formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
In a milestone move and some of the biggest news from Brazil as it celebrates recognition at Cannes as its Country of Honor, International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund is teaming with three leading Brazilian film promotion orgs – … Continued
Two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, in what authorities believe was an attempt to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community. Source: Two arrested over … Continued
Starring Fernanda Torres and centring on a family torn apart by Brazil’s military dictatorship, I’m Still Here is up for three major awards – and could pull off an upset on the night. Source: ‘It’s exactly what the country needs’: … Continued
Carlos Diegues, one of Brazil’s most renowned filmmakers, has died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 84, the Brazilian Academy of Letters said. Source: Cacá Diegues, renowned Brazilian filmmaker and leading figure in Cinema Novo, dies at 84 – ABC News
An indigenous community in Brazil has opened its first movie theater. Source: Video: Indigenous group in Brazil opens its first cinema | CNN
He donned a skirt to shock his conservative countrymen – and got bundled into a police station for his own protection. As his work appears in the Royal Academy’s Brasil! Brasil! show, we celebrate a luminary of modernism. Source: ‘Abnormal … Continued