BRAZIL: GUEST COUNTRY AT VLAFF 2016

This is the first time that VLAFF will be hosting Brazil as the guest country. The selection of Brazilian films includes a retrospective on the work of acclaimed director and screenwriter Anna Muylaert and a special section of Indigenous films from the Videos nas aldeias (Video in the Villages) project. In the New Directors section, we will screen Neon Bull, the haunting second feature of Gabriel Mascaro (August Winds), as well as the football drama Hopefuls (Aspirantes). Three short films screen in the competition section and we will present two classic films from the 1960s by Brazilian maestro Glauber Rocha.

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 26: filmmaker Anna Muylaert of "The Second Mother" poses for a portrait at the Village at the Lift Presented by McDonald's McCafe during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

RETROSPECTIVE: ANNA MUYLAERT 

Don’t Call Me Son (Mãe só há uma)

The Second Mother (Que horas ela volta?)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (É proibido fumar)

Durval Records (Durval Discos)

While my guitar gently weeps (E além de tudo me deixou mudo o violão)

The Origin of Babies (A origem dos bebês segundo Kiki Cavalcanti)

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NEW DIRECTORS

Hopefuls (Aspirantes)
Dir: Ives Rosenfeld
Brazil

Neon Bull (Boi neon)
Dir: Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil

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INDIGENOUS SHORTS  

Kene Yuxi, as voltas do Kene
Dir: Zezinho Yube

Mbya Mirim
Dir: Patrícia Ferreira & Ariel Duarte Ortega

The Hyperwomen (As hiper mulheres)
Dir: Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette & Takumã Kuikuro

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GLAUBER ROCHA: A GENERATION OF WILD DREAMS

Black God, White Devil (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol)
Dir: Glauber Rocha
1964

Entranced Earth (Terra em transe)
Dir: Glauber Rocha
1967

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SHORT FILMS

So as not to forget (Para não esquecer)
Dir: Rafael de Almeida
Brazil

New Moon (Lua nova)
Dir: Andrea Prado
Brazil

Atotô
Dir: Bruno Laet
Brazil