Hernani Heffner Movies

Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material;...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha",...

The son of a filmmaker from the 1960s and 1970s searches for his father's latest unreleased work. In this search, he retells the history of...

In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three...

In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play “A...

As a young archivist labours on the reassembly of a long-lost film print, her emotional life spirals into a tumultuous state that is mirrored in the...

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".

A short film that emulates the activities of early Brazilian filmmakers known as "cavadores".

Luíza documents the relocation of the collection of film documents at the Cinemateca do MAM (RJ). However, things start to get strange when...

A short film on Getúlio Marinho, musician and pioneer on intrudicing Afro-Brazilian religious music in the recording industry.

Searching and digging through the different resolutions that composes Brazilian cinema.

Experimental movie about Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Modern Art's Movie Archive (Cinemateca).

Juliana works in a film archive. Busy with the restoration of the pieces, she copes with decay and the constants dilemmas that's involved in film...

From a screening of "Antes, o Verão" (1968) in the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Artes of Rio de Janeiro, in 2005, "Reencontro com o...