Helena Ignez Movies

In an old, dilapidated mansion in downtown São Paulo, an old Shakespearean actor exiled from the stage lives with his ghosts. In his bed,...

Employee exploited by her employer changes her life by winning the lottery.

An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.

Three artists from São Paulo - Leda Catunda, Leonilson and Ciro Cozzolino - talk about their work and the rebirth of painting through pop,...

An old man is tired of celebrating his birthday.

Helena Ignez's first film as a director is a homage to American architect and contemporary artist Vito Acconti, who made an urban intervention over a...

A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama.

A study that unwraps a paradisiac scenery, reaching the subjects of Brazility and its force in the change of habits, breaking taboos and bringing out...

The human body in 5 parts.

In rural Brazil, villagers battle wealthy land barons for the sake of their own survival.

Rogério Sganzerla’s lost film. The only existing copy was lost in 1992 and the negatives are lost. It tells about the history of Betty...