Sesc Movies

Through the investigation of crimes committed by Brazilian politicians, a vigilante officer encounters an unlikely love and is faced with the recurring question of our imagination as a nation: is there anyone who is not corruptible in this country?

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

Short documentary about the female "cartazistas" working across Brazil. Produced for the 2025-26 exhibition "Letras & Filetes: Memória Afetiva e Latinidades".

"Louceiras" portraits the daily life of the last ceramists of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kariri-Xocó, who earn a living from clay. They inherit a tradition passed from mother to daughter concerning the art of choosing, manufacturing and cooking clay...

Between Oswaldo Cruz and Marechal Hermes, Vera Caju and Julia Dutra journey through the beating heart of Rio’s suburbs. In kitchens, along train tracks, at dance halls and across encounters between generations, flavors, music, bodies, and memory converge, reve...

Between what we plan and what we actually experience, what is left? Resíduos translates the constant equation between our expectations and reality through movement, telling stories of how humanity copes with the memories of the past, the actions of the present...

Short documentary about the "filetagem" style of painting in São Paulo. Produced for the 2025-2026 exhibition "Letras & Filetes: Memória Afetiva e Latinidades".

The short film transports us to a typical day in the heart of Sorocaba, revealing the vibrant pulse of the city center through the eyes of its workers. From sunrise to the frenetic hustle of daily life, we follow a water vendor who crosses paths with street se...