Première Brasil: And the winners for 2013 are... Redentor trophy jointly to Caru Alves de Souza’s De Menor (Underage) and O Lobo Atrás da Porta (Wolf At The Door) by Fernando Coimbra. Best documentary is Histórias de Arcanjo - Um Documentário sobre Tim Lopes (Stories of Arcanjo), by Guilherme Azevedo
For the first time in the history of the Festival do Rio, which was celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2013, the festival's top Premiere Brasil award - Best Fiction Feature - was shared between two films.
The official jury chose to award the Redentor trophy jointly to Caru Alves de Souza’s De Menor (Underage) and O Lobo Atrás da Porta (Wolf At The Door) by Fernando Coimbra, both directors receiving their award for their feature debut.
Throughout the festival the Premiere Brazil buzz has suggested that this year’s line-up had been one its strongest, and this sharing of the award would seem to be a certain indicator of the high level of creativity on show.
During the festival Coimbra’s dark psychological thriller O Lobo Atrás da Porta (Wolf At The Door) which follows three central figures in a child´s kidnapping – the father, the mother and the father´s mistress – was the subject of strong critical attention for the performance of leading actress Leandra Leal (photo). So it was not unexpected when Leal was handed the Best Actress prize, giving her the trophy and award for a second consecutive year. At the 2012 festival, Leal took the award for her work in director Bruno Safadi’s Eden. One of the industry’s most sought after actresses, Leal also had roles in a further three films featured in this year’s Premiere Brazil section, and also produced one of her films.
For Best Director, the award was also shared, this time between two veterans working together for the first time: Cao Guimarães and Marcelo Gomes, for their film O Homem das Multidões (The Man of the Crowd), a Brazilian take on contemporary alienation loosely based on an 19th century Edgar Allan Poe story.
The best feature documentary of this year was Histórias de Arcanjo - Um Documentário sobre Tim Lopes (Stories of Arcanjo - a documentary about Tim Lopes), by Guilherme Azevedo and written by Bruno Quintella, son of the journalist murdered in 2002.
In terms of number of awards, another big winner of the night was screenwriter turned director Hilton Lacerda, whose first step as director, Tatuagem (Tattoo), earned two trophies - for Best Actor (Jesuíta Barbosa) and Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo García) as well as receiving the 2013 FIPRESCI award for Best Latin American Film in the festival and the Public Vote award for Best Film in the Festival.
Best Screenplay was awarded to Entre Nós (Sheep's Clothing) by Paulo Morelli, which also brought home the Best Supporting Actress award for actress Martha Nowill; Best Editing went to Estrada 47 (Road 47), by Vicente Ferraz; and Best Photography to Quase Samba (Lyrics), by Ricardo Targino, among other prizes given.
Prizes in the Novos Rumos (New Trends) section were presented to Tão Longe É Aqui (Here Is So Far), a documentary by Eliza Capai, for Best Film, with the Best Short award going to Todos Esses Dias Em Que Sou Estrangeiro (All These Days When I Am Foreign) by Eduardo Morotó.
The full lists of Redentor Trophy winners for Festival do Rio for 2013 is:
Best Fiction Feature: Shared between DE MENOR (Underage) by Caru Alves de Souza and O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA (Wolf At The Door) de Fernando Coimbra
Special Jury Prize - Fiction Feature: TATUAGEM (Tattoo) by Hilton Lacerda
Best Feature Length Documentary: HISTÓRIAS DE ARCANJO - UM DOCUMENTÁRIO SOBRE TIM LOPES (Stories of Arcanjo – A Documentary About Tim Lopes) by Guilherme Azevedo
Special Jury Prize - Documentary: A FARRA DO CIRCO (Ruckus At The Circus), by Roberto Berliner and Pedro Bronz
With honorary jury mentions for CATIVAS - PRESAS PELO CORAÇÃO (Captive Hearts) by Joana Nin and DAMAS DO SAMBA (Samba Ladies) by Susanna Lira
Best Short: CONTRATEMPO (Setback), by Bruno Jorge
Best Director: CAO GUIMARÃES and MARCELO GOMES for O HOMEM DAS MULTIDÕES (The Man of the Crowd)
Best Actor: JESUÍTA BARBOSA for TATUAGEM (Tattoo) directed by Hilton LACERDA
With an honorary jury mention for FRANCISCO GASPAR for his work in ESTRADA 47 (Road 47).
Best Actress: LEANDRA LEAL, for O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA (Wolf At The Door)directed by Fernando Coimbra
Best Supporting Actress: MARTHA NOWILL for ENTRE NÓS (Sheep’s Clothing) directed by Paulo MORELLI
Best Supporting Actor: RODRIGO GARCÍA for TATUAGEM directed by Hilton LACERDA
With honorary jury mentions for SILVIO GUINDANE for his performance in JOGO DAS DECAPITAÇÕES (The Beheading Game) and for JULIO ANDRADE for ENTRE NÓS (Sheep’s Clothing).
Best Screenplay: PAULO MORELLI for ENTRE NÓS (Sheep’s Clothing)
Best Editing: MAIR TAVARES for A ESTRADA 47 (Road 47) directed by Vicente Ferraz
Best Photography: PEDRO URANO for QUASE SAMBA (Lyrics) directed by Ricardo Targino
Official Jury: President Fabiano Canosa with Doris Hegner, Helena Ignez, Lázaro Ramos and Marie-Pierre Macia.
