Mundo É Uma Cabeça (2004)

The Little Cotton Girl (2002)

The urban legend of the "cotton girl." The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children. ...

Caged In (1997)

Middle class man surrounded by fear and paranoia become prisoner of his own world. ...