Filmes de Plástico is a Brazilian film company created in 2009, specialized in the production of independent films built around complex characters, usually marginalized by society, proposing a more human and possible portrayal of the suburbs and poor neighborhoods from Brazil. It has films selected and awarded in several important film festival around the world, such as Cannes (three times selected for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs), IFFR, Locarno, FIDMarseille, AFI, Torino, New Directors New Films, Entrevues Belfort, Three Continentes, Mar del Plata, Cartagena, BAFICI, Durban, Melbourne, IndieLisboa and Clermont-Ferrand.