Prizes of the NOVOS RUMOS (New Trends)
The New Trends jury had seven films to choose from and awarded prizes to:
Best Feature Film: TÃO LONGE É AQUI (Here Is So Far), by Eliza Capai
With an honorary jury mention for O MENINO E O MUNDO (The Boy And The World) by Alê Abreu
Best Short: TODOS ESSES DIAS EM QUE SOU ESTRANGEIRO (All These Days When I Am Foreign) by Eduardo Morotó
With an honorary jury mention for LIÇÃO DE ESQUI (Ski Lessons) by Leonardo Mouramateus, Samuel Brasileiro
Novos Rumos Jury: President Anna Azevedo with Maria Flor and António Ferreira
Public Audience Awards
Once again the public vote was at odds with the official jury. Voted by festival going audiences, they instead gave their Best Film vote to Tatuagem (Tattoo), by Hilton Lacerda, bringing the film’s overall collection of prize awards to a total of four.
Best Feature length documentary went to Renato Terra’s Fla X Flu which invites viewers to share in one of Brazilian soccer’s most charming feuds – between the cross-town rival football teams of Flamengo and Fluminense, a feud that dates back to 1911 when a group of dissatisfied players from Fluminense left the club, and went to Flamengo. When the teams play it is one of the classics of world football.
The Best Short award was given to Paula Lice, Rodrigo Luna, and Ronei Jorge’s Jessy in which godmothers are called to help Jessy realise her desire to become a drag queen.
Best Fiction Feature: TATUAGEM (Tattoo), by Hilton LACERDA
Best Feature Length Documentary: FLA X FLU, by Renato Terra
Best Short: JESSY, by Paula Lice, Rodrigo Luna, and Ronei Jorge
FIPRESCI Award
The international FIPRESCI jury presided over by Carmen Gray (UK), and made up of Juan Manuel Dominguez (Argentina) and Brazilian critics Ricardo Largman and Luiz Fernando Gallego gave their prize for best Latin American film in the festival to: Hilton Lacerda for his film Tatuagem (Tattoo).
FIPRESCI also named José Carlos Avellar as its Latin American Personality of the Year. Avellar is one of Brazil's most respected film critics and writers. He is also an ex-president of RioFilme.
Mostra Geração Awards
Mostra Geração Audience Award: TOM, O GAROTO MALANDRO, by Manuel Prada.
Geração Forno de minas Award: A GALINHA QUE BURLOU O SISTEMA, by Quico Meirelles.
The Première Brasil competitive class of 2013 for feature length films consisted of:
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | FICTION | COMPETITION
OS AMIGOS (Best Friends), by Lina Chamie (SP), 89’
DE MENOR (Underage), by Caru Alves de Souza (SP), 77
ENTRE NÓS (Sheep’s Clothing), by Paulo Morelli (SP), 97’
ESTRADA 47 – A MONTANHA (Road 47 - The Mountain), by Vicente Ferraz (SP), 107’
O HOMEM DAS MULTIDÕES (The Man of the Crowd), by Marcelo Gomes e Cao Guimarães (MG), 93’
JOGO DAS DECAPITAÇÕES (Beheadings Game), by Sérgio Bianchi (SP), 96’
O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA (A Wolf at the Door), by Fernando Coimbra (SP), 100’
MINUTOS ATRÁS (Past Minut), by Caio Sóh (RJ), 106’
PERISCÓPIO (Periscope), by Kiko Goifman (SP), 80’
QUASE SAMBA (Lyrics), by Ricardo Targino (RJ), 90’
TATUAGEM (Tattoo), by Hilton Lacerda (PE), 110’
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | DOCUMENTARIES | COMPETITION
CATIVAS, PRESAS PELO CORAÇÃO (Captive Hearts), by Joana Nin (PR), 77
CIDADE DE DEUS – 10 ANOS DEPOIS (City of God – 10 Years Later), by Cavi Borges & Luciano Vidigal (RJ), 75’
CONVERSA COM JH (Writers Block), by Ernesto Rodrigues (RJ), 93’
DAMAS DO SAMBA (Lady’s Samba), by Susanna Lira (RJ), 75’
A FARRA DO CIRCO (Ruckus in the Circus), by Roberto Berliner & Pedro Bronz (RJ), 94’
FLA x FLU (Fla x Flu), by Renato Terra (SP), 85’
A GENTE (Custodians), by Aly Muritiba (PR), 99’
HISTÓRIAS DE ARCANJO – UM DOCUMENTÁRIO SOBRE TIM LOPES (Stories of Arcanjo - a documentary about Tim Lopes), by Guilherme Azevedo (RJ), 84’
PREMIÈRE BRASIL | NEW TRENDS
Fiction
O EXERCÍCIO DO CAOS (The Exercise of Chaos), by Frederico Machado (MA), 71’
MAR NEGRO (Dark Sea), by Rodrigo Aragão (ES), 100’
O MENINO E O MUNDO (The Boy and the World), by Alê Abreu (SP), 80
RIO CIGANO (Gypsy River), by Julia Zakia (SP), 80’
O RIO NOS PERTENCE (Rio Belongs to Us), by Ricardo Pretti (RJ), 75’
O UIVO DA GAITA (Harmonica's Howl), by Bruno Safadi (RJ), 75’
Documentary
CARIOCA ERA UM RIO (Carioca was a River), by Simplício Neto (RJ), 74’
TÃO LONGE É AQUI (Here Is so Far), by Eliza Capai (RJ), 76'
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