Carambolas Produções

Based on the historical fact of the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to Rio de Janeiro in 1808, Cidade Invisível proposes an upside-down archeology when questioning the myth of the Marvelous City and the irreverence of the Carioca.

The memories of the trip made by the couple of artists Cavi Borges and Patrícia Niedermeier are transformed into an essay film. The scenery consists of landscapes located in Brazil, the United States, Germany, Syria, France and Hungary, where a series of choreographies and other performances created by the two are recorded.

A feature documentary on the life and work of Brazilian conductor, teacher, musicologist and composer José Siqueira. Founder of some of the most important Brazilian orchestras, including the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra, Siqueira was part of the 3rd. nationalist generation of Brazilian composers who used folklore as a source of inspiration and emphasized their northeastern roots in their work. An artist and leader of the musical class who showed the world the strength and diversity of Brazilian culture and who remains unknown in his own country after having his history erased by the Brazilian military dictatorship.