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Aware that the future does not hold many options for her in a riverside community on Marajó Island, 13-year-old Marcielle decides to confront the violent machinery that governs her family and the women in her community.

After her husband's disappearance, Maria Luiza opens a Bossa Nova club in defiance of her normally conservative demeanor.

How many barriers does a champion have to overcome to become the black icon of his generation? Anderson Spider Silva's journey through victories and defeats, in and out of the ring.

Soccer referee, Juarez Gomes da Silva, is a man in love with Brazil's favorite sport. He is assigned to the Copa Libertadores, but his goal is to referee the World Cup's final.

A recently separated Argentinian couple, along with their two teenage children, go on a family vacation to Florianópolis, Brazil, where they become delightfully and problematically involved with the family from whom they rent a house.

Samuel, a failed pastor, offers Reinaldo , now drowning in medical debt , money to be a preacher, sending the atheist Reinaldo down a strange and unlikely path to become a religious leader.

Cida loses her 11-year-old son, Sushi to police violence. Edna is the mother of Digão the policeman who kills the child. Seeking justice and surrender both mothers will face police corruption, the morosity of the justice system.

A middle class young woman, Dora, graduates in architecture and to make ends meet takes a course in flower arranging while also working part-time as a salesperson in a luxury store on Oscar Freire. Dora meets Beto, a lobbyist who wins her attention and after their first date, Dora finds an envelope with money in her bag. Although at first, she is unable to understand why Beto put it there, however, as the money came at an opportune time, Dora pays her bills and from that moment on, her fate into the world of high-class escorts is sealed.

Tom's life changes after he becomes a father and, along with his wife Elisa, he learns the meaning of unconditional love when their daughter is born. A faithful representation of a committed father's relationship with their kids.

In the 2040s, Brazil has divided itself into two countries, North and South, separated by a heavily fortified border. A radical activist seeking to reunify the country makes a daring attempt to cross from one side to the other.

Fralda and Tito only think about enjoying their graduation party. However, for different reasons, the plans for the big night go wrong. To make things better, Tito proposes a trip.

Rio de Janeiro, 1983. in order to pay off his gambling debts and to please the love of his life, Peralta and his happy-go-lucky buddy Borracha decided to commit a striking heist. Curiously enough, nobody truly knows the details of this unbelievable event, until now.

In each episode, Passionates tells a story, in a suspenseful and humorous fashion, of a couple that loves each other intensely. There are all kinds of couples: new, old, square or modern. But what they all have in common is this love that turns into jealousy, hatred and ultimately crime. And in each one of these episodes, Martin is there, at the other side of the bar counter, ready to listen to each person that walks in the bar and tells, play by play, stories of people who love too much.

How can a game of football change a nation's destiny? How can the passion for another country's national team surpass the personal and collective conflicts of everyday life? Now imagine the Five Time World Champion Brazilian team playing with Haiti's national team to promote peace in a country going through a period of atavistic misery. UN troops, led by Brazil, try to maintain peace and order. The informal economy rules the streets. Hunger rages. Only music and faith, seems to keep them alive - and football. In this environment, the presence of the Brazilian National Team served as an excuse for hope and euphoria - and it is important to ask, what other purpose will it serve? What kind of peace can come out of this match? From any perspective, it was a unique encounter, of football with politics, of superstars with simpletons, of countries with similar histories and societies. An inexplicable passion that Haiti feels for Brazil that does not need to be understood, but incorporated. After all - as a common Haitian might say - "After seeing Brazil play, I can die!"

Mario Kubo is a quiet man. Despite being Brazilian he is repeatedly perceived as "the Jap" because of his Japanese descendancy. When a letter arrives from Japan with undeciphered content, Mario Kubo steps out of the last subway at Freedom Station, the oriental neighborhood in São Paulo. Alone, he will start a long journey into the night in search of something that he is not quite sure what it is.

In Sao Paulo, there are some 250 thousand messenger boys on motorbikes. Three die a day, on average. The film addresses the root of the question and follows along with the day-to-day life of five motoboys. The film also shows the drivers' point of view. The director says he decided to broach the subject six years ago when he saw the tremendous growth in the number of messenger boys in town: "I realized that this was the result both unemployment in legal jobs and crazy city traffic, where cars always come first. Nothing more contemporary in Sao Paulo than the motoboys. This is a city that seems to crush human beings in order to grow and the motorboys are it."

Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny. Inside Matraga, the Saint and the Warrior will duel until his time comes.

Raimundo lives quietly in the city, haunted by a violent end to a teenage romance with a male 30 years ago. He befriends transvestite Suzzanny, who teaches him to read. Their friendship helps Raimundo confront his past and move on

Until Death Do Us Part is an original series created by Prodigo alongside A&E that tells the story of the most staggering crimes of passion in Brazil. On each episode, the details of this love-turned-hate stories that wrote, in blood, the history of the country's news and public opinion.

RIO BREAKS is more than just a film about surfing. It follows the story of two best friends, Fabio and Naama, as they navigate their way between the pitfalls of life in the slums and the joys of surfing on their favorite beach. Their goal: to win the contest and become professional surfers. Thirteen-year-old Fabio and 12-year-old Naama live at Favela do Pavao, an enormous slum near Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pavao is home to Commando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, one of Rio's most heavily armed drug gangs. It's the Red Command who sets the rules and regulates life in the community. Their presence is ubiquitous, with armed soldiers constantly patrolling the hills and regulating the various points of sale. Fabio lives in an area of the favela called Vietnam, the poorest and most violent part of the slum. When the police come up looking for traffickers, that's where they look - and shoot - first. Raised by illiterate grandparents, he cannot read or write and is not going to school. Fabio is a prime candidate to join CV and become yet another gun-toting teenager involved in Rio's drugs war. In fact, he already shows worrying signs: mouthing off to the police, bullying some of the younger surfers and threatening Naama. Naama lives around the corner from Fabio. Born under a bridge where he lived until he was three, he and his family moved to the favela 9 years ago. What will happen to these best friends? Will any of them win the contest? Will their own relationship survive Fabio's aggressive personality? Can surfing offer a way out for Fabio or will he follow in the footsteps of his dad and join the drug gang? This is the story of Rio Breaks.

Bebê Mais Cantigas presents the enchanting musical universe and the best Brazilian songs through images of toys, everyday objects and the famous and fun characters of the Bebê Mais series.

COPA HOTEL tells the story of 33-year-old FREDERICO GONZALES (Miguel Thiré), a photographer from Rio who lived abroad for many years and comes back to take ownership over his deceased father's property: a hotel in Copacabana. All kinds of characters, from wealthy guests to boardwalk prostitutes, bring sex stories, humor, drama and romance to the "Copa Hotel", giving shape to a diverse and contemporary mosaic. Dealing with the hotel's desperate financial situation and a Rio de Janeiro that has changed completely, imposing a handful of its own rules would, at first sight, be the greatest challenges for this Brazilian with a foreigner's mindset. However, much like most contemporary men, Fred's main challenge is dealing with himself.