Festival do Rio’s International Focus in 2022 The cinema going public in Rio has the opportunity to view and discuss a diverse selection of more than 200 Brazilian and international films at Festival do Rio.
From the 6 to 16 October, the cinema going public in Rio de Janeiro has the opportunity to view and discuss a most relevant and diverse selection of more than 200 Brazilian and international films at Festival do Rio, Rio’s international film festival which is now in its 24th year.
The 2022 festival offers the public and Brazilian media the opportunity to see some of the most awaited and talked about films exhibited at the main film festivals that have taken place around the world over the past 12 months, rarities from the archives, as well as over 70 Brazilian films, many of which will be screening for the first time and competing for the festival’s main prizes including the Redentor (Redeemer) trophies.
During the ten days of the festival there will be screenings, tributes, music, and a selection of story lines that reflect our times. And to talk about the new market trends, some of the most important audiovisual professionals are getting together again at the RioMarket which this year is based at ESPM (Escola de Propaganda e Marketing) in Gloria as well as being offered online via Filmocracy.
Films at Festival do Rio will screen across the city and started with preview screenings at the Olympic Boulevard, followed by full festival screenings at the Circuito Estação NET de Cinema, the Kinoplex São Luiz, and the return of screenings and Q&As with the cast and crews of films in Premieré Brasil in iconic Art Deco Odeon - Luiz Severiano Ribeiro Cultural Center, in Cinelândia. In addition, the public welcomes the return of one of its favourite screening locations from past festivals: the open-air cinema on world famous Copacabana Beach.
There are tributes during the festival to the 60th anniversary of the release of two great landmark films of Brazilian cinema: “O Pagador de Promessas” (The Given Word) by Anselmo Duarte, winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 1962, and Robert Farias’ “Assalto ao trem pagador” (The Train Robbers). There will also be a special tribute during the festival to the director Breno Silveira, who died earlier in the year, with a special outdoor screening on Copacabana Beach of his multi-award wining film from 2005, “Dois Filhos de Francisco" (Two Sons of Francisco).
The international selection includes films by renowned and critically acclaimed directors such as Amos Gitai (Laila in Haifa), Frederick Wiseman (A Couple), Abel Ferrara (Padre Pio), Hong Sang Soo (Walk Up), Gianni Amelio (The Lord of the Ants), François Ozon (Peter von Kant), Lav Diaz (When The Waves Are Gone) and Paul Schrader (The Card Counter).
The eagerly-anticipated “Close” by Lukas Dhont; “The Passengers of the Night” by Mikhaël Hers, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg; the Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language Film “Argentina, 1985” by Santiago Mitre, starring Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani; “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” by Anthony Fabian with Isabelle Huppert; “Halloween Ends” by David Gordon Green; “Call Jane” by Phyllis Nagy; “Mali Twist” by Robert Guédiguian; “Daliland: The Life of Salvador Dali” by cult “American Psycho” director Mary Harron; and “My Policeman” by Michael Grandage, with Harry Styles.
Also screening are recent award-winning films such as “Broker” by Hirokazu Koreeda (Best Actor for Song Kang-ho at the Cannes Film Festival 2022); “Nanny” by Nikyatu Jusu (Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2022); “Holy Spider” by Ali Abbasi, with Zar Amir-Ebrahimi (Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2022); Jerzy Skolimowski’s “EO” (Cannes 2022 Jury Prize), with Sandra Drzymalska and Isabelle Huppert; Park Chan-wook's “Decision to Leave” (Best Director at Cannes 2022); and Marc Shaffer's “Exposing Muybridge” (Writers Guild of America 2022 Best Documentary Screenplay). Also noteworthy are Rodrigo Garcia's feature “Raymond & Ray” with Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor, which recently screened in Toronto, and “Notre-Dame on Fire” by Jean Jacques Annaud.
The Rio festival in 2022 is a feast for lovers of horror films, with a selection that mixes classics with highly anticipated new productions including “Piggy” by Carlota Pereda; “The Menu” by Mark Mylod with Ralph Fiennes; “Halloween Ends” by David Gordon Green; “Oldboy” by Park Chan-Wook; and “The Howling” by Joe Dante.
And to cheer everyone up, there are two special screenings of popular film classics during the festival: “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” by Stephan Elliott and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” by Steven Spielberg which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its premiere in Cannes and release in Brazil.
Music is a highlight of this year’s festival, both amongst the Brazilian and international selections, with “Cesária Évora” by Ana Sofia Fonseca; “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. Among biographies and profiles, festival highlights include “Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman” by Julie Bertuccelli and “Loving Highsmith” by Eva Vitija.
Finally Première Brasil has added two new categories of prize winners for the Redentor Trophy in 2022: Art direction for achievement in production design in the official competition and Best Director in the New Directions category
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