Introducing the Brazilian Films Selected for Festival do Rio’s Première Brasil in 2024 Festival do Rio presented over 80 new Brazilian productions in Première Brasil, including feature films and shorts. The films in the competitive sections competed for the festival’s highly prized Redentor trophies in a number of categories.
Considered one of the main showcases and shop windows for Brazilian cinema, Festival do Rio, that took place from 3 to 13 October 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, selected over 80 Brazilian productions – features and shorts – for the 26th edition of the festival, showcasing a wide panorama of young and established filmmakers, with all the diversity and creativity that Brazilian cinema in known for.
Festival do Rio received 752 entries for Première Brasil in 2024 – 222 features and 530 shorts – from filmmakers from across Brazil, as well as co-productions with Brazil. There were 31 world premieres amongst the features selected for Première Brasil, screening in official competition, New Directions, Portraits, The State of Things, Midnight Movies and Hors Concours, among other festival sections.
Première Brasil also offered face-to-face sessions and debates with the cast and crews of the films screening and gave the public the opportunity to get to know and see the Brazilian films that will be on cinema screens across the country and streaming over the coming year. Co-productions with Brazil and restored Brazilian classics also made up the vast and varied selection on offer.
Each evening films in the Première Brasil competition and New Trends screened at Estação NET Gavea, The films then screened the following afternoon, followed by the directors, actors and crew members taking part in an open discussion with the audience. The discussion mediated by an industry insider.
In 2024, the competitive debates of Première Brasil are took place at the Cine Odeon - CCLSR, while the Estação NET Rio was the venue for the talks on New Trends and The State of Things.
FILMS THAT SCREENED IN PREMIERE BRASIL 2024
Brazilian States represented in Première Brasil: AM - Amazonas / BA - Bahia / CE - Ceará / DF - Brasilia / ES - Espirito Santo / GO - Goias / MG - Minas Gerais / PE - Pernambuco / PR - Parana / RJ - Rio de Janeiro / RN - Rio Grande de Norte / RR - Roraima / RS - Rio Grande de Sul / SP - São Paulo
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | FICTION | COMPETITION
Baby, directed by Marcelo Caetano (SP)
Betânia, directed by Marcelo Botta (SP)
Enterre seus mortos, directed by MarcoDutra(SP)
Kasa Branca, directed by Luciano Vidigal (RJ) – World Premiere
Lispectorante, directed by Renata Pinheiro (PE) – World Premiere
Malu, directed by Pedro Freire (RJ)
Manas, directed by Marianna Brennand (RJ)
Os Enforcados, directed by Fernando Coimbra (SP)
O Silêncio das Ostras, directed by MarcosPimentel (MG) – World Premiere
Retrato de um certo oriente, directed by Marcelo Gomes (RJ)
Serra das Almas, directed by Lírio Ferreira (PE) – World Premiere
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | DOCUMENTARIES | COMPETITION
3 Obás de Xangô, directed by Sergio Machado (RJ) – World Premiere
Alma negra,do quilombo ao baile, directed by Flavio Frederico (SP) – World Premiere
Apocalipse nos trópicos, directed by Petra Costa (SP)
A queda do céu, directed by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha (SP)
Mambembe, directed by Fabio Meira (GO) – World Premiere
Quando viraa esquina, directed by Chris Alcazar (RJ) –World Premiere
Salão de Baile, directed by Juru and Vitã (RJ)
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | SHORTS | COMPETITION
A arte de morrer ou Marta Diptero Braquícero, directed by Rodolpho de Barros
A Cabana, directed by Barbara Sturm
A menina e o pote, directed by Valentina Homem
A Natureza, directed by Rodrigo Ribeyro
Jogo de Classe, directed by Quico Meirelles
Linda do Rosário, directed by Vladimir Seixas
Minha mãe é uma vaca, directed by Moara Passoni
O tempo é um pássaro, directed by Yasmin Thayná
Procura-se uma Rosa, directed by Julia Moraes
Stella do Patrocínio e a gênese da poesia, directed by Milena Manfredini
