Carnaval Movies

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

The Carnival of the Animals returns in a brand new version, directed by Gabriel Alloing, combining music, storytelling, and live visual creations....

During the carnival the painter Marcello, who has just sold a painting, meets his beautiful neighbour Lucy, disguised as Pierette. That very night...

Pelé, a retired nurse, revisits his memories as a performer in the Boi Tira-Teima group from Caruaru, Pernambuco. Between longing for the past...

Short documentary recounting the history of the Santiago de Cuba carnival.

A year in the life of a samba school, from the first rehearsals to the parade on the avenue.

In the traditional carnival of the small town called Las Tablas, there are two rival streets: Up Street and Down Street. A young couple, after an...

The making of the samba school parades, with the construction of the great cars, the decorations being spread all over the city and the hand-crafted...

Every night, a father tells his son a bedtime story. As if by challenge, the child always chooses the same book, with scores, orchestra photos and...

Renilson: Life and Carnival" is a documentary that tells the story of one of the greatest cultural figures in the city of Acari, in Rio Grande do...

Three couples meet in the middle of Carnival, trying to get together in the midst of various conflicts that have the biggest party in Brazil as a...

"The Mystery of the Black Domino" was the first film directed in Brazil by a woman, the pioneer Cleo de Verberena. Marcos and Virgílio are...

The documentary talks a little about the carnival experience that Arlindo Rodrigues had during his more than 25 years of artistic life.