18th Festival do Rio

Brazil, October 6 - October 16 2016


The jury

Klaus Eder (Germany), Ivonete Pinto (Brazil), Filippo Pitanga (Brazil)

Awarded films

Avellar's Latest BookRio de Janeiro 2016. A special event was organized in remembrance of José Carlos Avellar, our colleague and friend who passed away recently. Photo: Avellar’s latest book, “Pai país, mae pátria”.– Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Diegues received the FIPRESCI Lifetime Achievement Award (Latin America). – Together with Berlinale and Goethe-Institut, we organized the first “Talent Press” workshop for young critics.

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