Festival do Rio

A photographic look back over the last ten editions of Festival do Rio

An album of special festival images from the last ten of Festival do Rio's 20 editions. Click on the image to visit.
Festival in Focus and in Pictures

During the 10 days of Festival do Rio 2018 more than 2,500 photos were posted to the festival's Flickr accounts from the festival's own photographers, Click on photo to visit.
And the winners in 2018 at Festival do Rio were...

On 11 November 2018 we learnt the winners in all the competitive sections of Festival do Rio as the 20th edition came to a close at the Cine Odeon. Click on the photo for a list of winners.
Last Chance Saloon: Still an opportunity to watch festival films.

A selection of festival titles will screen again between 12 and 14 November at the Estação NET Botafogo and Estação NET Rio. Click on the photo for more details.
Carlos Diegues brought the mystical circus to town on Saturday

Festival do Rio's closing night gala on Saturday was Carlos Diegues’ "O Grande Circo Místico" (The Great Mystic Circus) which represents Brazil at the Oscars. It screens Sunday at Kinoplex São Luiz at 18.45
Argentina's "My Masterpiece" screens Saturday and Sunday at Festival do Rio

Argentinian director Gastón Duprat will present "Mi Obra Maestra" (My Masterpiece) at Kinoplex São Luiz at 21.15 on Saturday. Part of Latin Premiere. Screening Sunday at 15.20 at Estação NET Ipanema

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And the winners at Festival do Rio in 2018 are:

The awards for the 20th Festival do Rio were presented during a Gala ceremony at Centro Cultural LSR – Odeon NET/CLARO on Sunday night, 11 November 2018.

novembro, 11 of 2018
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Meet the Festival Juries

novembro, 10, 2018
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Felix Awards - Best of LGBTQ

novembro, 09, 2018
Felix Award

Festival do Rio Focused on the World's Best Films from 2018

novembro, 08, 2018
Latest news

Foreign Language Oscar Nominees screen at Festival do Rio

novembro, 07, 2018
Panorama

Première Brasil and Brazilian films that screened in 2018

novembro, 07, 2018
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Première Brasil: In Competition - Short

The orphan

Jonathas was adopted but was sent back to the orphanage because he was “different”. Inspired by a true story, the film won the Queer Palm – award for LGBT-themed productions – at the 2018 Cann...
Première Brasil: Feature film competition - documentary

Maiden's Tower

There are desires that neither imprisonment nor torture can suppress: freedom and justice. There are concepts that keep us whole even in extreme situations of pain and humiliation: friendship and s...
Première Brasil: In Competition - Short

Names that matter

In front of the camera, transgender people reveal how they chose their new names. The testimonies evoke the affective memory of these characters and the importance of having their identity acknowled...
Première Brasil: Feature film competition - documentary

My name is Daniel

Daniel Gonçalves was born with a disability that no doctor was able to diagnose. In this personal documentary, the filmmaker retraces his journey to shed light on his condition. His story and his...
Première Brasil: New Trends feature films

Socrates

With a cast made up of young people from Instituto Querô, a NGO from Santos (São Paulo) dedicated to promoting social inclusion through audiovisual, the film tells the story of the title characte...
Première Brasil: In Competition - Short

You don't know me

A female rape victim. Unrecognizable body, her mind immersed in strange sensations. Still, she remains standing tall. With courage, she forges a path towards healing and ends up helping many other ...
Première Brasil: Hors Concours fiction features

Quietness

A stifling look sweeps the great city and its anonymous inhabitants who lead their lives in tension for survival, having accepted their fate. A reality in which feelings and emotions lose their or...
Première Brasil: New Trends - Short

Jéssika

Jéssika is a trans woman. Years after leaving the Northeast countryside, she returns to her hometown. On this journey, she finds a way back to her own story and herself....
Première Brasil: New Trends - Short

I'll always see colors in your gray

Since 2015, the Rio de Janeiro State University has experienced an increasingly precarious situation. The academic community resists. Among the protagonists of this resistance is the art student Ma...
Première Brasil: New Trends - Short

Cadelas

Back at the ranch where she spent her childhood, Amanda experiences love in its different forms: a best friend, a dangerous boy and adorable puppies....