All All. Sign In. When chosen for a Christmas campaign, I agreed: Globo had to do what French and British channels were doing: Participate in films. See full article at The Wrap. What do Brazilian β and international audiences β really want to see?
Written by Manuela Dias The debut feature won in nine categories clinching best film, director, first film, screenplay, cinematography, music, editing, actor and best supporting actor. The decision to award the production both the best film and best first film prizes See full article at ScreenDaily. The Notebook is covering Tiff with an on-going correspondence between critics Fernando F. Croce, Kelley Dong, and editor Daniel Kasman. Fears of being late to screenings or behind on my coverage often keep me from enjoying a truly refreshing slumber, while the adrenaline of the environment keep my eyes wide open during the daily dash from title to title.
The Platform, for instance, lingers like a nightmare brought on by indigestion. See full article at MUBI. The story unfolds over three consecutive summers. Set in one location over a trio of Christmas holidays which, in Brazil, take place during the summer , this cleverly written and staged, if sometimes unruly, new feature from writer-director Sandra Kogut Campo Grande could see wider exposure after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Set in one location over a trio of Christmas holidays which, in Brazil, take place during the summer , this cleverly written and staged, if sometimes unruly, new feature from writer-director Sandra Kogut Campo Grande could see wider exposure after its world premiere in Toronto.
Plunging us straight into The Second Mother Val has spent more than a decade as nanny, housekeeper, and cook to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo while her own daughter, Jessica, is raised by relatives in a small rural town hundreds of miles away.
Her efforts have always been for Jessica, but as the years ticked by it became more and more difficult to reconnect with her daughter. Their two worlds collide though when Jessica comes to the big city intent on attending college and finds herself at odds with the subservient lifestyle her mom is leading. See full article at FilmSchoolRejects. From a comedy shot entirely on an iPhone starring transgender actresses, to a film in sign language designed to be screened without subtitles, to a stop-motion animated feature that emanates more humanity than most live-action efforts, to a new immersive vision of the Holocaust from an emerging auteur, or a Brazilian hand-drawn musical odyssey about the dangers of the modern world, all granted us experiences unlike anything we've previously seen.
