2023-06-24 16:28:59
Twelve films made by students of the Filmworks Course, from Academia Internacional de Cinama (AIC) were selected and are available on the SA la carte streamingof the renowned Petra Belas Artes Cinema.
The cinematographic productions are the result of filming projects developed in the classroom, where students were able to put into practice the knowledge acquired during the course, with the participation of the technical team, largely made up of AIC students.
O A la Carte is a national streaming that was launched in 2019, with a sophisticated curation and a special variety of titles that marked the history of cinema, with works by great directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Bernardo Bertolucci and even contemporary names such as Woody Allen. It also has national productions, including “Verônica”, “Villa-Lobos – Uma Vida de Paixão”, starring Antônio Fagundes and Marcos Palmeira and the classic “Cabra Marcado Para Morrer”, by Eduardo Coutinho.
There are more than 400 titles in the catalog currently, including new and exclusive series, some of them produced by BBC Studios, in addition to monthly film festivals in France, Spain, Switzerland, among others. Now, viewers will have the opportunity to appreciate the following works created by AIC students.
Discover the films:
The Maiden of the Tower, film by Giovanna Borsarini
Bete is a journalist with Alzheimer’s. She lives immersed in the memories she lived in the military regime in Brazil. Reality and the oneiric mix in her daily life and Bete is no longer able to differentiate between what is real and what is not.
Carolina, a film by Camilla Lima; Fernanda Pithan; Felipe Nunes; Jessica Cruz; Natalia Francisca
Migrant, black, from the slums and a single mother, Carolina Maria de Jesus wrote the book “Quarto de Despejo”, a best seller in the 60s. In “Carolina”, the poetess Tula Pilar merges with the story of the writer from Canindé.
Motocas, film by Jorge Henrique Aguiar de Paula
Documentary that shows the lives of app workers and discusses relationships in the world of precarious work.
Dog Times, film by Ronaldo Dimer and Victor Amaro
In an uninhabited São Paulo, real characters resist imminent extinction and the lack of water.
Carnival Sunday, film by Kiko Mazzoni
ILMA is a lady who lives alone, her life is a melancholy wait. Her days are all the same, which makes her confuse a Saturday with a Sunday, the most awaited day, since he nurtures the hopes of visits at his traditional Sunday afternoon coffee. On the same day, a carnival block passes by on her street and the only visitor that appears is APOLO, a reveler who knocks on her door asking to use the bathroom and ends up sitting at Ilma’s table. Carnival and Apolo awaken feelings anesthetized by time in Ilma and Apolo wants more from Ilma than coffee and cake.
Fish, Pizza and Pickaxes – Fish Head, film by Maynard Stuart Farrell
In a dystopian world, Roberto works hard at his bike shop. One day he realizes that he has no cash left and decides to declare bankruptcy. While waiting in the “Fila dos Bankrupt”, he is approached by a “Picareta” lawyer, looking for new “Fish” to extort. She proposes a very bizarre solution to save her company – the payment of her debt, in the currency of “Pizzas”.
1/2 kg, film by Andrea Mendonça
The short film portrays the daily life of a 62-year-old cart driver, Dona Eliana, who lives in a homeless occupation in the city of São Paulo. She dreams of having a computer, and for that she gathers small parts and accessories, as she believes it is the way out of the hard life of carrying weight every day.
Chameleons, film by Camila Jaquiel
Chameleons tells the story of Joana, an aspiring actress who suffers from bipolar disorder, as well as her mother and grandmother. Joana’s grandmother, Dona Ditinha, lives well with the disorder. Her mother doesn’t. Joana still doesn’t know if she will be like her mother or grandmother. Through the letters that Joana writes to her grandmother, the reports of bipolar artists and a documentary about chameleons, we follow the doubts and anxieties of those who live with bipolar disorder.
Archaic, film by Julia Rantigueri
Cida owns an antique shop in São Luiz do Paraitinga. When she realizes that some of her deceased brother’s objects are missing, she leaves the city in an attempt to recover them. In parallel, she takes up the memory of the city along with its history, reformulating questions repressed by the longing she feels for the past.
Arthur and the Infinite, film by Julia Rufino
Arthur and the Infinite tells the story of a family and their conflicts, having their youngest son, Arthur, six years old, diagnosed as autistic. Marina, his mother, assumes the responsibility of devoting all her time to her son and seeking ways to better understand his world, showing the reality of the family’s emotions and feelings.
Root, film by Andressa Matias Carvalho
Maria and Simeon live in a house with cracked walls about to collapse because of a huge tree. The time has come to reap it.
Chronicles of my Silence, film by Silvia Covas, Mary Rodrigues, Aline Pelegrini, Beatriz Pessoa
Intersecting stories. Recognizable silences. A manifesto about violence against women portrayed in three statements based on everyday situations.
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