Helena Ignez Movies

Ugly, Me? is a film manifesto made from a workshop for actors called Characters in Search of a Movie, in 'La pa', 'Rio De Janeiro', extended to Paris...

The naive sailor Ron arrives in Bahia to visit the famous Água dos Meninos street market. There, however, he is passed behind by the...

Jean feels trapped in the logic of longevity that the pharmaceutical industry imposes on him and decides to plan a conscious suicide. He invites...

A self-portrait short film by veteran Brazilian filmmaker Sylvio Lanna.

Short film by Helena Ignez, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine.

Ana, a Portuguese actress, dives into Brazil's current atmosphere of identity and political crisis while trying to portray in a feature film the...

A projectionist at a porn cinema in downtown São Paulo, makes his first film in Super8, an essay about the failure of a lifetime. The scenes...

Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Bandit".

Brazilian director Julio Bressane directs this religious biography on the life and work of Saint Jerome, the monk who first translated the Bible into...

Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the...

One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.

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...

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