Helena Ignez Movies

The narrative takes place in 1888 and tells the story of Lenita, a young woman, raised by her father, with an educated background, who disregards the...

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...

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

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...

The human body in 5 parts.

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...

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

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

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.

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

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.