What are the most anticipated Brazilian films for the end of 2024 and the year 2025 is what we will try to present to you, lover of national cinema. The month of October brings with it important industry events such as Expocine 24 and also the São Paulo Film Festival 2024, where the best of the Brazilian production of this art form is presented.
See the list of the 8 most anticipated Brazilian films 2024/2025
Like every list, it won’t be unanimous, but we will certainly try to bring the best of what national cinema is producing. And let’s start with one of the most anticipated films, without a doubt:
1. Or Car from Compadecida 2
After the film “O Auto da Compadecida”, released in 2000, Selton Mello and Matheus Nachtergaele return to their roles as Chicó and João Grilo, meeting again 20 years later in the legendary city of Taperoá.
Virginia Cavendish returns as Rosinha and Enrique Diaz plays Joaquim Brejeiro. The cast also includes Taís Araújo, Humberto Martins, Luis Miranda, Eduardo Sterblitch and Fabiula Nascimento.
The direction is entrusted to Guel Arraes and Flávia Lacerda, the production is by Conspiração and H2O Films. The screenplay is once again inspired by the work of Ariano Suassuna. The film will premiere on December 25. Look at the trailer.
2. I’m still here
The film that represents Brazil at the 2025 Oscars obviously deserves to be on the list. Directed by Walter Salles, the film stars Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro and Selton Mello. Furthermore, it has achieved acclaim abroad, starting from the Venice Film Festival, where it won the award for best screenplay for Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega.
It is based on the book by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, with the story of his mother. Fernanda Torres appears with the possibility of winning the best actress award, let’s wait. The film will premiere on the Brazilian circuit on November 7.
3. MMA – My best friend
Disney, in his participation in the presentations at the Expocine 24 event, was also present Marcos Mion, protagonist of the film “MMA – My Best Friend”, released in theaters in January 2025. In the film, Max Machadada (Marcos Mion), considered the greatest champion of world championship, faces the decline of his career, while recovering from a serious shoulder injury that keeps him away from the ring for a few years.
4. Malu
by director Pedro Freire and co-produced with TvZero and RioFilme, presented in January at the Sundance Festival premiere and winner of the award for best fiction feature film at the Rio Film Festival, stars Yara de Novaes as an unstable woman who lives with her mother conservative, played by Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, in a Rio de Janeiro favela as she tries to deal with the strained relationship with her adult daughter, played by Carol Duarte, amidst memories of her glorious artistic past.
In addition to the award for best feature film at the Rio Film Festival, director Pedro Freire won the award for best screenplay, Yara de Novaes won the award for best actress and Carol Duarte and Juliana Carneiro da Cunha shared the award for best non-fiction actress hero. The film will be released on October 31, 2025.
5. The legacy
“The Legacy” is a horror film directed by João Cândido Zacharias, with whom Tatiana shares the original idea, which tells the events arising from the return to Brazil of a young man, played by Diego Montez, who has just lost his mother and he discovers that he is the only heir to a house that belonged to a grandmother he never met. Premiering this October in Rio, it will then be released nationwide.
In this house, the young man’s boyfriend, played by Yohan Levy, suspects that something evil is hidden under the facade of a peaceful country life. The actresses Alu Prestes and Cristina Pereira play the protagonist’s aunts. The film is a Bubbles Project production in co-production with Kromaki and Sony Pictures, and will be distributed in Brazil by Sony Pictures.
6. Portrait of a certain Orient
Directed by Marcelo Gomes and co-produced by Matizar Filmes, it tells the story of Catholic brothers Emilie (Wafa´a Celine Halawi) and Emir (Zakaria Kaakour) who flee post-war Lebanon towards the Amazon in search of a better future, but their relationship deteriorates when Emile falls in love with a young Muslim.
The film is an adaptation of the book “Relato de um Certo Oriente” by Milton Hatoum. Bubbles is an associate producer of this production led by Matizar Filmes. The world premiere was at the Rotterdam festival. The “Italian-Brazilian” film is scheduled to be presented here on November 21.
7. Noah’s Ark
The film inspired by the work of Vinícius de Moraes tells the story of Tom and Vini (references to Tom Jobim and Vinicius), who are a couple of mice who board Noah’s ark. The opera is, in fact, a musical and should be rock audience in Brazil from November 7th.
Directed by Alois Di Leo and Sérgio Machado. The cast includes names such as Marcelo Adnet, Alice Braga, Rodrigo Santoro, Júlio Andrade and Lázaro Ramos, as protagonists. There is also dubbing by other artists such as Adriana Calcanhotto, Ingrid Guimarães and the couple Bruno Gagliasso and Giovanna Ewbank.
8. The noise of the night
“O Barulho da Noite” will be released in Brazilian cinemas in the first half of 2025, distributed by Lira Filmes. The plot takes place in a remote inland location and explores the delicate relationship between sisters Maria Luiza (7) and Ritinha (5), played by Alícia Santana and Anna Alice Dias, and their father, Agenor (Marcos Palmeira), a loving and dedicated man.
Sônia (Emanuelle Araújo), the girls’ mother, lives under the pressure of childhood memories and traumas, as well as feeling overwhelmed by her responsibilities. The fragile family dynamic is profoundly affected by the arrival of Athayde (Patrick Sampaio), Agenor’s supposed nephew, who comes to help with the agricultural work, but turns out to be a violent and threatening man. The cast also includes Tonico Pereira in the role of the street vendor Chico Mascate. Directed by Eva Pereira. The film was the big winner of the 28th Miami Infinito Film Festival.
Brazilian cinema promises good premieres at the end of 2024 and for 2025. What you will need is to select the film that best meets your expectations. One thing is undeniable: domestic production has improved every year, especially in terms of technical resources.
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