For the fifth year Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin will present the best of the Festival do Rio's Première Brasil and other Brazilian titles.

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.

Mário Lago

A biopic of one of the greatest artists of Brazil in the 20th century. Mário Lago was a writer, playwright, songwriter and actor. His lyrics and opinions helped change whole generations, never giving...

Cauby - I Would Try again

Cauby - I Would Try again is a documentary centered on the life story of famed Brazilian singer Cauby Peixoto. The film is structures around three main pillars: the notion of an eternal starting over,...

Signs of Gray, Olney’s battle against the dragon of evil

This film tries to showcase the importance of Olney São Paulo’s cinematic achievements, and the absurd and terrible deeds committed against him by the dictatorial regime. A “caboclo” from the b...

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....

Periscope

Two men in one apartment. Fights, conflicts, irony. Eric, 76, and Élvio, 43, cannot stand one another. The youngest is a sort of assistant, secretary and nurse to the eldest. In a setting in which th...