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People tend to find hospitals unsettling at the best of times but crumbling, soon to be abandoned hospitals in Brazil? Based on the new trailer for J.C. Feyer's upcoming Brazilian horror film O Rastro (The Trace We Leave Behind) I think I'll just say, "No, thanks" to ever heading to one of those. Here's how Variety described the film when it entered production: Set against Brazil's roiling social unrest, it turns on a bright, recently-promoted doctor Joao who is tasked with coordinating the overnight transfer of patients when yet another public hospital is closed in Rio. When a young girl patient goes missing, he tries to locate her, and is gradually drawn into a world he wishes he had never entered. We shared the first...

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Atmosphere is everything in the first trailer for O Rastro (English title: The Trace We Leave Behind). Director J.C. Feyer establishes a creepy tone and a story that doesn't entirely reveal itself, not least because I don't speak Portuguese and there are no English subtitles. But this trailer definitely stands out for me because the performances appear to be at one with that atmosphere and the spare musical accompaniment. According to Variety, O Rastro began production in Brazil this past March. Here's how Variety described it: Set against Brazil's roiling social unrest, it turns on a bright, recently-promoted doctor Joao who is tasked with coordinating the overnight transfer of patients when yet another public hospital is closed in Rio. When a young girl patient goes...

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Exclusive: Palestinian hybrid work Ghost Hunting and Brazil’s The Trace [pictured] among works to be presented.

The Marché du Film’s Producers Network at the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) will put the spotlight on film projects from Brazil and Palestine this year in two separate sessions scheduled for one of its networking breakfasts.

The initiative adds a new dimension to the traditional breakfast “Spotlights” which have previously focused on producers from different territories.

“The idea is to do brief presentations of the projects at the beginning of the breakfasts so that those who are interested can then set up individual meetings,” said Marché chief Jerome Paillard.

“We’re not trying to branch into co-production in any big way, the Cannes Atélier already does that, we just want to set up a framework to support these projects.”

The five other “Spotlights” will present producers from South Africa (Kwazulu Natal Region), the Netherlands, Mexico, Canada...