Daniela Thomas

Tuã Ingugu (Water Eyes) (2019)

In the Kalapalo cosmogony (an ethnic group that lives in the Xingú Indigenous Park), water is as old as humans and is the source of life. That is where all their sustenance comes from, their food, their drink, their joy. The idea of using water as a dumpster, of poisoning water is a dystopia. In this documentary Chief Faremá —from Caramujo village on the banks of the Kuluene River— tells us about the ...

Runtime: 11 min.

Directed by: Daniela Thomas

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O Banquete (2018)

An elegant dinner, which takes place in real time, brings together a group of intellectuals in the early 90s in São Paulo, Brazil: the hosts are the editor of the country's top news magazine and her husband, the company's lawyer, and the occasion is the wedding anniversary of the magazine publisher and his wife, a famous theater actress. The publisher has written an open letter to the president of the ...

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Daniela Thomas

Stars: Drica Moraes | Caco Ciocler | Rodrigo Bolzan | Bruna Linzmeyer | Georgette Fadel

Vazante (2017)

Brazil 1821. Upon his return to the imposing farmhouse, Antonio, a rich cattle herder, finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. A restless soul, he returns to droving, leaving his young wife behind alone with the slaves.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Daniela Thomas

Stars: Adriano Carvalho | Sandra Corveloni | Juliana Carneiro da Cunha | Luana Nastas

Sunstroke (2010)

In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short stories, the plots weave and unravel together in the improbable city of Brasilia – a distorted mirror-image of the Soviet utopia – located in ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Daniela Thomas | Felipe Hirsch

Stars: Simone Spoladore | Paulo José | Maria Luísa Mendonça | Leonardo Medeiros | Leandra Leal

Stories on Human Rights (2008)

20 short films about human rights.

Runtime: 60 min.

Directed by: Runa Islam | Walter Salles | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Daniela Thomas | Jia Zhangke | Shira Geffen | Etgar Keret | Pablo Trapero | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Charles de Meaux | Abderrahmane Sissako | Jasmila Zbanic | Sergei Bodrov | Murali Nair | Ange Leccia | Bram Schouw | Dominique Gonzales-Foerster | Pipilotti Rist | Saman Salur | Francesco Jodice | Sarkis | Armagan Ballantyne | Teresa Serrano | Marina Abramović | Hany Abu-Assad

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Linha De Passe (2008)

In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Walter Salles | Daniela Thomas

Stars: Vinícius de Oliveira | Sandra Corveloni | Kaique Jesus Santos | Ana Luiza Garritano | Geraldo Rodrigues

Paris, je t'aime (2006)

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Vincenzo Natali | Bruno Podalydès | Joel Coen | Ethan Coen | Gus Van Sant | Tom Tykwer | Daniela Thomas | Nobuhiro Suwa | Oliver Schmitz | Walter Salles | Alexander Payne | Richard LaGravenese | Christopher Doyle | Gérard Depardieu | Alfonso Cuarón | Olivier Assayas | Frédéric Auburtin | Gurinder Chadha | Sylvain Chomet | Wes Craven | Isabel Coixet

Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Natalie Portman | Willem Dafoe | Steve Buscemi | Axel Kiener

Midnight (1998)

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.

Runtime: 75 min.

Directed by: Walter Salles | Daniela Thomas

Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele | Fernanda Torres | Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Foreign Land (1996)

After the death of her mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Daniela Thomas | Walter Salles

Stars: Laura Cardoso | Fernanda Torres | Fernando Alves Pinto