A TRIBUTE TO BRAZILIAN CINEMA: 40 YEARS OF CINEMA NOVO: PROGRAMME

An initiative between the Cannes Film Festival and the Rio Festival, represented at Cannes by executive director, Ilda Santiago, Tribute To Brazilian Cinema will centre on a celebratory 40th anniversary screening of Brazilian cinema master filmmaker Glauber Rocha's Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil), long considered one of finest examples of Latin cinema.

Further films which will have a place in the tribute programme include such classics as O Pagador de Promessas (The Given Word), Macunaima, Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), Bye Bye Brasil, and Dona Flor e seus Dios Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands), which in keeping with the flavour of the Rio Festival will have an outdoor screening on the Croisette Beach, Monday May 17 as part of the festival Cinéma à la Plage..

Films Salle Buñuel - Palais des Festivals

Sunday, May 16th
19h30 Opening of 'A Tribute to Brazilian Cinema: 40 Years of Cinema Novo'
Bye Bye Brasil / Bye Bye Brazil (1979)
In the presence of the director Cacá Diegues, actor José Wilker, the producers Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, and Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil.


Monday, May 17th
17h Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol / Black God, White Devil (1964)
In the presence of director Glauber Rocha's mother and daughter, Mrs. Lucia and Ms. Ava Rocha.

19h30 Vidas Secas / Barren Lives (1963)
In the presence of the director Nelson Pereira dos Santos and the producers Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto.

21h30 Cinema on the Beach - (Croisette beach, besides Majestic Beach)
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos / Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands (1976)
In the presence of the producers Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto and the director Bruno Barreto.

Wednesday, May 19th
22h30 O Pagador de Promessas / The Given Word (1962)
In the presence of the producer Anibal Massaini.

Thursday, May 20th
17h Macunaima / Macunaima (1959)
In the presence of Ms. Alice de Andrade, director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade's daughter.

IN OFFICIAL SELECTION:

Wednesday, May 19th
19h Diários de Motocicleta / Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
In Official Competition - Salle Lumière

Thursday, May 20th
19h30 Glauber O Filme, Labirinto do Brasil / Labyrinth Glauber, The Brazilian
Movie (2003), by Silvio Tendler
Official Selection Out of Competition

22h Terra em Transe / Earth Entranced (1967)
Cannes Classique, Restored Print.

Friday, May 21st
11h Salle Debussy
Quimera / Quimera
In the presence of the director Eryk Rocha
Official Competition - Short Films.

EVENTS:

Sunday, May 16th
From 17h to 19h Brazilian Happy Hour VIP Club Beach
Meeting open to all professionals of the Brazilian and International film industry, who share an interest in Brazilian cinema. Event hosted by Riofilme, Rio Film Commission and Festival do Rio.

19h30 Salle Buñuel - Palais des Festivals
Opening of 'A Tribute to Brazilian Cinema: 40 Years of Cinema Novo' with screening of Bye Bye Brasil / Bye Bye Brazil, in the presence of the director Cacá Diegues, actor José Wilker, producers Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, and Brazilian Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil.


Monday, May 17th
11h30
Positive Round Table. Moderator: Michel Ciment. Discussion Brazilian Cinema Novo.
Guests: Cacá Diegues and Nelson Pereira dos Santos.

15h00
Fonds Sud Official Event
Special Commendation 'Dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres' to be offered to director Walter Salles.

16h30
Official Round Table to mark the 20th Anniversary of Fonds Sud. Moderator: Frédéric Mitterrand, TV5's president. Guests: French Minister of Culture Donnedieu de Vabres, Raoul Peck and Moufida Tlatli, directors and ex-presidents of Fonds Sud. Special Guest: Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil.


Tuesday, May 18th

From 17h to 19h Brazilian Happy Hour VIP Club Beach
Meeting open to all professionals of the Brazilian and International film industry, who share an interest in Brazilian cinema. Event hosted by Riofilme, Rio Film Commission and Festival do Rio.

Wednesday, May 19th

From 17h to 19h Brazilian Happy Hour VIP Club Beach
Meeting open to all professionals of the Brazilian and International film industry, who share an interest in Brazilian cinema. Event hosted by Riofilme, Rio Film Commission and Festival do Rio.

Thursday, May 20th

From 9h to 11h Des Palmes Beach
BREAKFAST: PRODUCERS NETWORK. Dedicated to Brazilian and Latin-American cinema.

From 17h to 19h Brazilian Happy Hour VIP Club Beach
Meeting open to all professionals of the Brazilian and International film industry, who share an interest in Brazilian cinema. Event hosted by Riofilme, Rio Film Commission and Festival do Rio.