Festival do Rio

Alex Moratto's “Sócrates”, which won the Felix for best feature, has been nominated in three categories at the Spirit Awards.

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

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.

On Sunday night at the Cine Odeon we learnt the winners in all the competitive sections of Festival do Rio as the 20th edition came to a close. Click on the photo for a list of winners.

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.

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

Laughing out loud: Humor and Democracy.

​The film portrays the period in which national humor had fewer limits (1986-2003). From the decompressing wave released with the end of military censorship to the virtual inexistence of the “poli...

Rogéria, Senhor Astolfo Barroso Pinto

​Creator and creature. Rogéria was born Astolfo. She began her career as a makeup artist to the stars, who encouraged her to sing and perform, always as a female figure. The name Rogéria was propo...

Unremember

​Joana is a teenager fueled by literature and rock. She is living in Paris with her family when Brazil decrees amnesty to political dissidents in late 1979. From one day to the next and against her ...

Marcia Haydée

​Marcia Haydée is the only Brazilian who has become an international icon in the art of dance. Her life is entangled with that of the great dancers, choreographers and directors who are part of th...

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...