All Brazil articles – Page 16
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FeaturesThe land of promise
Vastly underscreened and with a fast-rising economy, Brazil has astonishing growth potential. But can the burgeoning film market overcome chronic piracy? Elaine Guerini reports.
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Undiscovered country
Brazil is a fast-rising market — but cinema expansion has so far been slow outside of the major cities. Elaine Guerini explores the issues holding back the territory’s theatre development.
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Made in Brazil
From sequels to international breakouts through to buzzy directorial debuts, Elaine Guerini profiles some of the hottest new films coming out of the territory.
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Have funds, need audiences
Brazilian producers may find it easier today to get their films financed but improving local distribution is the next challenge they face. Elaine Guerini investigates.
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NewsElephant Eye takes US, Brazilian rights to Dog Pound
New York-based Elephant Eye Films has acquired US and Brazilian rights from Wild Bunch to the Cannes market and Tribeca hit Dog Pound.
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NewsSPRI mulls international launch for Brazilian smash Chico Xavier
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) top brass believe the record Brazilian opening weekend for their local language hit Chico Xavier could set it up for a lucrative run outside its native country.
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Media Luna acquires Tenants
Media Luna New Films has acquired international rights to veteran Brazilian filmmaker Sergio Bianchi’s TheTenants (Don’t Like It, Leave) (Os Inquilinos).
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NewsEconomic recovery spurs Brazil's 33% box office hike in 2009
Brazil’s box office registered a 33.3% rise during 2009, with ticket sales getting close to R$1bn mark for the first time.
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NewsThe Famous And The Dead claims best picture prize at Rio
The joys and anxieties of adolescence captured by Esmir Filho in The Famous And The Dead (Os Famosos Eos Duendes Da Morte) brought the 27-year-old director the most prestigious prize as the 11th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival came to a close.
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Worms - Heroes From Below
Animation about a teenager earthworm who tries to prove himself by doing something brave and ends up captured by a shovel and taken into the adventure of a lifetime.
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We Are So Young
The real life of Renato Russo, the leader of one of the most important Brazilian rock bands, Legiao Urbana, who died in 1996.
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The Sweet Poison of the Scorpion
A middle class girl from São Paulo who goes to a traditional high school decides to become a call girl and write her sexual and affective adventures on a blog.
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Rosa Morena
Follows the steps of a Danish gay man to Brazil, where he hopes to be able to adopt a child.
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Roque Santeiro
Adaptation of a successful Brazilian soap opera that was aired in 1985 by TV Globo.
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The March
A look at a silent march from Auschwitz to Birkenhau held in remembrance of the Holocaust.Prod companies: LatinAmerica, Conspiração Filmes, FilmLand InternationalBackers:Producers: Eliana Soárez, Leonardo Monteiro de Barros, Luiz Noronha, Pedro Buarque de Hollanda, Emily Jaffe, L.G. Tubaldini Jr.Intl sales: FilmLand International Director: Jessica Sanders Screenplay: Jessica Sanders DoP: Gustavo ...
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Lady of the Images - Nise da Silveira
The story of a psychiatrist who develops an unprecedented work, showing that schizophrenic people can express their “countless states of being” through art.
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The Friends
An architect who lives in the city of São Paulo starts his day going to the funeral of a childhood friend, when things begin to change in his life.
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Five times Favela – Now by Ourselves
Based on the classic “Five times Favela” (1961), the film is split in five episodes, all written, directed and produced by young filmmakers who live in the Rio de Janeiro’s favelas.
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Dirty Hearts
When Japan lost World War II, a new war started in Brazil. A war between the Japanese immigrants who accepted and those who did not accept the defeat.