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Première Brasil 2022: Introducing the Brazilian Films Selected for Festival do Rio, Latin America’s Largest Film Festival

From the 6 to 16 October 2022, Première Brasil will screen over 70 new Brazilian productions at Festival do Rio. The films in the competitive sections will compete in several categories for the festival’s Redeemer Trophies

Considered one of the world’s main showcases for Brazilian cinema, Festival do Rio has announced its selection for Première Brasil 2022. Seventy Brazilian productions have been selected - among features and shorts - from new talent as well as established directors, from the more than 450 short films and 200 feature films submitted for consideration. The selected titles are spread among the competitive festival sections (Official Competition and New Directions) as well as the special sidebars that include Portraits and The State of Things, and the films screening Hors Concours.

Première Brasil also stages screenings and debates with the films’ cast and crews, and offers the festival going audiences the opportunity to vote for their favourite feature, documentary and short films.

Despite the challenges faced in recent years, Festival do Rio has high expectations for 2022 and has as its new master sponsor Shell Brazil (under Federal Law for Cultural Incentive) and the support of Mayor and City of Rio de Janeiro - through RioFilme, an organisation that is part of SEGOVI (Secretaria Municipal de Governo e Integridade Pública).

"For Shell it is very significant to sponsor the largest film festival in Latin America, especially in this context of the resumption of Brazil’s cultural life. We drive progress by generating value for society and, certainly, by being part of Festival do Brasil, the heritage of Rio de Janeiro, and it reinforces our commitment to the creativity and inventiveness of audiovisual sector, providing the general public with access to many of the world's recent major works," celebrates Glauco Paiva, Executive Manager of Communication and Social Responsibility for Shell Brazil.

"RioFilme is proud to support Festival do Rio, which each year expands its potential as a showcase for the best of Brazilian and international cinema. It is also time to celebrate the return of RioMarket, which promotes debates essential to enhance the presence of the Brazilian audiovisual industry in the international market, creating opportunities for new partnerships and the exchange of experiences; and fulfilling the fundamental role of strengthening with the public the strategic importance that the audiovisual sector has for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. We are united in this mission to make Rio de Janeiro a reference point for the global audiovisual industry. Long live Festival do Rio!" says Eduardo Figueira, President Director of RioFilme.

Festival do Rio 2022 is returning to its traditional spot on the calendar and will take place between 6 and 16 October at various cinemas and locations across Rio de Janeiro - such as those of the Circuito Estação NET, among others. Returning to the Festival do Rio circuit in 2022 is the iconic Cine Odeon - Centro Cultural Luiz Severiano Ribeiro, in Cinelândia, which this year will again host the gala nights for international and Brazilian films screening Hors Concours.

"Première Brasil was created to be a great shop window for Brazilian cinema. We are interested - more than ever - in making our films accessible and well-known throughout Brazil. Over the decades Festival do Rio has also consolidated itself as an important platform for Brazilian cinema abroad, projecting our prestige and talent internationally,”  adds Ilda Santiago, Executive Program Director of Festival do Rio.

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FILMS SCREENING IN PREMIERE BRASIL 2022


PREMIÈRE BRASIL | FICTION | COMPETITION

Bem-Vinda, Violeta, by Fernando Fraiha, 109' (RJ) World Premiere
Bocaina, by Ana Flávia Cavalcanti & Fellipe Barbosa, 70' (RJ) World Premiere
Carvão, by Carolina Markowicz,108' (SP) Brazilian Premiere
Fogaréu, by Flávia Neves, 100' (RJ) Brazilian Premiere
Mato Seco em Chamas, by Adirley Queirós & Joana Pimenta, 153' (DF) Brazilian Premiere
Paloma, by Marcelo Gomes, 97' (PE) Brazilian Premiere
Paterno, by Marcelo Lordello, 110' (PE)
Perlimps, by Alê Abreu, 80' (SP) Brazilian Premiere
Propriedade, by Daniel Bandeira, 100' (PE) World Premiere
Regra 34, by Julia Murat, 100' (RJ) Brazilian Premiere
Transe, by Carolina Jabor & Anne Pinheiro Guimarães, 75' (RJ) World Premiere

