Poster for "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun", by Glauber Rocha. Credit: Reproduction.

Glauber Rocha returns to Cannes

Restoration of "Deus e Diabo na Terra do Sol", seminal work of the first phase of Cinema Novo, returns to Cannes in a special section dedicated to classics
Vincent still. Photo: Disclosure.

Vicenta: film tells a case that contributed to the legalization of abortion in...

In light of recent events in Brazil and abroad, which are violent to women's rights, the arte!brasileiros recalls the Argentine documentary premiered here in 2021
Othello the Great

The Big and the Little, or when Del Picchia met Big...

A few days ago I watched one of the most interesting documentaries recently released in Brazil, directed by Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Othelo, the...
Pier Paolo Pasolini. Photo: Sesc publicity.

Pasolini: Sesc celebrates centenary with special exhibitions and lectures

Held in partnership with the Instituto Italiano di Cultura, the show takes place from August 3 to 17, in the city of São Paulo, and continues with free film screenings on the Sesc Digital platform.
Online Cinema: "What a day!" (2018), by Anissa Daoud, Aboozar Amini. Photo: Publicity Arab Women's Film Festival.

Online festivals bring female Arab cinema, music documentaries and LGBT+ shows

With films screened for free and online, exhibitions and festivals bring diverse and often unprecedented cinema to the circuit; check out
Scene from the movie "You Weren't Here" by Ken Loach. Photo: Disclosure.

Where were we when we weren't here?

New feature by Englishman Ken Loach addresses the impacts of the uberization of the economy and society of tiredness on family relationships
Still from "Sertânia" (2020), by Geraldo Sarno. Photo: Disclosure.

Best Films Festival brings together acclaimed national works on a digital platform

Promoted free of charge by CineSesc, the festival includes independent films such as "A Febre", "A História da Eternidade", the documentary "Maria Luiza" and the award-winning "Sertânia"
Leila Mustafa, in a photo by Jean-Matthieu Gautier, during the recording of "9 Days in Raqqa". Photo: Disclosure It's All True.

Three Featured Films at It's All True Festival 2021

Among the 69 films shown this year by the festival's virtual edition, arte!brasileiros highlights "9 Days in Raqqa", "A Thousand Cuts" and "Vicenta"; read about the works
Chico Mendes at his home in Xapuri, Acre, in 1988. Photo: Miranda Smith/Creative Commons.

Ecospeaker Film Festival 2021: find out what's on the schedule...

In addition to the 18 productions, which will be screened free of charge, the Ecospeaker Show also promotes debates, a masterclass and a seminar