Coming Soon: 21st Brazilian Film Festival in Miami

The Brazilian Film Festival in Miami, in September 2017, will continue its 21-year tradition of showcasing the latest productions from Brazil in Miami, welcoming residents and visitors to access Brazilian culture through films. Since 1998, with “Cinema na Praia,” to the screenings at the SoundScape Park of the New World Symphony, supported by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the City of Miami Beach, and the Cultural Affairs Council, the event has consolidated a solid and successful format over the years.In 2017, the much-anticipated Opening Night, in collaboration with the New World Center at SoundScape Park, on September 16, is the highlight of the Festival, featuring a free screening of “João, the Maestro” (2017), directed by Mauro Lima, about João Carlos Martins, a Brazilian pianist and orchestra conductor, celebrated as one of the greatest interpreters of Bach. The New York Times wrote: “Conductor Martins has lived a life of renown, challenges, tenacity, and triumph enough to fill a vibrant memoir.”
The Festival will present four special programs – On September 14, the MAGIC auditorium at Miami Dade College will host a free screening of The Boy and the World, an Oscar nomination for 2016 for Best Animated Feature. From September 17 to 19, the Miami Beach Cinematheque will have, for the first time, a program dedicated to Latin American productions and will also host the screening of Cinema Novo (2016), by Erik Rocha, winner of the best documentary award at Cannes. At Savor Cinema, the former Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale, the Festival will present, among other films, the highest-grossing Brazilian comedy of all time My Mom Is A Character II (Minha mãe é uma peça II) (2016), by Cesar Rodrigues, winner of the 17th Brazilian Film Festival in Miami, Indigo Child (Menina Indigo) (2017), by Wagner Assis, and Behind the Sky (Por trás do céu) (2016), by Caio Sóh.
From September 20 to 23, the competitive screenings will take place this year at Regal South Beach 18 & IMAX. Among the competing films, which represent a diverse panorama of the latest Brazilian productions, are: Real (Real, the plan behind the story) (2017), by Rodrigo Bittencourt, Little Secret (Pequeno Segredo) (2016), by David Schurmann, The Divine Comedy (A Comédia Divina) (2017), by Toni Venturi, Glory and Grace (A Glória e a Graça) (2016), by Flavio Tambellini, The Other End (Fala Comigo) (2016), by Felipe Sholl, winner of the best film and best actress awards at the Rio Film Festival, Seeing you (De onde te vejo) (2016), by Luiz Villaça, one of the last works of the late actor Domingos Montagner, and BR 716 (2016), by Domingos de Oliveira, winner of the best film, direction, soundtrack, and supporting actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival.
At the Festival’s Closing Night, the Crystal Lens Award will be given to the best feature film voted by the audience, followed by the screening of Elis (2016), by Hugo Prata. The life of Elis Regina, undoubtedly the greatest Brazilian voice of all time, is told in this biographical film with an energetic and pulsating rhythm. The Brazilian Film Festival in Miami is produced by Inffinito. For more information, visit: http://inffinito.com/en/