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140 articles available in total starting from 02/10/2002. Last article published on 04/06/2025.

Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

Interview: Mónica Taboada-Tapia • Director of Alma del desierto

"It was a terrible story, and I couldn't imagine it could happen in our century, on this planet"

VENICE 2024: The Colombian director talks about her documentary around an elderly transgender woman who is struggling to obtain an ID document for herself  

10/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

Interview: Marianna Brennand • Director of Manas

"I thought that through fiction I could build a story that was both delicate and deep"

VENICE 2024: The Brazilian filmmaker, winner of the GdA Director's Award, talks about her film set in a community in the Amazon where the sexual abuse of minors appears to be the norm  

07/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Manas

Review: Manas

VENICE 2024: With sensitivity and respect, Marianna Brennand brings to light the horrifying practice of sexual abuse of little girls in an Amazon rainforest village  

04/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: I’m Still Here

Review: I’m Still Here

VENICE 2024: Walter Salles’ compelling family drama zooms in on the disappearance and murder of a former congressman and civil engineer, as lived through by his courageous wife  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Competition

Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

Interview: Pia Marais • Director of Transamazonia

“I like female characters who, a bit like Hitchcock’s, are hiding something underneath”

The South African-born director tells us about how she grappled with the paradoxes of the Amazon rainforest and her love for ambiguous female characters  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

Review: Transamazonia

Review: Transamazonia

Despite its fascinating aesthetics, Pia Marais’ latest feature fails to deliver a compelling tale owing to its confusing writing  

13/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Manas

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Venice Giornate degli Autori entry Manas

The film by Brazil's Marianna Brennand follows a girl confronting the oppressive system that controls her family and the women in their Amazon rainforest community  

02/08/2024 | Venice 2024 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Motel Destino

Review: Motel Destino

CANNES 2024: It’s getting hot in here in Karim Aïnouz’s fun, sweaty noir  

23/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: Baby

Review: Baby

CANNES 2024: In Marcelo Caetano’s newest feature, a young man looking for his parents and an older male escort connect in the gay urban scene of São Paulo  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics’ Week

Review: The Falling Sky

Review: The Falling Sky

CANNES 2024: Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha’s documentary focuses on the indigenous Yanomami people of the Amazon and their struggle to protect their home  

21/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Directors’ Fortnight

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