Rio Film Festival
Rio Film Festival: ‘A Wolf at the Door,’ ‘Underage’ Win Top Honors
The two films shared the Redentor trophy for best fiction, while Hilton Lacerda's "Tatoo" received five awards.
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Inside Out Men (A Gente): Rio de Janeiro Review
A fly on the wall prison documentary from Oscar-nominated Brazilian Aly Muritiba.
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Rio Film Festival: ‘True Blood’ Screenwriter Talks Killing Off Characters
The HBO hit series' writer Raelle Tucker joined "Grey’s Anatomy" producer William Harper in a panel last week at Rio Market where they discussed characters exiting their shows.
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Road 47 (A Estrada 47): Rio de Janeiro Review
The drama is the first film to bring to life the intriguing footnote of history that is Brazil's involvement in World War Two.
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On the Set of Stephen Daldry’s ‘Trash’ in Rio: Stray Dogs and a Massive Garbage Dump
A huge artificial landfill was built to shoot Richard Curtis' script based on Andy Mulligan's novel about three boys who pick garbage for a living.
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PGA Partners With Brazil’s SICAV
The Producers Guild of America signed a memorandum of understanding with its Brazilian counterpart, with both organizations hoping to encourage networking among its members.
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Stephen Daldry Attends Rio de Janeiro Slum Screening of ‘Billy Elliot’
The British filmmaker visited the Compleixo do Alemao favela, encouraging underprivileged ballet students.
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Brazilian Cable TV Seeks Out Local Content
Execs from the international divisions of Sony, Turner and A&E met at the Rio Film Fest to discuss upcoming projects and needs.
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Rio Film Festival Opens Amid Protest Outside the Theater
French-Brazilian 3D fiction documentary "Amazonia" enchants the audience at the Opening Night of the fest, which runs Sept 26 - Oct 10.
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Rio Fest’s Market Side Bar Kicks Off
Nearly 100 industry experts, including three-time Oscar winner Christopher Newman and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, will lead seminars and panels at the event.
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‘Amazonia’ to Open Rio Film Fest
A Brazil/France co-production, Thierry Ragobert’s 3D fiction is the biggest film ever shot in the Amazon jungle.
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The Invisible Collection (A Coleção Invisível): Rio Review
Bernard Attal's polished Brazilian mystery delves deep into a troubled playboy's family history.
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