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The first trailer for Abelardo de Carvalho's Faroeste (Western) might appear intriguing to some: a western shot in Brazil? Yes, it is quite unusual, but Carvalho's debut brings back to screens a genre that was quite popular in the country a few decades ago, with films now commonly known as "Feijoada Westerns". Teaming up with Rio based producer Cavi Borges, the director shot the film in the small city of Pains, in Minas Gerais, in the heart of the region where the notorious real life killer Luís Garcia was killed after leaving a trail of blood behind himself in the early years of the 20th Century. Release info is still Tba for the low budget production, which was written by Carvalho himself, based on stories...

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Rio De Janeiro – Ten years after the release of Fernando Meirelles’ Oscar nominated City of God, a new documentary explores the impact the film had on the lives of the actors as well as in the community. City of God – 10 Years Later, directed by Cavi Borges and Luciano Vidigal shows what happened to the actors after their rises to stardom, reveals how much they got paid, and explores their current jobs, among other topics. While some of the stars were able to continue their acting careers, others ended up on an obscure paths or got involved with

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Top brass at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival have revealed the 11 features and eight documentaries that will compete for the Redentor prizes.

The selection sees a healthy mix of first-time filmmakers up against established industry names from more than a dozen states including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Pernambuco, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba and Santa Catarina.

Last year’s top Redentor prize went to first-time filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s O Som Ao Redor (Neighbouring Sounds), which earned the best film and screenplay honours.

Premiere Brazil 2013 full competition selection:

Fiction

De Menor (Underage), dir Caru Alves de Souza (São Paulo);

Entre Nós (Sheep’s Clothing), dir Paulo Morelli (Sao Paulo);

Estrada 47 - A Montanha (Road 47 - The Mountain), dir Vicente Ferraz (São Paulo) – world premiere;

O Homem Das Multidões (The Man Of The Crowd), dir Marcelo Gomes & Cao Guimarães (Minas Gerais) – world premiere;

Jogo Das Decapitações (Beheadings Game), dir Sérgio...

A Distração de Ivan tells the story of Ivan, an eleven-year-old boy. He lives with his grandmother in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Amidst his everyday tricks and squabbles with friends, he will mature. Cavi Borges, the director, talks about the short film and how he feels about being selected amongst the filmmakers part of 2010 Cannes' the Critic's Week/Semaine de la Critique. Anny Gomes: How did the initial idea come about and how did this become a story you wanted to tell? Cavi Borges: The script is based on Gustavo Melo’s childhood and talks about a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, an area mistreated by the media because of its increased violence rate. We wanted to show the positive things that take place in that area as well. Gomes: How the partnership between Cavi and Gustavo Melo took place? Borges: I met Gustavo and the...

Armadillo - Janus Metz (Denmark) Bedevilled - Cheol So Jang (South Korea)Belle épine - Rebecca Zlotowski (France) Bi, dung so ! - Phan Dang Di (Vietnam - France - Germany) The Myth of the American Sleepover - David Robert Mitchell (U.S.A.)Sandcastle - Boo Junfeng (Singapore) Sound of Noise - Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden - France) A heavy focus on French films and a trio of Asian filmmakers are amongst the regions selected for this year's Semaine de la Critique (a.k.a Critics’ Week). Their initial release of a firm ten films selected may eventually include one more in the "Godfathers" screening (which see a chosen director with plenty of clout present a new film from a newbie filmmaker). As I previously mentioned here and here, Marc Fitoussi's Copacabana with Isabelle Huppert and Quentin Dupieux's unique road movie Rubber will receive Special screening...