The 8th annual Toronto Brazil Film Festival starts on November 27th. Eleven films, ranging from documentaries to features and comedies ─ including three exclusive screenings: Black and White Democracy, Meeting Sebastião Salgado and Samba Ladies ─ will be screened at TIFF Bell Lightbox until November 30th.... Read Article
The Brazilian Film Festival returns to London and Odeon Covent Garden for a week (8th-13th May) of films and Brazilian culture. Alongside the normal smattering of new Brazilian cinema, this edition promises a special programme dedicated to the... Read Article
The third edition of the Brazilian Film Festival of London is coming to town and Sounds and Colours will once again be supporting the festival. Taking place from Tuesday 6th September, with an Opening Gala Night at BAFTA... Read Article
The 2nd Brazilian Film Festival in London finished on 5th September after improving relations between film producers from the UK and Brazil, as well as giving city dwellers the chance to catch some of the great new films... Read Article
After five years of marriage Zeca spots his wife Julia cheating on him through the window. The strange thing about this though was that she was cheating on him with another woman. Unable to confront Julia he eventually... Read Article
After a brief depiction of youthful urban life in Sao Paulo, the life of Rafa (Lee Thaler) is turned upside down in little more than “15 seconds”. The director, Sergio Rezende, showcases a fictional story about a series... Read Article
The Story of Me follows the early life of the celebrated Brazilian storyteller Roberto Carlos Ramos. It is significant that he is identified as a storyteller rather than a writer not only because he mostly writes children’s books... Read Article
Not an easy watch, but in the best way; a pretty heavy, dark and brooding independent film with a twist that refreshingly speaks up and makes a poetically ironic and bold comment on the American immigration system and... Read Article
If there is one film that should be used as an introduction for anyone wanting to visit Brazil it is this. Situated somewhere between an elaborate tourism advert and Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi this is a lush slow-burning voyage... Read Article
A man arrives in Brazil looking to start a new life on the day the Second World War finishes. However, Brazil is technically still at war. Customs officials suspect he is a Nazi seeking refuge. Locked in a... Read Article
There can be few more timely showings at this year’s Brazilian film festival than Fábio Barreto’s Lula, The Son of Brazil. With the presidential successor to the film’s protagonist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva due to be named... Read Article
As part of the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London there will be a day of talks with some of the Brazilian film industry’s key players, including BAFTA and Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles, the Head of International Affairs... Read Article