PREMIÈRE BRASIL | DOCUMENTARIES | COMPETITION

7 Cortes de Cabelo no Congo, by Luciana Bezerra, Gustavo Melo & Pedro Rossi, 90' (RJ)
A Assembleia - Brasil, by Beatriz Sayad, Heloisa Passos & Juliana Jardim, 75' (SP) World Premiere
Diálogos com Ruth de Souza, by Juliana Vicente, 107' (RJ) World Premiere
Exu e o Universo, by Thiago Zanato, 85' (SP) World Premiere
Fausto Fawcett na Cabeça, by Victor Lopes, 103' (SP) World Premiere
Kobra Auto Retrato, by Lina Chamie, 84' (SP) World Premiere
Não é a Primeira Vez que Lutamos pelo Nosso Amor, by Luis Carlos de Alencar, 105' (RJ) World Premiere
Nossa Pátria Está Onde Somos Amados, by Felipe Hirsch, 102' (SP) World Premiere
Sociedade do Medo, by Adriana L. Dutra, 76' (RJ) World Premiere

PREMIÈRE BRASIL | SHORTS | COMPETITION

Abscesso, by Bianca Iatallese, 15’ (SP)
Big Bang, by Carlos Segundo, 14' (MG)
Cinema Vivo, by Chris MN, 7' (RJ)
Contando Aviões, by Fabio Rodrigo, 15' (SP)
Escasso, by Clara Anastácia & Gabriela Gaia Meirelles, 15' (RJ)
Garotos Ingleses, by Marcus Curvelo, 15' (BA)
Kokoro – de Coração a Coração, by André Hayato Saito, 15' (SP)
Mulheres Árvore, by Wara, 15'(CE)
Peixes Não se Afogam, by Anna Azevedo, 15' (RJ)
O Senhor do Trem, by Aída Queiroz & Cesar Coelho, 11’ (RJ)
Último Domingo, by Joana Claude & Renan Barbosa Brandão 15' (RJ)
Selfie, by Alex Sernambi, 14’ (RS)
Solmatalua, by Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade, 15' (SC)
Tiro de Misericórdia, by Augusto Barros, 15' (MG)

NEW DIRECTION | FEATURES | COMPETITION

A Cozinha, by Johnny Massaro, 61', fic (RJ) World Premiere
A Filha do Caos, by Juan Posada, 75', fic (RJ) World Premiere
Canção ao Longe, by Clarissa Campolina, 76', fic (MG) World Premiere
Maputo Nakuzandza, by Ariadine Zampaulo, 60' (SP)
O Acidente, by Bruno Carboni, 95', fic (RS)
Três Tigres Tristes, by Gustavo Vinagre 94', fic (SP) Brazilian Premiere
Lilith, by Bruno Safadi, 80 ́, fic (RJ) World Premiere
Ciclo, by Ian SBF, 87’, fic (RJ) World Premiere

NEW DIRECTIONS | SHORTS | COMPETITION

Aluísio, o Silêncio e o Mar, by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, 18' (PB)
Caminhos Afrodiaspóricos do Recôncavo da Guanabara, by Wagner Novais, 20 ́
Curupira e a Máquina do Destino, by Janaína Wagner, 25 ́ (SP)
e nada mais disse., by Júlia Menna Barreto, 18 ́
Entre a Colônia e as Estrelas, by Lorran Dias, 49 ́
Êra Punk, by Flávio Galvão, 25 ́(SP)
Fantasma Neon, by Leonardo Martinelli, 20’(RJ)
Iceberg, by Will Domingos, 25 ́(RJ)

HORS CONCOURS

Abestalhados 2, by Marcos Jorge & Marcelo Botta, 95’, fic (SP) World Premiere
Andança – Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho, by Pedro Bronz, 115 ́, doc (RJ) World Premiere
A Praga, by José Mojica Marins + A Última Praga de Mojica, by Cédric Fanti, Eugenio Puppo, Matheus Sundfeld & Pedro Junqueira, 69 ́ (SP)
Derrapada, by Pedro Amorim, 103 ́, fic (RJ) World Premiere
Down Quixote, by Leonardo Cortez, 105 ́, fic (SP) World Premiere
Miucha, a Voz da Bossa Nova, by Daniel Zarvos & Liliane Mutti, 98' (RJ) World Premiere
O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro, by José Eduardo Belmonte, 115', fic (RJ)
Pérola, by Murilo Benício, 91', fic (RJ) World Premiere

