The new month starts with carnival, Hitchcock and a look through the lens darkly

Published in 10/01/2014

There is a lot of expectation and excitement for the hors concours screening of Paulo Machline's Trinta that takes place at the magnificent Theatro Municipal on Wednesday at 20.30. The film stars Matheus Nachtergaele - who won the festival's best director prize in 2008 - as the legendary carnavalesco Joãosinho Trinta, a man who revolutionized Rio´s carnival parade and is recognised as having been one of Brazil's most innovative and creative artists of all time.

Première Brasil continues at the Cinepolis Lagoon on Wednesday, but there will only be the competitive screening of Suzanna Lira's documentary Porque Temos Esperaça (Why We Have Hope) at 17.00. The documentary is the journey of a woman from Pernambuco, in the northeast, and her rejection of all that doesn’t seem to work out. Living deep dilemmas in her own personal life, and in an attempt to reconstruct the lives of others, she begins a journey through the prisons of Recife, with the intention that parents might recognize their own children. Experiencing loneliness at first hand, she demonstrates that affection can be redemptive and that hopelessness is the most intolerable evil of all.

Wednesday sees the start of the screening of five bfi restored Alfred Hitchock silent classics with the screening of Blackmail at 19.00 at Estação Botafogo. Easy Virtue will screen Thursday at 19.00, followed by Champagne on Friday, The Farmer's Wife on Saturday and The Manxman on Sunday, all at 17.00. The screenings will be accompanied by pianist Cadu Pereira.

Thomas Allen Harris will introduce Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People at Estação Rio at 19.00 on Wednesday. The documentary, that premiered in Sundance, investigates how the legacy of African-American photographers has played an important role in shaping the identity and helping the social emergence of black Americans, from slavery until today.

At 21.30 Benjamin Naishtat will present Historia del miedo (History of Fear), part of Latin Premiere that played in competition in Berlin, at Estação Rio 2.

RioMarket on Wednesday will discuss business and production opportunities in Latin America with a special focus on Mexico that has brought a large delegation of senior executives to the market.