Published in 10/11/2017

On Thursday – Day of the Children in Brazil - directors and producers will again be out in force to support their films screening at Festival do Rio.

Michel Hazanavicius, the multiple Academy Award winning director of The Artist, will introduce his latest film, Le Redoutable, which premiered in Cannes, at 21.30 at CCLSR - Cine Odeon NET Claro.

In Focus Italy, director Jonas Carpignano will present at 19:00 at Estação NET Botafogo 1, A Ciambra, Italy’s submission for the best foreign language film for the 90th awards.

Screening hors concours at Festival do Rio at 19:15 at CCLSR - Cine Odeon NET Claro, as part of Première Brasil, is Motorrad. Its director, Vicente Amorim, and the producers André Skaf, Luiz Gonzaga Tubaldini Jr and Magali Assenço will introduce the film.

In Première Latina, Iván Granovsky will be on hand to present Los territorios at 19:20 at Estação NET Rio 5, and director Ulises Rosell and producer Ezequiel Borovinsky will introduce Al Desierto at 21:00 at Estação NET Rio 3.

World Panorama sees actress Jowita Budnik present Birds Are Singing in Kigali at 21:30 at Estação NET Rio 5, while at the same time director Toni Venturi will introduce A comédia divina at Reserva Cultural Niterói 2.

As part of the festival’s Unique Itineraries, director Cande Salles will be at Reserva Cultural Niterói 4 at 19.40 for the screening of João de Deus - O silêncio é uma prece.

Earlier, at 18.00, the veteran, well known and respected Brazilian politician, Eduardo Suplicy, will attend the screening of Free Lunch Society at the Instituto Moreira Salles, part of the festival’s Environment sidebar.

Veteran rocker, Serguei, will again be alongside directors Ching Lee and Zahy Tata Purag’te for a screening of Serguei, O último psicodélico, part of Midnight Movies, at 17:20 at Reserva Cultural Niterói 4

There is also a special open air screening at Niteroi’s Contemporary Art Museum, MAC, at 18.30 of Anita Barbosa’s Amor.com.




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