“Fim de Festa” (Party Over), by Hilton Lacerda, won the jury vote for Best Fiction Feature in Première Brasil and also the Redentor for screenplay.
Visit Flickr to see all the photos from the prize giving and the entire 2019 festival.
The awards for the 21st Festival do Rio were announced and presented during a Gala ceremony at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio’s port area, on Thursday night, 19 December 2019
Winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes and shortlisted at the Oscars, Ladj Ly's "Les Misérables" screened for the final time Wednesday.
Films at the moment don’t come much bigger than “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” that screened Wednesday at Festival Rio prior to its Brazilian release.
Winner of the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival 2019, Taika Waititi 's “Jo Jo Rabbit” gets a gala screening tonight (18 December) at the Cine Odeon.
The awards for the 21st Festival do Rio were announced and presented during a Gala ceremony at the Museum of Tomorrow, in Rio’s port area, on Thursday, 19 December 2019.The festival had run from 9-19 December and screened almost 200 films.
Mel, Xakila, Dani, Charlene, Rosa and Ana Pérola are former convicts of the Women's Prison of Santos. Twelve years later, they return to the now abandoned prison. They revisit the experience and r...
Feature film based on the true story of the “necrophiliac brothers”, two young brothers who in the 90's were accused of brutal killings in the Serra dos Órgãos, Nova Friburgo region. The thri...
The struggle of independent journalists in Brazil to break the information embargo imposed by six families that dominate the country's information system. In five years, they were responsible for a...
A sensitive recut of the Caravana da Anistia apologies to all who have had their lives affected by the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil. Amnestia uses only archival material and is narrated by Pa...
Separated by a polluted stream of the Tietê River, Jaci and Maria relate to each other over their windows. Each bank, a city. At this juncture, the distance between the two women only seems to widen....
Dani faces her history of anxiety attacks that have accompanied her since childhood, a period also marked by her mother's overprotection. Between therapy sessions and taking her medicines, she find...
Documentary on the life and career of Charlie Brown Jr.’s frontman Chorão. Using testimonials about his private and professional life, and images from personal and media records, the film traces...
Abe is a 12 year-old boy who is half Jewish and half Muslim. He never had a family dinner that didn't end in a fight. Abe escapes from a silly summer camp to be mentored by Chico, an African-Brazil...
Each summer, between Christmas and the New Year, the couple Edgar and Marta receive friends and relatives in their spectacular seaside mansion. In 2015 everything seems to be going well, but in 201...
Uninterested in the daily routine between family and school, Silvia seems to be searching for something that makes her feel more alive. She believes she has found that special thing in Artur, a you...
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