Lírio Ferreira’s drama "Sangue Azul" (Blue Blood) that took home three prizes at the last festival, has been selected to open the Panorama at the 2015 Berlinale.

Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wender's "The Salt of the Earth", that opened the 2014 festival ,is one of the five Oscar nominees for documentary feature.

Festival do Rio came to a close on Wednesday 8 October. The official jury's top film picks were Sangue Azul (Blue Blood) and the documentary À Queima Roupa (Point Blank).

The first of the festival's awards were unveiled on 6 October at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil with the announcement of the winners of the first Felix Awards for LGBT themed films

The hors concours screening of Paulo Henrique Fontenelle's documentary Cássia will take place on Monday at Cinépolis Lagoon at 21:45.

The fourth issue of the Variety Festival do Rio and RioMarket eShow daily is now available, giving an international overview of the festival and market activities.