El Lopecito

Synopsis

Isla Guazú, Paraguay, 2001. Located 400 km from Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, López (59), the owner of a small grocery store facing an economic crisis after the opening of a supermarket in the same neighborhood, tries in every possible way to prevent competition from growing. However, he falls into a trap when he turns his empty storage room into a clandestine local card gambling space for the game truco.

Status: rising funds
Production Company: Janus Media SA
Co Production Company: Valkyria Filmes
Associate Production Company: Íris Cinematográfica
Screenplay: Liz Haedo
Screenplay Collaboration: Isa Albuquerque
Country: Paraguay
Language: Yopará (a mix of guaraní and spanish)
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Duration: 120 minutes
Color: Color
Sound: Dolby Digital
Genre: Drama
 

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Clay Men

Synopsis

CLAY MEN is a drama, a kind of Romeo and Juliet with a homosexual focus, that reconstructs the story of hate between two neighbouring families, Tamai’s and the Miranda’s. From this hate, besides the tragedy, blossoms the love between the son of Tamai, Passaro and Angelo, the youngest son of Miranda.


Director: Angelisa Stein
Codirector: Fernando Musa
Screenplay: Fernando Musa, Gonzalo Heredia
Producers: Angelisa Stein, Fernando Musa
Executive Producers: Angelisa Stein, Fernando Musa, Tatiana Sager, Javier Leoz
Producer Company: Valkyria Filmes (Brazil), Dar a Luz Cine SRL (Argentina) 
Associate Producer: Panda Filmes (Brazil)
Distribution: O2 PLAY (Brazil)

TRAILER:
https://youtu.be/-GcVfkTvMf8?si=3fllNG6QoH1Zl10-

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Ipoti-Catu, the Garden of German Immigration

Synopsis

Short Film – Participatory Documentary

Year: 2024
Languages: Portuguese, German and Tupi-Guarani.
Versions available in English, German, and with accessibility features.
Duration: 19'22"

SINOPSYS
This documentary reveals how the arrival of the first Germans, together with Indigenous and Portuguese cultures, shaped a unique cultural identity in Brazil. A testament to the idea that migration is the story of humanity in constant movement.

Youtube https://youtu.be/jsgT6kq5k0Q

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Portrait of Brazil by colonial painters

Synopsis

e-Book que busca revisitar a história do Brasil, desde a época da Colônia até a nossa independência, através da releitura de algumas obras e autores-chave deste período. A política de embranquecimento no país, racismo, imigração e as tentativas de revolução popular são alguns dos temas chave explorados pelos especialistas convidados. 
 
e-Book, História do Brasil, Arte
Idioma: Português  
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Poropopo

Synopsis

Julieta is a teenage clown who lives with her peculiar family: a nomadic circus group. The girl's life changes drastically when her parents decide to leave the circus and try their luck in a nearby town. Always wearing their typical clothes and using a universal language that needs no words, the family faces, with humor and joy, a series of difficulties during the adaptation to this new life.

Author: Denise Bernardes
Direction: Luís Antônio Igreja
Screenplay: Denise Bernardes e Rodrigo Parra
Producers: Denise Bernardes, Gabriela Figueiredo e Rodrigo Parra
Production: Leblon Filmes / Samba Filmes
Associate production: Valkyria Filmes

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Fremd, the FOREIGNER

Synopsis

A passport from the Kingdom of Prussia was found amongst a father's belongings which sparks the search for why the German great-grandfather was forced to migrate to the tropics back in 1873.

The complex and challenging civilization process for the whitening policy that was implemented in Brazil, by the then Portuguese Court, as well as the beginning of migratory movements and its effects they have in todays’ times are themes that are dealt with in this story.
 
 
Direction: Angelisa Stein
Screenplay: Angelisa Stein, Kiti Soares, e Gabriela Paschoal
Iconographic Research: Nataraj Trinta
Historical Research: Marina Ferraz
Producer: Pedro Rosa, Livia Gomes, Angelisa Stein e Ruimara Stein 
Production: Valkyria Filmes
Launching: Ruimara Stein 
Private fundraising: Ruimara Stein 


 
 

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Dolores

Synopsis

DOLORES tells the story of a Scottish woman returning to Argentina after her sister’s death to take care of her eight-year-old nephew, but also attracted by the platonic love of her brother-in-law Jack. This love unfolds in the context of World War II, where the echoes of the war are getting closer and closer and the global dispute between Germans and English is becoming personal when a German descendant Octavio Brandt who, far from being the enemy, seduces Dolores and becomes an unexpected love for her, who now needs to decide between two loves.

Status: Released
Director: Juan Eduardo Dickinson
Executive Producers: Angelisa Stein and Fernando Musa
Coproducers: Valkyria Filmes (Brasil)/Dar a Luz Cine SRL (Argentina)
Distribution: 3C FILMS GROUP (Argentina) / Tucumán & Fenix Distribuidora (Brasil)

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Loop

Synopsis

After his girlfriend’s murder, Daniel, a physics student becomes obssessed with the idea of going back in time to stop the tragedy. He gets consumed by his own obssession and isolates himself until he accidentally finds the solution for time travel. Daniel then gives up his future and returns to the past. However, the only thing that changed was himself and he finds he is caught up in an endless repetition of events. With an elaborated and agile narrative style, and inspired by realistic fictions like “Ex-Machina” and “Inception”, Loop is a film about universal themes, such as love, regret and second chances.

Director and Screenplay: Bruno Bini
Executive Producers: Angelisa Stein, Bruno Bini, Luciana Druzina
Producers: Plano B Filmes, Valkyria Filmes 
Art Consultant: Fernando Meirelles
Co-producers: Globo Filmes, Druzina Content
Distribution: Ello Company

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The Passenger

Synopsis

Before going to work, Rogerio finds an empty pregnancy test pack. Hurry, he says goodbye to his wife and leaves. At the end of the day, he picks up a crowded Kombi to return home and a stray bullet hits his chest fatally. After the tragedy, the Kombi is put up for sale, but nobody wants to buy it until Marcos, who becomes the new owner and puts it back on the streets. 
Supernatural things happen: Marcos sees a figure, a voice alerts him about a car crash on the Rio-Niterói Bridge, he miraculously escapes from an accident and feels a strange presence all the way back home, until he is surprised by the spirit of Rogerio, who communicates with him. Rogério's spirit has no memories of his life, how he died and doesn’t even know his name until the day he sees his wife and daughter in the market. Marcos promotes a heartfelt reunion between them, which will unite all of them forever.

Status: raising funds
Screenwriter: Ismael Aragão
Executive Producer: Angelisa Stein
Producer: Valkyria Filmes
Distribution: Bretz Filmes

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Antarctica, Chronicles from the end of the world

Synopsis

The adventures and challenges faced by an Antarctic explorer accompanying groups of scientists in their research on the frozen continent, in an intimate record, in which the character himself tapes his daily life, his walks on glaciers, and the unique routine of the Antarctic bases.

Status: Raising Funds
Director: Renato Falzoni
Screenplay and editing: Tomaz Cavalieri
Images: Nelson Barreta
Executive Producer: Angelisa Stein
Co-producers: Valkyria Filmes and 10e20 Filmes

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