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146 articles available in total starting from 02/10/2002. Last article published on 20/01/2026.

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

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Cannes Critics' Week entry Baby

EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Cannes Critics' Week entry Baby

The sophomore feature by Brazil's Marcelo Caetano follows a young man trying to rebuild his life after being released from a detention center  

13/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Critics' Week

Review: Until the Music Is Over

Review: Until the Music Is Over

Cristiane Oliveira centres on a community of Catholic Italian immigrants in the far south of Brazil, where her elderly protagonist rids herself of prejudice  

14/03/2024 | Bergamo 2024

Review: Shikun

Review: Shikun

BERLINALE 2024: Amos Gitai navigates the intricacies of modern Israeli society through a theatrically staged introspection reimagining Eugene Ionesco’s anti-totalitarian fable Rhinoceros  

27/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Berlinale Special

Review: Sleep With Your Eyes Open

Review: Sleep With Your Eyes Open

BERLINALE 2024: Nele Wohlatz’s transnational feature aligns form and content to create a meandering exploration of language and heritage within the Chinese diaspora of Brazil’s Recife  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Encounters

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