The dates for the 2014 edition of Festival do Rio are from Wednesday 24 September until Wednesday, 8 October 2014.

Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine is the hot ticket overall, while the serious cinefiles go for Lukas Moodysson's We Are the Best (photo).

On Thursday night at the festival pavilion, Festival do Rio announced the winners of the competitive sections of the festival.

Festival do Rio is saddened to learn of the death of the great Brazilian actress and director, Norma Bengell.

Ted Sarandos discussed the role that Netflix has played as a catalyst for change in the entertainment industry during a keynote presentation on Wednesday in the festival pavilion.

The 5th issue of the Redentor can now be found at most of the key festival locations. Enjoy the read.

They Killed My Brother

When filmmaker Cristiano Burlan decided to rebuild the events surrounding his brother’s death, he launched himself in a personal journey that took him into a circle of violence in the neighborhoods ...

Here is so far

Out of memories kept from a long voyage, a letter is sent to the future. Alone, away from home and about to turn 30, a Brazilian woman embarks on a journey to Africa. In her letter to her daughter, sh...

When all the stars are gone

In dreams, there is no past and no future, the dead and the missing do not exist, time is fluid, as absolute as air....

Writer’s Block

A first-time, disconcerting look at the ethical, psychological and professional boundaries that exist between biographers and their subjects, taking as its starting point journalist and writer Ernesto...

Carioca was a river

A documentary on the river that lent its name to the people from Rio de Janeiro. The city’s main water supply for two centuries, the Carioca River was instrumental to the growth of this capital, but...