Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival
Ongoing Series
The HBRFF - HOLLYWOOD BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL is dedicated to promoting talents from Brazil's Cinema who contribute to transforming our culture. The festival sets itself apart from other events by embracing a unique program that represents the best of independent Brazilian cinema made in the past year.
The HBRFF was founded by Talize Sayegh in 2008, a dynamic film producer who is a reference in Los Angeles due to her experience in film festivals in Latin America, such as the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.

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Cidade; Campo
Los Feliz 3
Two tales of migration. In the first, after a tailings dam disaster floods her hometown, rural worker Joana (55) moves to São Paulo to find her sister Tania, who lives with her grandson Jaime. Joana enters the universe of insecurity, replying to an application for house cleaning. She bonds with her colleagues, and their struggle for better conditions gives Joana’s life a new meaning. Her relationship with young Jaime brings back old memories. In the second part, after the death of her estranged father, Flavia (32) moves to her farm with her wife Mara. The couple suffer a shock of reality when facing the harshness of rural life. The contact with the abandoned house reveals to Flavia unknown aspects of her father. She begins to suspect that there is something supernatural in the woods.

Motel Destino
Los Feliz 3
Dayana lives an abusive marriage with former police officer Elias, owner of Motel Destino. When 21-year-old Heraldo finds himself at the motel after messing up a hit and going on the run, Dayana finds herself intrigued and lets him stay. As the two navigate a dance of power and desire, a dangerous plan for freedom emerges.

Baby
Los Feliz 3
Director Marcelo Caetano
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo, without any contact from his parents and lacking the resources to rebuild his life. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving. Gradually, their relationship turns into a conflicting passion, oscillating between exploitation and protection, jealousy and complicity.