Feature Films – Anima BR

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

Country: Brazil Year: 2012 Duration: 75 mins.

Sinopsys: Winner at Annecy International Animated Film Festival as Best Feature Film in 2013, Rio 2096 – A story of love and fury revolves around the love between an immortal warrior and Janaína, a woman he has been in love with for over six centuries. The couple’s story flourishes, passing through four phases of Brazil’s history: colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, when a war over water takes place in Rio de Janeiro.

Credits:

Director: Luíz Bolognesi

A Story Before a Story

Country: Brazil Year: 2014 Duration: 80 mins.

Sinopsys: Doctor K is an old and wise artist. On one of his usual walks, he finds many tools that, at first sight, look weird, but that will help him unveil the great mysteries of the art of animation technique. But that is not all: the difficult part is to tell a story. In order to do that, Doctor K will have to overcome some conflicts and look for the film’s answer, wherever it may be.

Credits:

Director: Wilson Lazaretti

The Boy and the World

Country: Brazil Year: 2013 Duration: 80 mins.

Sinopsys: Suffering from the absence of his father, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by machine-beasts and strange beings. An unusual animation that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

Credits:

Director: Alê Abreu

Tito and the Birds

Country: Brazil Year: 2018 Duration: 73 mins.

Sinopsys: Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual epidemic starts spreading, making people sick whenever they get scared. Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father's research into bird music. Tito then embarks on an adventure to save the world from the epidemic with his friends. Tito's search for the antidote becomes a search for his missing father and his own identity.

Credits:

Director: André Catoto, Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar