FUNK

(NR) Intramovies - 106 min

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DIRECTOR: Aly Muritiba
STARRING: Duda Santos, MC Nem, Lelle, Kibba.

Synopsis:

Sabrina, a young aspiring Brazilian-funk artist must navigate the hurdles and dangers of Rio's favelas to reach her goals. That includes her stormy relationship with her infamous mother, the oppression of police force, the social and racial clashes, and the patriarchy of the music industry.

The New York Brazilian Film Series presents the Summer special screening of Tribeca Award-winning musical drama "Funk".

A bold, adventurous and raw look at a musical genre known as a resistance movement, the film won the Jury Prize Award for Best Breakthrough Performances at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival.

Vogue Magazine writes about it: "A film that feels like a party. Driven by an all-night pulse of energy, it's anchored by the irrepressibly magnetic Duda Santos. Director Muritiba provides a stylish portrait of Rio's favelas".

PROGRAM

8pm Live Music Opening Set by LUCIDREAMZ

8:20pm Film Screening FUNK

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Please note: the film contains strong, explicit, sexual-related graphic language and violent situations.

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Reviews

Overall Rating Based on 4 Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars

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Current Reviews

The New York Times

5 out of 5 stars

One of the Best Films at Tribeca Festival 2026

June 23, 2026

This year, several highlights center on artists living their truth, to borrow Melanie’s line. That’s certainly the case with “Funk,” directed by Aly Muritiba, about a Brazilian music artist dead set on making it big. Freestyling rap lyrics in venues across the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Sabrina (the magnetic Duda Santos) goes head-to-head with chauvinist industry hotshots while boasting a no-holds-barred raunchiness onstage and off. Crackling with energy, the film plays like a Brazilian funk version of “A Star is Born,” if that star spent as much time twerking as vocalizing.

Screen Daily

4 out of 5 stars

Electrifying musical drama

June 23, 2026

Funk charts the rise of MC Sabrina, a young Brazilian funk singer, from her beginnings in Morro dos Prazeres to the electrifying favela parties that pulse through the heart of Rio de Janeiro.

Vogue Magazine

4 out of 5 stars

A Standout from Tribeca

June 23, 2026

If you’re looking for a film that feels like a party, Funk delivers it. Driven by an all-night pulse of energy, it’s anchored by the irrepressibly magnetic Duda Santos as MC Sabrina—the self-proclaimed queen of kinky funk (putería in Brazil), a sexually explicit musical genre—who is determined to escape the favela through her talent, ambition, and sheer bravado. Santos holds the screen effortlessly (risqué costumes notwithstanding), and director Aly Muritiba provides a stylish kineticism and jaw-dropping Rio de Janeiro locations. The narrative, loosely echoing the arc of 8 Mile, is familiar, but the film’s atmosphere, performance, and sheer propulsion give it its charge.

Film Book Review

4 out of 5 stars

A Raw Look at An Aspiring Artist

June 23, 2026

Talented filmmaker Aly Muritiba’s Funk is a portrait of a female artist with no filters – an ambitious singer known as MC Sabrina (Duda Santos). Sabrina makes her way through the Rio favela baile music circuit with a little help from her close friend(s) and some very risque language that makes the music that she’s presenting to her audiences geared for a very acquired taste. Santos is basically the whole show here and whether you like the movie or not may fully depend on how well you relate to MC Sabrina as a character. Sabrina is often maddening to watch and if she weren’t so ambitious, it would be pretty hard to root for her.

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