Ivan Cardoso Movies

Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Bandit".

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário...

Antônio wants to give his girlfriend, the prostitute Ioiô, a star. He meets a Salesman who claims he can get one for him, with...

Comedy/horror short film shot during a 4-day workshop of filmmaking at 2007's MOTELx Lisbon International Horror Film Festival.

A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses...

A beautiful film-interview by Ivan Cardoso, made during the shooting of A Werewolf in Amazonia in 2005, with the astonishing Paul Naschy!

A couple in crisis is about the Brazilian middle class.

An experimental film made from a series of pictures of Raul Seixas shot by Ivan Cardoso, showing the musician in various stages of his life.

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

A deep dive into the history of São Paulo's avant-garde poetry movement, starting from fragments of the works of poet Augusto de Campos. A...

Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.

During the breaks of the shooting of "The Secret of the Mummy", Wilson Grey dreams. He dreams of great loves, breathtaking women and a great party...

Ivan Cardoso short film adapted from a Georges Bataille story.

A literary adaptation by Ivan Cardoso

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. A tycoon that is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on...

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner...