Movies: André Novais Oliveira

Travel through time without leaving your place....

In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting ...

The story of a family who has their lives crushed by the tragedy of the floods in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)...

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The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the world: it could be anywhere, as long as it's a place where to feel happier....

When you go back home and see that it all seemed much bigger....

A middle-class Black family in Brazil copes with the election of a far-right extremist president. The mother believes that she's cursed after an unexpected encounter, while her husband puts all of his hopes into their son's soccer career....

After having invaded liquid, gaseous and solid substances, a strange voice takes possession of a woman's body and for the first time experiences the taste of something truly human. Together, the voice and the body seek for belonging and an identity o...

Dona Sônia seeks revenge for the death of her only son....

Zeca tries to get up early to catch the bus and arrive an hour and a half later at the neighboring town’s school, where he works as a librarian. Waking up early is evermore difficult: something prevents him from maintaining his routine. One day, Zeca...

A man waits on the top of his house's roof with his friend. They are talking to each other until this friend realises something quite strange....

Another day in the life of an elderly couple in the suburbs....

Bia just turned eighteen. The end of the year is coming and also the ACTs. People at school and Bia’s parents are pressuring her to decide which graduation she will apply for. Bia doesn’t want to do anything....

In 2011, during a blackout in an outskirt neighborhood’s street, a family – surrounded by candles that light conversations and thoughts – awaits the return of electricity. Now, ten years later, the light tries to impose its place towards the shado...

An elderly woman films what she doesn't want to forget....

Luiza will turn 15. Raquel has some dreams....

An event, four people and the city of Contagem....

Maria José Novais Oliveira, a black woman, resident on the outskirts of Contagem, already in her 60s, has become a film actress, with an award-winning career in Brazil and internationally. This documentary recalls the image of a unique woman who mark...

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One day, Renato and Adriano decide not to work. They walk through the streets of Capão, while a film crew steals some shots....