Rogério Sganzerla Movies

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.

In this short film, Ivan Cardoso records Brazilian film director Rogério Sganzerla sending a message to Brazil.

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

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

Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"

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

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...

Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of acting. Nowadays, she directs independent films. The...

Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.

The short film traces a historical overview of comic book production, focusing here on the Brazilian market.

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to...

A millionaire lives in a sinister cottage where strange events unfold. A damned creature, he transforms himself in a werewolf and leads a following...

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian...

Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Part of it is missing sound and final editing because the director...

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on...

Inspired by "Voyage to the land of Brazil" by Jean de Léry, this short follows the adventures of Nicolas Durand, from Villegagnon, and the...

Documentary about power and class relations in the sociocultural context of Bahia, considering the history of oil extraction in the state.

Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...

Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian...