Rio, I Love You is a collaborative feature film, the third of the ‘The Cities of Love’ trilogy. As with previous successes, Paris, Je t’Aime (2006) and New York, I Love You (2008), the film gives the opportunity... Read Article
Back in February 2015, during the Directors Guild of America’s (DGA) award ceremony, director Steven Spielberg made a surprise announcement of a new category to be introduced in the following year’s awards: First-Time Feature Film Director. The DGA’s... Read Article
An emotionally intense and disorientating film, Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro) is part love story and part coming of age tale, divided between Brazil and Germany and told in three chapters. The film premièred in Europe last year... Read Article
Futuro Beach (Praia do Futuro) The latest film from Brazilian auteur Karim Aïnouz will be released on DVD and On Demand by Peccadillo Pictures on August 24th, and will also be screened at the Brazilian embassy on August 19th as... Read Article
“Despite the many similarities to reality, this film is a work of fiction” There is something about Rio de Janeiro’s favelas which makes for cinematic gold. Brazil’s writers and directors seamlessly combine well-stylised action with documentary-grade realism and... Read Article
Recently released in Brazil, Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) has already become the most viewed Brazilian film in the country’s recent history (since the Retomada). With more than 8 million recorded spectators last Wednesday, 3rd September,... Read Article
