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.

Gypsy River

A tale of complicity between two gypsy girls, Kaia and Reka, who were violently separated in childhood and raised in distant worlds. During a trip, the gypsies find themselves with no other alternativ...

Underage

Helena is a recently-graduated lawyer who splits her daily life between her activities as a Public Defender for minors at the Santos’ courthouse and caring for young Caio, with whom she has a harmon...

The Beheading Game

Leandro is a young man frustrated by his job. His master’s thesis is on the military dictatorship in Brazil. That takes him into a search for recently deceased artist Jairo Mendes’ controversial f...

Summer Apocalypse

Rio, 113 degrees Farenheit, crowded beaches; summer apocalypse! Daniel, aged 8, is on holidays, and in the beach he experiences several worlds between fantasy and reality. One day, the water is full o...

My Father's Truck

After experiencing problems at school, little Mai Vy asks to spend the day with her dad, who drives his truck through the roads of Vietnam. Little by little, she realizes that right and wrong are broa...