Queimando por dentro, directed by Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | HORS CONCOURS
A Vilã das Nove, directed by Teodoro Poppovic (RJ) – World Premiere
Câncer com ascendente em virgem, directed by Rosane Svartman (RJ) – World Premiere
Filhos do Mangue, directed by Eliane Caffé (SP)
Kopenawa, directed by MarcoAltberg(RJ) – World Premiere
Malês, directed by Antônio Pitanga (RJ) – World Premiere
Os Afro-Sambas, o Brasil de Baden e Vinícius, directed by Emílio Domingos (RJ) – World Premiere
Precisamos falar, directed by Pedro Waddington and Rebeca Diniz (RJ) – World Premiere
Virgínia e Adelaide, directed by Jorge Furtado and Yasmin Thayná (RS)
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | HORS CONCOURS | CLOSING GALA
Maníaco do Parque, directed by Maurício Eça (SP)
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | SHORTS | HORS CONCOURS
Amarela, directed by André Hayato Saito
Asa real, directed by Diogo Oliveira
Bela LX-404, directed by Luiza Botelho
Viva Volta, directed by Heloísa Passos
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | NEW DIRECTIONS | FEATURES | COMPETITION
Aindanão é amanhã, directed by MilenaTimes (PE) – World Premiere
A procurade Martina, directed by MárciaFaria (RJ) – World Premiere
Avenida Beira-Mar, directed by Maju de Paiva and Bernardo Florim (RJ)
Centro Ilusão, directed by Pedro Diógenes (CE) – World Premiere
Continente, directed by Davi Pretto (RS)
Incondicional: o mito da maternidade, directed by Patrícia Fróes (RJ) – World Premiere
O deserto de Akin, directed by Bernard Lessa (ES) – World Premiere
Paradeiros, directed by Rita Piffer(RJ) – World Premiere
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | NEW DIRECTIONS | SHORTS | COMPETITION
Carne Fresca, directed by Giovani Barros
Corpo Aberto, directed by João Victor Borges and Will Domingos
E seu corpo é belo, directed by Yuri Costa
Fenda, directed by Lis Paim
Pequenos traficantes brancos, directed by José Pedro Diegues Bial
O céu não sabe o meu nome, directed by Carol Aó
Ressaca, directed by Pedro Estrada
Vollúpya, directed by Éri Sarmet and Jocimar Dias Jr.
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | PORTRAITS
Armando Costa:“Televisão pra mim não é bico”, directed by VictorVasconcellos (RJ) – World Premiere
Brizola, anotações para uma história, directed by Silvio Tendler (RJ) – World Premiere
Carta a un viejo master, directed by Paz Encina (RJ)
Janis,amores de carnaval, directed by AnaIsabel Cunha (SP) – World Premiere
Moacyr Luz, o embaixador dessa cidade, directed by Tarsilla Alves (RJ)
Noel Rosa, um espírito circulante, directed by Joana Nin (PR) – World Premiere
O nascimento de H.Teixeira, directed by Roberta Canuto (RJ) – World Premiere
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | PORTRAITS | SHORTS
Mergulho no escuro, directed by Isis Mello and Anna Costa e Silva
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | THE STATE OF THINGS
Alarmesilencioso, directed by RicardoFavilla (RJ) – World Premiere
Eu sou neta dos antigos, directed by Adriana Miranda (RJ) – World Premiere
Sabores, directed by Claudia Calabi and Fernando Grostein (SP) – World Premiere
Insubmissas, directed by Carol Benjamin,Tais Amordivino,Julia Katharine,Luh Maza and Anado
Carmo (RJ) - World Premiere
PeledeVidro,directed by DeniseZmekhol (SP) – World Premiere
No céu da pátria nesse instante, directed by Sandra Kogut (RJ)
MIDNIGHT MOVIES
Abraçodemãe, directed by Cristian Ponce(RJ) – World Premiere
A Herança, directed by João Cândido Zacharias (RJ)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | PANORAMA | SHORTS
Como chorar sem derreter, directed by Giulia Butler
Eu sou um pastor alemão, directed by Angelo Defanti
Mestiço, directed by Sandro Garcia
Ponto e Vírgula, directed by Thiago Kistenmacker
CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH BRAZIL
Latin Premiere
Dormir de olhos abertos, directed by Nele Wohlatz (Brazil / Germany / Taiwan / Argentina)
Panorama
Transamazonia, directed by Pia Marais (France / Germany / Switzerland / Taiwan / Brazil)
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