NEW LIFE INC.

NEW LIFE S.A.

Brazil, 2K, 78 minutes, 2018
Directed by André Carvalheira
A Machado Filmes production
In co-production with 400 Filmes

* Sponsored by the Culture Support Fund (Brasilia)
* Development sponsored by Culture Support Fund (Brasilia)
* Selected to 13 film festivals in Brazil and abroad, such as: 37th Bogotá Film Festival (Colômbia, 2020), 5th PLATEAU - Praia International Film Festival (Cabo Verde, 2019), 34th Warsaw Film Festival (Poland, 2018) and 51st Brasilia Film Festival (Brazil, 2018)
* Best Film and Best Actor at Mostra Brasilia, part of the 51st Brasilia Film Festival program (Brazil, 2018)
* Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Soledade Film Festival (Brazil, 2020)
* Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Limeira Film Festival (Brazil, 2020)
* Best Film and Best Actor at the 8th Pinhais Film Festival (Brazil, 2020)
* Commercial release in Brazil (2020-2021), distributed by Pandora Filmes
* Available throughout Brazil on MUBI (since March 2022), Amazon Prime Video (since June 2021) and NOW, Vivo Play, Looke and SKY (since February 2021)

SYNOPSIS

Augusto is a young well-succeeded architect who planned a new neighborhood in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, where his inhabitants would live far from the social problems, the ‘New Life’. However, Augusto's utopia clashes with a reality, where the social relationships are already established.