Neville D'Almeida

Tiro Certo - Rio em Chamas (2025)

The film brings the story of Benito Terranova, a sniper on the edge of the psychological abyss who faces organized crime to do justice. ...

Com as Próprias Mãos (2023)

Police reporter Luarlindo Ernesto is the only eyewitness to the creation of the death squad, the first Brazilian extermination group. 60 years later, young journalist Yasmin Santos researches the origins of the militia in Rio de Janeiro and, upon discoveri ...

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio! (2023)

23 years in the making, "Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!" is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and controversial artist and public figure, as told by the testimonies of friends, family, and society members who hate him. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Os Espetaculares (2020)

An egotistical stand-up comedian fights with a spectator and gets fired. To be able to pay his son's pension, he decides to participate in a comedy group contest. Now he will need to work harmoniously with the rest of the team. ...

Ivan, the TerrirBle (2020)

Ivan Cardoso is the inventor of the terrir, a subgenre that mixes comedy, Brazilian chanchadas and classic American horror. This film promotes a rescue of his work by mixing archival material, animations and fictional reconstructions. ...

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos (2019)

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material. ...

Dunas do Barato (2017)

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen. ...

Pitanga (2016)

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and ...

Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu (2013)

The theatrologist, actor, director and overall polemist Plínio Marcos gets his life traced through images of the many spectacles he has put on interviews from various moments in his life, from the most rebellious and marginal, when he lacked resources for ...

Ecos de Cannes (2008)

Milagrez (2008)

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

Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas (2006)

A Marca do Terrir (2005)

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

Luz-Lux-Lúcia (2005)

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia. ...

A Miss e o Dinossauro (2005)

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970. ...

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues. ...

Razor in the Flesh (1997)

The story of three characters in a brothel room: the prostitute Neusa Sueli, the gigolo Vado and the homosexual Veludo speak of their lives and expose their marginality. ...

Dib (1997)

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema. ...

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? (1991)

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991)

In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes. ...

Sermões (1989)

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times ...

Moon Over Parador (1988)

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse... to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees o ...

Areias Escaldantes (1985)

In the near future, in the country of Kali, a group of young terrorists carry out robberies, kidnappings and murders under the orders of a mysterious big boss known as "Entity" and are pursued by the pompous and inefficient Special Police. ...

Noite (1985)

Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of police officers about the barbaric murder of a socialite. Without recognizing himself in the documents he carries in his pocket, he wanders through the underwo ...

The Brazilwood Man (1982)

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half. ...

Horror Palace Hotel (1978)

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not. ...

Cosmococa (1973)

In 1973, exiles from Brazil during the military dictatorship, artist Hélio Oiticica and filmmaker Neville D'Almeida lock themselves in an apartment in Manhattan and fantasize a series of iconic sensory installations called quasi-cinema - experience blocks ...

New York, 70s (1973)

Experimental short film, shot in Super 8. ...

Mangúe-Bangúe (1971)

The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a runaway stockbroker, "Mangue-Bangue" is the paradigmatic expression of the post-1968 spirit of desbunde, t ...

No Way, Spider (1970)

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on the mental underdevelopment of Brazilian elites, in which black humor sets the tone for sharp criticism. ...

Garden of War (1969)

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead. ...

The Angel Was Born (1969)

Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follow ...

The Red Light Bandit (1968)

Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent t ...

Hunger for Love (1968)

An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about ...

BLABLABLÁ (1968)

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen. ...

Bye Bye Amazonia (2023)

Neville D'Almeida's "Bye Bye Amazônia" tackles on the problems that plague the world's biggest rainforest and its native people. ...

Obsessão (2022)

Era Uma Vez Babu (2021)

An experiment of poetic fiction involving the personality of an important actor in an abstract vision, that goes through past, present and future. ...

Humanos Causa (2019)

A loose adaptation of a scene from a theatre play written and directed by Thiago Justino, "Humanos Causa" shows the people of a city reclaiming their rights. ...

O Poder Negro (2018)

An excerpt from Neville D'Almeida's debut feature "Jardim de Guerra" (1968), focusing on the Black Power speech made by a character played by Antonio Pitanga. ...

The Cold Front Brought by the Rain (2016)

A group of playboys organizes the last party of the year in a slum before the change in weather. And for this night, beyond the usual drugs, alcohol and sex, they will receive special guests: an addict that uses and is used by the group, a country singer w ...

Planeta Gigóia (2012)

A poetic film essay on Gigoia Island, Rio de Janeiro, and its people, fauna and flora. ...

Boa Noite Cinderela (2010)

An encounter between a young woman and an older man ends up in an unexpected way. ...

Maksuara – Crepúsculo dos Deuses (2007)

The tragic story of the misery and abandonment Brazilian indigenous populations have been suffering for over the last 500 years. Maksuara chronicles the wisdom of indigenous people, who live in perfect harmony with nature without destroying or damaging it. ...

O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Receita de Sedução (2007)

A woman teaches her techniques on how to seduct over men. ...

O Diário Secreto de Jane Joy: Calcinha (2007)

A woman explains her distaste for the use of underwear. ...

A Voz do Provocador — Parte 1: Os Artísticos (2006)

In a monologue, a man expresses his distaste for the artistic community. ...

A Voz do Provocador: Internacionalização da Amazônia (2006)

In a monologue, a man expresses his views over the international selling of the Amazon rainforest. ...

A Voz do Provocador - O Ouro Roubado (2006)

In a monologue, a man explains his thoughts on the exploitation of Brazil's native people's resources. ...

Luz-Lux-Lúcia (2005)

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia. ...

A Água, a Mulher e o Regador (2005)

Experimental short, focusing on both a woman and a watering can sharing the same swimming pool. ...

Acquawater (2005)

An experimental short film directed by Neville D'Almeida, based on the ambience of Cosmococa CC4, one of the installations planned by the filmmaker in partnership with visual artist Helio Oiticica. ...

Hoje É Dia de Rock! (1999)

An adaptation of Marcos Vinicius Faustini's rendition of José Vicente's eponymous 1971 play, a story that deals with the five children of Pedro Fogueteiro, who all live in a small town in the state of Minas Gerais and decide to go on a journey to find abo ...

Razor in the Flesh (1997)

The story of three characters in a brothel room: the prostitute Neusa Sueli, the gigolo Vado and the homosexual Veludo speak of their lives and expose their marginality. ...

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991)

In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes. ...

Rio Babilonia (1982)

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars ...

Música para Sempre (1980)

The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in September 1978 and reunited musicians, composers and singers from all around the world. ...

The Seven Kittens (1980)

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a h ...

Lady on the Bus (1978)

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Cosmococa (1973)

In 1973, exiles from Brazil during the military dictatorship, artist Hélio Oiticica and filmmaker Neville D'Almeida lock themselves in an apartment in Manhattan and fantasize a series of iconic sensory installations called quasi-cinema - experience blocks ...

New York, 70s (1973)

Experimental short film, shot in Super 8. ...

Mangúe-Bangúe (1971)

The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a runaway stockbroker, "Mangue-Bangue" is the paradigmatic expression of the post-1968 spirit of desbunde, t ...

Piranhas no Asfalto (1971)

Garden of War (1969)

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead. ...