Admiring Movies

History repeats itself, as a mother watches her daughter become enveloped in the world of theatre, causing a rift to grow between the two.

GRAMMA & GINGA: THE MOVIE is a 30-minute documentary film that tells the story of these two beloved internet superstars. This intimate portrait...

Based on the well-known poem by Jayme Caetano Braun, Bochincho, O Filme tells the story of an old man who, together with business partners, evokes...

More people have traveled to space than have summited K2, the world’s second-highest peak that’s considered by many to be the...

A documentary about the first person in world history to row a boat across the Pacific Ocean from South America to Asia. The expedition lasted 715...

In 1519, the Portuguese captain Fernão de Magalhães ventured to travel and ended up proving that the Earth was round. In 1997, the...

This is the story of Vicente, a successful, married, economist with a nine-year-old son. It also tells the story of Antônio, the same man,...

Desperate for connection, David digs up his brother’s corpse. With their trusty red wagon, they ascend a treacherous mountain in pursuit of...

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...

Robert's entire life revolves around his passion: his job as a burglar. When a film crew wants to make a documentary about his daily life, he accepts...

To punish her son, a mother hires a monster to take him away. She pays the monster and waits for the return of a statue made from her son's body...

The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond...

Years of pent-up dissent turned into an igniting spark at Istanbul University's Beyazıt Campus. The moment that police barricade was torn down,...

The grandfather of a former child star decides to become a superhero. The angst grandson will need to become a superhero's sidekick in order to help...

A trucker wants to go independent and buy his own truck, in the process of doing so, he'll find out that not everyone is as nice as they pretend to...

Atmospherically shot in black and white North Circular Road travels the length of the eponymous road exploring the history, music and streetscapes of...