Brazilian Films

Best Films of 2021

By S&C Team 29 December, 2021

The best Latin American films of 2021.

REVIEW ‘Medusa’ Makes a Political Statement with Horror and Humour

By Oleno Netto 22 November, 2021

Medusa (Medusa, Brazil 2021) is a dystopian satire of how right-wing politics in Brazil – with its extremism and patent misogyny... Read Article

REVIEW Animated Shorts at Inaugural Brazil Indigenous Film Festival Show Defiant Vibrancy of Guajajara and Maxakali Peoples

By Will Huddleston 21 October, 2021

Traditional folktales from Brazil’s Guajajara and Maxakali peoples are infused with creative energy in two animated shorts forming part of the inaugural Brazil Indigenous Film Festival.

REVIEW The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão

By Charlotte Peet 12 October, 2021

The tale of two inseparable sisters struggling with repression and prejudice in Rio de Janeiro’s machismo society in the 1950s., Karin Ainouz’s The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão is being released into UK cinemas on Friday 15th October.

Latin American Films Abound at This Year’s BFI London Film Festival

By Sofia Serbin de Skalon 04 October, 2021

Filmmaking heavyweights, A-list talent, an aural journey in Colombia’s capital, Maradona’s Hand of God… The BFI London Film Festival, which... Read Article

54 Days With Caetano Veloso: Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra discuss the making of their documentary Narcissus Off Duty

By Oleno Netto 17 August, 2021

The documentary Narcissus Off Duty (2020) is a deep dive through Caetano Veloso’s own oral history into his imprisonment from... Read Article

REVIEW ‘Pelé’ Looks at the Life of Brazil’s Legendary Footballer Both On and Off the Field

By Will Huddleston 05 July, 2021

The most striking moment of Pelé (David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas, 2021) is barely in the frame: in the aftermath of... Read Article

Latin American Films Take Top Awards At Sheffield DocFest

By Sofia Serbin de Skalon 18 June, 2021

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

By Oleno Netto 17 June, 2021

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.