Festival do Rio

Festival do Rio will screen 84 Brazilian productions across its various sections during the 11 day celebration of the cinematographic arts

British film director, producer, screenwriter, Steve McQueen's "Widows" has been chosen to open the 20th Festival do Rio on 1 November with a gala screening at the Cine Odeon.

Festival do Rio take place from Thursday, 1 November to Sunday, 11 November 2018. You can follow the festival in English on Facebook (rio.film.festival) or Twitter @RioFilmFest

On Sunday, 15 October 2017 the winners of all the awards from the diverse sections of Festival do Rio including Première Brasil, New Trends, Generations, and Felix were announced.

For photo coverage of the red carpets and everything else that went on at Festival do Rio 2017, visit our Flickr site.

If you are looking to pick up your official Festival do Rio or RioMarket credentials the place to head for is the lobby of the Royal Tulip Rio São Conrado

Maria

The story of Maria Jovenita da Conceição Santos, combative woman who had a life of misery, but always put up a fight. She didn’t have the opportunity to study and, after the age of 60, she went to...

A Sore Spot

This documentary explores the end of the social welfare state and the interruption of any dream of a better life for all in a setting where the financial capital’s logic makes any social justice alt...

Gabriel and the Mountain

Before joining a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmannmis full of dreams and decides to travel the world for a year. After ten months on the road, he arrives in Kenya determined to discove...

The Magnificent 8

On a Sunday, the actors Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Carolina Dieckmann, Sophie Charlotte, Mateus Solano, Alexandre Nero and Du Moscovis have lunch at one of their houses. The occasio...

Pastor Cláudio

A conversation between Eduardo Passos, a Deleuzian psychologist, and Claudio Guerra, an assassin who acted in service of the Brazilian government during the military dictatorship established in 1964. ...