Led by magnetic newcomer Duda Santos, Funk plunges us into Rio's wild kinky funk scene, where a young MC's dreams of stardom unfold amid infectious music, sensual performance and the race and class realities of modern Brazil. Sensual, propulsive and riotously alive, Funk received a Special Jury Mention for Best Performance in an International Feature at Tribeca.

Funk
Funk
Australian Premiere.
Director
Runtime
107 Minutes
Country
Brazil
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Rio's bass-heavy funk scene drives this vivacious rise-to-stardom drama, led by magnetic newcomer Duda Santos as MC Sabrina. From favela parties to the unapologetically sexually charged explicit world of kinky funk (putaria), the camera moves with the music's swagger and momentum, plunging us among dancers and twerking bodies. As Sabrina pursues fame while contending with a mother whose own ambitions were thwarted, Funk exposes the race and class divisions shaping modern Brazil without surrendering its pleasure or vitality. Rather than reducing the favela to a backdrop of violence or deprivation, the film celebrates funk as a culture of joy, self-expression and resilience, finding dignity and possibility in the communities from which it emerged.
"The film's atmosphere, performance, and sheer propulsion give it its charge."
Vogue
“Bursting with sparkling energy and life (and sex), the movie explores big themes that are universal in scope and specific in detail. Let’s dance.”
Film Festival Today
Tribeca - Special Jury Mention
Film Credits
Director
Aly Muritiba
Year
2026
Country
Brazil
Language
Portugese
Subtitles
English
Type
Feature Fiction
Program Strand
World Cinema
Producer
Manoel Rangel, Egisto Betti & Heitor Dhalia
Writer
Fernando Barcellos, Leandro Saraiva, Aly Muritiba & Taísa Machado
Cinematographer
Inti Briones
Editor
Karen Akerman & Paulão de Barros
Cast
Duda Santos, Kibba, Lellê & MC Nem
Music
DJ Renan Valle & Érico Theobaldo
Film Source
Intramovies
Genre
Coming of Age, Drama & Music
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