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Marcelo Janot

Film Critic, Brazil

Marcelo Janot has been a Brazilian journalist and movie critic since 1992. He was president of the Rio de Janeiro Film Critics Association (ACCRJ), the Brazilian Fipresci section, from 2003 to 2006, and is currently a movie critic for O Globo newspaper and Telecine cable TV Channel, and editor-in-chief of website Criticos.com.br. He is also a teacher of music and film theory at Polo do Pensamento Contemporâneo (School of Contemporary Thinking) in Rio de Janeiro.

As a Jury Member

  • 15th Palm Springs International Film Festival
  • 20th Havana International Festival of the New Latinamerican Cinema
  • 23rd Miami International Film Festival
  • 28th Montreal World Film Festival
  • 35th Chicago International Film Festival
  • 41st Rotterdam International Film Festival
  • 48th San Francisco International Film Festival
  • 49th San Sebastian International Film Festival
  • 9th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
  • Author of Reports

  • "Elite Squad": Guilty or Innocent? By Marcelo Janot
    in 9th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
  • "The Master" Throwing Knives on Eastern European Future By Marcelo Janot
    in 23rd Miami International Film Festival
  • A Love-Hate Relationship
    in 28th Montreal World Film Festival
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit By Marcelo Janot
    in 48th San Francisco International Film Festival
  • The Latin American Debutantes in the Search for the Oscar
    in 15th Palm Springs International Film Festival
  • The Maturity of Lucas Belvaux
    in 41st Rotterdam International Film Festival
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