Understated Movies

Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about...

A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while unknown forces also work to provide them with...

After his wife's death, Fernando becomes a quiet and introspective man who raises his son, Daniel by himself. Every night, while the boy is sleeping,...

Gosha is a trucker who carries goods to the remote Northern parts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Together with food, he brings burnt vodka to...

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little...

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to...

Kelly is an electronic forró singer in search of ascension. She does shows in the backlands of Brazil, but does not have many opportunities....

The story of a father and son told through the making of two sandwiches.

Close friends Alex and Yan Bo, eighth graders, cram for a test in a prestigious prep school. Once they’re accused of cheating off of one...

In this reenactment of a propaganda documentary, a woman is falling prey to the role assigned to her in slow motion. Upon her arrest, diplomat...

Short film based on how the Big city dreams look like and how they actually are !

The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they...

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a...

The friendship of two young women is put to the test when one of them becomes unintentionally pregnant and the other one proposes raising the baby...

Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz and went on to make suits for U.S. presidents and stars. Now, at...

A widow living alone develops an affectionate bond with young man hired by her children to assist her at home and offer her companionship.

In the halls of power, a minister has fallen from grace. Government agent Beckett recruits a deadly operative Richards with a dubious past to restore...

A little kid-ghost called Pluft lives with his ghost-mother and ghost-uncle, in a remote house in a desert island. He doesn't even believe people...

In the weeks leading to Allie moving across the country, her best friend Jacob reckons with life without her in this intimate story of leaving and...

An archival footage compilation exploring the nature of youth, and the passage of time.