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A Focus on Brazilian films

As a leg up to the 2011 edition of Cinema Novo Festival with its Focus on the Brazilian film, we will be bringing stills of films screened in the course of previous festivals. Here a few samples for the time being: 

• Festival 2009: Linha de passe, Chega de saudade, Tropa de elite, Puisque nous sommes nés, A festa da menina morta, Última Parada 174 ...
• Festival 2008: Cidade de Deus, A via láctea
• Festival 2006: Jogo subterrâneo (2005), Cidade baixa (2005)
• Festival 2004: Carandiru (2003)

Brazil, an important filmmaking country

•  Along with Mexico and Argentina, Brazil is one of the most prolific film production countries in Latin-America. In the thirties, forties and fifties the three countries boasted a thriving film-industry, not lacking in filmstudios and real stars. At the time Hollywood's influence was crucial: westerns, whodunit films and Brazilian-flavoured musicals were extremely popular. 
• Partly as a reaction to this, Brazil developed the so-called Cinema Novo movement at the end of the fifties – in the wake of Italian Neorealism and French Nouvelle Vague. Young filmmakers wanting to get rid of Western influenced entertainment directed social and political films rooted in Brazilian history and culture: 'New Cinema' as it were*. 
• Today Brazil hasn't stopped being a dynamic filmmaking country, priding herself on the highest Latin-American production. On prestigious festivals their films are honoured with praise and awards.
• Read this article: Cinema Novo in Brazil 

* Incidentally – the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement gave its name to our Festival, in Bruges, Belgium.

Award-winners

• Award-winner Camera Novo : Cinco días sin Nora (Nora's Will) - Mexico by Mariana Chenillo
• Award-winner Amakourou - Young Jury : Norteado (Northless) - Mexico by Rigoberto Pérezcano
• Audience's favourite: Departures - Japan by Yôjirô Takita
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