From January 20 to 22, 2015, the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), present homegrown cinematic gems in the 6th Brazil Film Festival. Admission to all screenings at the Cine Adarna of the UPFI Film Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City is free. Running for three days, on the late afternoon through the evening, each of the four films will be screened once through the duration of the festival. The schedule is as follows:
January 20, 2015 Tuesday
5:30PM – Reception
7:00PM – Short program + Braxília (opening short film)
January 21, 2015 Wednesday
5:00PM – Braxília (Danyella Proenca, 2010) + Forum with the director
7:00PM – Cabra-Cega (Toni Venturi, 2005)
January 22, 2015 Thursday
5:00PM – Redentor (Claudio Torres, 2005)
7:00PM – Antonia (Tata Amaral, 2006)
Braxília
Synopsis: A 2010 documentary short film about Brazilian poet Nicolas Behr and his poetic gaze upon the city of Brasília. The film shows how the modernist landscape of the city designed by Oscar Niemeyer impacted on Behr’s literary output, culminating in the creation of ‘Braxilia’, an imaginary city within the boundaries of the real one. The film is a drifting through the streets of Brasília in search of the whereabouts of the fictitious metropolis imagined by the poet. It mixes images of the city with Behr’s poetic and playful language and is structured in three fundamental axes: 1) interviews with Nicolas Behr; 2) poems read in voice-over by the poet himself; 3) urban interventions with Behr’s poems written and/or projected over different architectonical supports.
Directed by Danyella Proenca
Screening Schedule January 20, 2015 TUE 7:00PM and January 21, 2015 WED 5:00PM
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Cabra-Cega
Synopsis: A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police and is isolated in another man’s apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.
Directed by Toni Venturi
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Screening Schedule January 21, 2015 WED 7:00PM
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Antonia
Synopsis: Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities…until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
Directed by Tata Amaral
Commendations: Special Jury Award at the Sao Paulo Fest 2006; Ecumenical Jury Prize at Zlin International Fest for Children and Youth 2007 in Czech Republic
Screening Schedule January 22, 2015 THU 5:00PM
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Redentor
Synopsis: Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.
Directed by Claudio Torres
Commendations: Best Director at ACIE Awards 2005; Best Director at Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Awards 2005
Screening Schedule January 22, 2015 THU 7:00PM
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Film synopses provided by UPFI through Karen Jane Salutan.
