The Brazilian Film Festival of London is a Brazilian-state-sponsored film festival held annually in London. It is currently in its second edition after first taking place in 2009. The festival is curated by Inffinito, an organisation involved with the promotion and diffusion of Brazilian culture.

Programme

The programme involves premier screenings of a number of Brazilian films at venues across London. The Second Edition (2010) featured films showing at the BAFTA academy, