All articles by Elaine Guerini – Page 3
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NewsDisney’s Miravista, Total team for Rio rom-com 'Apaixonados'
EXCLUSIVE: Nanda Costa, Roberta Rodrigues star in Rio Carnival rom-com.
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News'Neon Bull' triumphs in Rio
The sensorial cinema of Gabriel Mascaro, who turned the life of a group of cowhands into a poetic experience in Neon Bull (Boi Neon), was the big winner at the 17th edition of Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival.
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FeaturesTerritory focus: The changing colours of Brazil
Fuelled by generous incentives, Brazilian cinema is healthy and robust, and local film-makers are reflecting their country’s improved circumstances, drifting away from the focus on poverty, violence and social issues that have become familiar to international audiences. Elaine Guerini reports.
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NewsRio opens with Chico doc ahead of packed 2015 edition
Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival opened last night (Oct 1) celebrating the life and work of local hero Chico Buarque who, at 71, remains one of Brazil’s top composers, musicians and singers.
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NewsSangue Azul rules Rio awards
The story of a circus bullet man who visits his home town in Sangue Azul (Blue Blood) emerged as the big winner as the 16th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival came to a close on October 8.
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NewsRioFilme launches $4m film fund
RioFilme, a public company linked to Rio de Janeiro’s secretariat of culture, announced today a $4.1m (R$10.16m) public bid for the selection of projects for the development of films as well as for the digitization of cinemas.
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NewsJorge Amado project presented in Rio
Marcos Jorge’s O Duelo is based on Home Is the Sailor and will have the most VFX shots of any film in the history of Brazilian cinema.
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NewsRio kicks off Brasil competition
Highlights of the main competitive strand that showcases top new Brazilian cinema.
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NewsBrazilian box office growth continues
The Brazilian box office was up for the eighth consecutive year in 2013 as a result of strong performances from local films.
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NewsNatural Sciences wins in Ventana Sur
Argentina’s Natural Sciences (Ciencias Naturales), directed by Matías Lucchesi, on Friday (December 6) won Ventana Sur’s main Primer Corte Award, the competitive section of films still in post-production.
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NewsLatAm market hails Blood Window
Blood Window, the first Latin American Fantastic Film Market, has been attracting plenty of interest at the fifth edition of Ventana Sur (Dec 3-6) in Buenos Aires.
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NewsPanama to host LatAm awards
The Ibero-American film industry will get its own award ceremony starting in 2014.
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NewsVentana Sur boosts Cannes' LatAm presence
The presence of Latin America films in Cannes has grown by 40% since 2009, when Ventana Sur was created by INCAA (Argentina’s film institute) and Marché du Film/Festival de Cannes.
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NewsRio splits top prize between two
The 15th annual Rio International Film Festival winners were announced on October 10 at an awards ceremony held at the festival’s downtown Armazem 6 dockland pavilion.
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FeaturesSet report: Bald Mountain
Brazilian film-maker Heitor Dhalia’s latest project is a modern-day gangster film set during a famous gold rush.
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NewsUS, Brazil to sign 'treaty'
In the absence of a co-production treaty between Brazil and the US, trade groups representing the two countries will sign this Thursday (October 3) an agreement dedicated to building a strategic partnership in the sectors of film, television and new media production.
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NewsDaldry's Trash heads to RioMarket
Stephen Daldry’s Trash to be one of the co-pro cases featured at RioMarket.
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NewsBrazilian box office surges 16% in 2012; local titles down
Last year marked the seventh consecutive year that box office increased in the market. After crossing R$1bn ($489m) for the first time in 2011, the market closed 2012 on R$1.6bn ($783m), for a 15.6% year-on-year gain.
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NewsAmazing Cat wins Primer Corte prize
The fourth Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires has named The Amazing Cat Fish (Los Insólitos Peces Gato) winner of its Primer Corte section for films still in post production.
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NewsVentana Sur: Brazil offers finance 'role model'
Brazil continues as a role model of film finance in Latin America, according to panellists during the second day of Ventana Sur (Dec 1), the fourth edition of which is underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.