REVIEW ‘Pelé’ Looks at the Life of Brazil’s Legendary Footballer Both On and Off the Field
The most striking moment of Pelé (David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas, 2021) is barely in the frame: in the aftermath of... Read Article
REVIEW Sheffield DocFest Youth Jury Winner Follows Young Colombian Girl’s Transition Journey
Angélica Cervera’s documentary If God Were A Woman (Si Dios Fuera Mujer, 2021) follows the story of Laura, a young... Read Article
Latin American Films Take Top Awards At Sheffield DocFest
Three Latin American films have been awarded the top prizes at the 28th edition of the Sheffield DocFest (4-13 June... Read Article
REVIEW New Documentary Takes a Deep Dive into Caetano Veloso’s Imprisonment by Brazil’s Military Dictatorship
Codirected by Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra, who had previously worked together in the documentaries A Night in 67 (2010) and I am Carlos Imperial (2016), the film is a deep dive through Caetano Veloso’s own oral history into his imprisonment from the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1968.
REVIEW ‘Alvorada Palace’ Offers a Window Into The Political Downfall of Dilma Rousseff
Anna Muylaert’s Alvorada Palace is an intimate and compelling insight into the life of Dilma Rousseff in the days and... Read Article
Acclaimed Argentine Film ‘The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet’ To Be Released by Curzon Home Cinema
73 minutes is all you need to grapple with the meaning of life in the enigmatic, life-affirming wonder that is... Read Article
REVIEW Opening the Earth: The Potato King
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’ partner, Latin American Bureau. You can read the original here. Opening... Read Article
An Interview with Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Director of ‘Once Upon a Time in Venezuela’
Once upon a time in Venezuela (dir. Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, 2020) was Venezuela’s official selection for the Best Foreign Film... Read Article
REVIEW The Man Who Writes Women: Chile’s Gonzalo Maza speaks about his Directorial Debut ‘Ella Es Cristina’
Sounds and Colours speaks to the screenwriter behind the Oscar-Winning A Fantastic Woman about his directorial debut Ella Es Cristina.... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Again Once Again’: Romina Paula Blurs Fiction and Reality in an Alternative Coming-Of-Age Movie
Again Once Again (De nuevo otra vez, 2019) is the debut film from Argentinian director Romina Paula, who blurs fiction and... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Valentina’: An Eye-Opening and Moving Depiction of the Challenges Facing Trangender People in Brazil
Valentina (2020, directed by Cássio Pereira dos Santos) is one of four Latin American films, including features and shorts, being shown at... Read Article
Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Latin American Films on the Line-Up
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which for the past 30 years has screened films about human rights abuses throughout... Read Article