DOCUMENTARY  ELENA Co-presented with BRAFFTV – Brazilian Film and TV Festival. By Ingrid Coifman Film director and actress Petra Costa brings her documentary “Elena” to the Hot Docs 2013, following other successful international screenings and awards such as Audience Award & Best Documentary at the 45th Brasilia Film Festival 2012, Special Mentions at the 9th ZagrebDox International Competition and the 28th Guadalajara Film Festival, and Best Documentary Feature at Films de Femmes 2013. The story is about Elena, a young Brazilian woman who travels to New York with the same...


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BRAFFTV 2012 “Xingu” opens the Festival   By Ingrid Coifman BRAFFTV 2012 (Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto) opening gala will bring Cao Hamburger’s Xingu to Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in the evening of October 11th. The story, which takes place in 1943, recounts the saga of three brothers set out into the center of the country seeking adventure. Armed with an insatiable curiosity, they befriend a village of Xingu Indians, and together they build an airstrip to bring modernity to this ancient place. Also in the program, on October 11th, at 3pm, there will be a Master...


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Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto Selton Melo’s “The Clown” premieres in Canada By Ingrid Coifman The 6th edition of BRAFFTV (Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto) will screen 35 Brazilian films produced in the last two years from October 11th to 14th at Carlton Cinema in Toronto. During the competitive exhibition, the public can watch celebrated productions including Corações Sujos (Dirty Hearts), O Palhaço (The Clown), Dois Coelhos (Two Rabits), Rock Brasília, Estamos Juntos (We are Together), and Reflexões de um Liquidificador (Reflections of a Blender). The...


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This the first year that BRAFFTV - Brazilian Film and TV is co-presenting the film Laura, directed by Felipe Gamarano Barbosa at the Hot Docs. LAURA The main character in Felipe Gamarano Barbosa's newest film is somewhere Grey Garden's Little Edie and Breakfast at Tiffany's Holly Golightly. As Barbosa's intrigue grows, Laura begins to exploit him and his crew, playing a cat and mouse gone between subject and filmaker as he follows her antics of mixing with New York's elite by night while cheating poverty by day. Winner of the Brazilian DocTV Latin America Program. http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/laura# Screening Sun...


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Brazilian Film & TV Festival of Toronto - BRAFFTv September 29nd - October 2nd Southern Mirrors, along with its partner Puente, present the fifth edition of BRAFFTv – Brazilian Film & TV Festival of Toronto celebrating Brazilian recent cinematography. This year’s four-day festival features a vibrant line-up of shorts, animation, documentaries and features. The opening session on September 29th will be held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and will feature the Canadian premiere of the film Rosa Morena. The film directed by Carlos Augusto de Oliveira is a co-production between Brazil...


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