Who, What and Where of Festival do Rio 2007

During the Rio International Film Festival – that ran from 20 September to 4 October 2007 – the festival produced a daily English language newsletter to keep the international guests up-to-date with what was happening at the festival and in and around in Rio de Janeiro.

The material from the thirteen festival dailies – in the form of a diary – are available on this web site by clicking on “Festival Diary”.

Individual films that screened during the festival can be searched by title, theatre or date.

Photographic coverage of the festival is also available on the Portuguese language side of the site under “Galeria de Fotos”.

It only seems appropriate that a rare screen adaptation of one of Latin America’s greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez, should receive its world premier at the film festival that gives the greatest showcase of any festival to Latin American cinema in all its forms.

Director Stephen Hopkins – not to be confused with the signatory of the US Declaration of Independence - will give a director’s Master Class today in the festival pavilion at 09.00.

On Thursday night the festival will announce the winners of the competitive sections of the festival at the awards’ ceremony at 20.00 in the Odeon BR.

In a city of extremes, Festival do Rio has always sought to make the enjoyment of cinema available to everyone in the city over the 15 days of the event.

Last, but very far from least, the Rio Market will turn its focus on to Brazil with a number of seminars and panels that will explain to the visiting international industry executives the state of the Brazilian market.

Today from 09.00 to 16.00 the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL), whose members sat on many of Monday’s Rio Market panels, will be holding its own round of meetings in the festival pavilion. It is one of the first such gatherings outside of Europe.