Walter Salles’s Brazilian Oscar submission I’m Nonetheless Right here will open the sixteenth Hollywood Brazilian Movie Pageant later this month with the filmmaker and star Fernanda Torres in attendance.
I’m Nonetheless Right here tells the true story of Eunice Jovem, a spouse and mom who should reinvent herself and shield her household within the early Nineteen Seventies when her husband, a former politician, disappears underneath the navy dictatorship.
Torres has earned approval for her function and can participate in a post-screening Q&A on the Academy Museum of Movement Footage. The pageant runs October 29 to November 2.
Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega received finest screenplay award at Venice Movie Pageant when the movie premiered on September 1. Sony Footage Classics will launch the drama later this 12 months.
“Brazilian cinema is experiencing a rare second, with filmmakers creating daring and authentic works that seize the spirit of our tradition,” mentioned Talize Sayegh, pageant founder and govt director. “We goal to amplify the voices of filmmakers who deliver distinctive and underrepresented views to the display.”
The pageant’s movie slate of screenings offered with American Cinematheque on the Los Feliz 3 and Aero Theatres consists of: Cidade; Campo by Juliana Rojas, which received finest director at Berlinale’s Encounters; Sundance favourite Malu by Pedro Freire; and Child, directed by Marcelo Caetano, winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Prize.
The pageant will characteristic a free screening of the entire HBO authentic collection Metropolis of God: The Battle Rages On (Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para) on November 2 adopted by a Q&A with director Aly Muritiba.
Occasions embody the second version of ‘Assume Cinema Assume Brazil Lab – Range & Inclusion Initiative’ in collaboration with SPCINE, which helps six Indigenous, Black, and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers with mentorship from main Hollywood trade professionals.
