Pictures of Ghosts

Monday, March 2, 2026

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  • Mon Mar 2 : 

    Q&A with dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho after the 7:00 screening

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Monday, March 2 at 7:00: Q&A with director Kleber Mendonça Filho after the screening

From the acclaimed director of The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s PICTURES OF GHOSTS—the inspiration for his 1970s-set Wagner Moura thriller—is a richly textured journey through time, architecture, and cinema, set in the Brazilian city of Recife. Moving through the city’s grand movie theaters, once vital spaces of collective imagination and social life, the film traces a century of dreams, ruptures, and transformations. Blending archival material, film excerpts, moments of mystery, and personal memory, PICTURES OF GHOSTS unfolds as both an intimate portrait of a city and a meditation on how cinema shapes places, history, and the way we remember.

 

Screening as part of DOC NYC Selects Winter 2026

 

  • Country Brazil
  • Language Portuguese with English subtitles
  • Year 2023
  • Running Time 93 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Grasshopper Films
  • Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Cast Kleber Mendonça Filho

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