directed by alan ribeiro, depois das nove is a short film released in 2008 about rafael, who lives in an apartment in the rio de janeiro district of copacabana with his grandmother.

the two live side by side in a quiet but harmonious manner, she listening to the radio and walking the dog, and rafael spending his days on the internet - when life intervenes and their natural routine is broken rafael must show courage in small steps as he slowly opens out his world into the unknown.

released in 2007, and directed by luelane corrêa, the 14 minute short film a cidade e o poeta (the city and the poet) explores the goings-on of daily life on copacabana beach around the bronze statue of brazil's much revered poet carlos drummond de andrade.