NEW DIRECTIONS / HORS CONCOURS

Domingo à noite, by André Bushatsky, 87 ́, fic (SP) World Premiere

PREMIÈRE BRASIL | FEATURES | THE STATE OF THINGS

Boicote, by Julia Bacha, 73 ́, doc World Premiere
Corpolítica, by Pedro Henrique França, 102 ́, doc (SP) Brazilian Premiere
Direito de Sonhar, by Theresa Jessouroun, 75' doc (RJ) Brazilian Premiere
Fio do Afeto, by Bianca Lenti, 72 ́, doc (RJ) World Premiere
Palco de Luta, by Iberê Carvalho, 71 ́, doc (DF) World Premiere
Regenerar: Caminhos Possíveis em um Planeta Machucado, by Maria Clara Parente, 72', doc (RJ) World Premiere
Um Tiro no Escuro, by Paulo Ferreira, 108 ́, doc (RJ) World Premiere

PREMIÈRE BRASIL | SHORTS | THE STATE OF THINGS

Romão, by Clementino Júnior, 10' (RJ)
Socorro, by Susanna Lira, 16' (RJ)
Sinfonia da Vacina, by Guilherme Coelho & Julia De Simone, 11' (RJ)
Tekoha, by Carlos Adriano, 14' (SP)

PREMIÈRE BRASIL | PORTRAITS

Belchior - Apenas um Coração Selvagem, by Natália Dias & Camilo Cavalcanti, 90 ́ (RJ)
Daniel Senise - Nem Tudo Tem que Ser sobre Alguma Coisa, by Bernardo Pinheiro, 74 ́ (RJ) World Premiere
De Você Fiz Meu Samba, by Isabel Nascimento Silva, 72 ́ (RJ) World Premiere
Elis & Tom, Só Tinha de Ser com Você, by Roberto de Oliveira 90 ́ (RJ) World Premiere
Elton Medeiros: O Sol Nascerá, by Pedro Murad, 96 ́ (RJ)
Luzes Mulheres Ação, by Eunice Gutman, 85 ́ (RJ) World Premiere
Otto: De Trás p/ Diante, by Helena Lara Resende & Marcos Ribeiro, 77 ́ (RJ) World Premiere
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra, by Marcio de Andrade, 94 ́ (DF) World Premiere

PREMIERE BRASIL: BRAZILIAN CLASSICS

Assalto ao Trem Pagador, by Roberto Farias, 90’, fic
O Pagador de Promessas, by Anselmo Duarte, 97’, fic

MIDNIGHT

O País da Pornochanchada, by Adolfo Lachtermacher, 75’ (RJ) doc World Premiere

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ABOUT FESTIVAL DO RIO:

Festival do Rio is the largest film festival in Latin America. Since its first edition in 1999 over 7,000 feature films have been screened at the festival, including prize winning works from  Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Venice and other major festivals. Festival do Rio has also help train thousands of professionals. Each year the festival offers, besides the films from the most important global festivals, several thematic sidebars as well as the screening of films popular with wider audiences. Spread across different festival sidebars, including the competitive Première Brasil, Brazilian films make up a sizeable part of the festival, which is the biggest annual showcase for new and classic Brazilian productions.

Festival do Rio has as its master sponsor Shell Brazil - through the Federal Law of Cultural Incentive - and the Mayor and City of Rio de Janeiro - through RioFilme, part of SEGOVI (Secretaria Municipal de Governo e Integridade Pública). The festival also counts on the support  of FUNARJ. Festival do Rio is organised by Cinema do Rio.

FOR PICTURES AND TRAILERS:

Photos and trailers of the films screening in Festival do Rio will be available from the festival website. To access them, enter the site, and search on the right side of the screen for the film that interests you. From the film's page you can download the photos by right-clicking on the mouse, or access the trailer hosted on YouTube in the trailer tab.

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