Jonathan Haagensen

Welcome to the world's most notorious slum: Rio de Janeiro's 'City of God.' A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where Police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. This is the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and ultimately may be his only way out. [Original Release 2002] (Miramax)

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas. (imdb)

Rio de Janeiro in the 30s. Noel Rosa is a funny guy with a twisted chin from the district of Vila Isabel. Middle-class and white, he writes poems and plays in a local band. He studies medicine but prefers the friendship of black guys from the favelas, factory girls and hookers. His friend Ismael Silva, a composer, introduces him to the world of samba and when challenged to compose he writes Com que roupa?, a parody of the Brazilian national anthem which becomes a magnificent success... (imdb)

The story of Dilson, Dada and Denis, three inseparable friends, the hill dwellers of Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro. The story of Jonathan, Thaísa and Jesus, three residents of Vidigal actors who participate in a short mertragem.

Focused on a friendship for 24 hours, traces the reunion of three childhood friends who grew up together: Jaiminho, a football player on the rise abroad, Pibe, a realtor and Macu, the young protagonist who remains in the neighborhood, flirting with crime.

In Copabacana, the pothead surfer Paulo Roberto is the son of a politician with a dysfunctional family that spends the day surfing and smoking grass. The family maid has a son, the smalltime drug dealer China, who spends most of the time in the beach with Paulo. On the streets, the boy Waldick has just arrived from the country of Minas Gerais and idolizes the successful TV entertainer Fúlvio Fontes, who worked as a street vendor when was a boy. (imdb)

Dramatic fiction series loosely inspired by an investigation of alleged corruption in Brazil's private and state oil companies and construction companies. (imdb)

In a city where citizens are monitored 24/7, a tech employee must outsmart her surveillance drone in order to investigate a murder. (imdb)