TIME AND THE WIND Based on the epic work by celebrated Brazilian writer Érico Veríssimo, O Tempo e o Vento is set against two centuries of history in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul and is told through the legendary characters Captain Rodrigo, Ana Terra, Bibiana, Pedro Missioneiro, and many others. More Info >>

	DUETTO Amidst his family’s past and events at the San Remo Music Festival, 13-year-old Brazilian Giuliano makes his way toward maturity and adulthood. More Info >>

	MADAME DUROCHER Visitors to the Brazilian National Academy of Medicine are drawn to a photograph of Madame Durocher: with short hair, a moustache and tie. Who was this midwife who lived in Rio de Janeiro in 1815? More Info >>

	FORGETIMINOTI An unusual story, full of twists and turns. After an operation, Ulisses is desperate when he discovers that he is sick and penniless. He meets Forgetiminoti, a beautiful call girl, who proposes a mysterious and life-saving challenge. More Info >>

	THE DREAMS, DREAMS ARE All mammals dream, from mice to men. But why do our brains sleep and dream? Many scientists believe that dreaming is a survival strategy of our species. In other words, if we stop dreaming, we might die. This documentary investigates this important activity of the human brain on film. More Info >>

Nexus Cinema is the producer of Vera by Sergio Toledo (Silver Bear in Berlin, Best Actress in 1987), of the documentary Carandiru.doc, directed by Rita Buzzar and showed by GNT (TV channel paid in Brazil) in prime time, one of the largest audiences of the time, Olga by Jayme Monjardim based on the book by Fernando Morais, Brazilian candidate for an Oscar in 2004, and a box office success, with over three million viewers in cinemas and with over one hundred thousand DVDs sold, and also the successful international co-production Budapest, based on the novel by Chico Buarque. Nexus is currently producing the film Time and the Wind, a new undertaking with director Jayme Monjardim, based on the epic work of celebrated Brazilian writer Érico Veríssimo, Forgetiminoti, to be directed by Roberto Moreira, Duetto, a Brazilian-Italian co-production, to be directed by Marcos Jorge and Madame Durocher, a French-Brazilian co-production.

	BUDAPEST Based on the acclaimed novel by Chico Buarque. In a game of mirrors (two cities, two women, two languages), does ghost-writer José Costa invent or live the things he writes? Are happiness and love possible or are they just a figment of books, beautiful songs, words? More Info >>

OLGA Idealist? Spy trained by the Red Army? Soldier of the Revolution? Romantic? Who was Olga Benário, one of the first victims of the Nazi’s “final solution”? Based on Fernando Morais’ book and real facts, Olga tells the story of a German woman who came to Brazil to be body-guard to the revolutionary Luis Carlos Prestes and ended up falling in love with him. It is a fascinating and disturbing portrait of a woman who believed she could light the world up with her dreams, courage and even her death. More Info >>

	CARANDIRU. DOC Is filmmaking always the making of a lie? This documentary, shot during the filming of Hector Babenco’s feature length Carandiru, addresses questions about what is real and what is fiction in interviews with several of the film’s extras, who were the relatives and friends of inmates killed in the massacre during the 1992 invasion. More Info >>

	VERA Based on real facts, the film tells the story of Vera, an inmate at a youth detention centre, who struggles to build her personality and identity in a hostile world, amidst prejudice towards her homosexuality. The film earned actress Ana Beatriz Nogueira the prize for Best Actress at the Berlin Festival. More Info >>