Sympathetic Movies

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a...

A transgender woman returns home to finally come out to her parents, but as dinner spirals out of control, her anxieties manifest in sinister ways.

When 17-year-old Abigail stumbles upon her old piano, painful memories of her late father resurface. But when a mysterious entity tries to stop her...

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little...

When Ana's love for animals leads her to turn her home into a shelter for lost pets, her neighbors report her to the authorities. Her beloved Seeker,...

To escape her overprotective drug-dealing stepfather, an introvert flees to NYC with her pet flying squirrel. After successfully reinventing herself...

After a long absence, Max returns to Paris and settles in with his father in the lively Belleville district. He wanders the streets, curious about...

A documentarist is convinced by her son to travel to Brazil's Northeast so she can throw his dad ashes at São Francisco river.

A man who has no direction in life is mistaken for a famous motivational speaker. As he takes his place, he will try to find a reason to live.

The friendship of two young women is put to the test when one of them becomes unintentionally pregnant and the other one proposes raising the baby...

As an astronaut mourns the death of her canine companions, a pet shop employee sees to help her fill the fluffy void. Unsuccessful, they both despair...

After their friends are discharged from the psych ward, a hot tempered teen must learn to be a role model to a new patient, a sweet lost soul in dire...

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

After Peter Cercis faces months of writer’s block trying to write his latest story, he tries to look for motivation, as his "other half" quite...

The filme relates how a victory - winning a scholarship to an elite private school - may become an obstacle race for an impoverished young person.

With Mom stuck in traffic on her way home, a young girl finally finds herself alone and free to do everything her mom forbids. This 3-minute short...

Weatherman from a TV network goes back to his hometown, Vale da Rocha, a place in Northeast Brazil, devastated by the drought. He is forced to face...