Helena Ignez Movies

Brazilian director Julio Bressane directs this religious biography on the life and work of Saint Jerome, the monk who first translated the Bible into...

After being born Georgina in the outback of Bahia, she became known as Diva Rios in São Paulo’s Boca do Lixo and Rio de Janeiro’s...

Marcos returns home after a few years away.

A street vendor who lives in the outskirts of São Paulo returns home at night and does not find her teenager son. After a nonstop search, she...

At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the...

They live, they act, they love. Today they remember, they relive, they live through cinema and life.

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

A fantastic tale in the brutal reality of a slum. The life of a boy with the rare gift of flying. Based on a Will Eisner's story

Guitarist Lanny Gordin was one of the fundamental characters in the transformation of Brazilian music from the 1960s onwards. He electrified Gal...

Extracts is a short film with images from 1970 to 1972 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, London, Marrakech, Rabat and the Sahara Desert...

Employee exploited by her employer changes her life by winning the lottery.

One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.

Short film by Helena Ignez, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine.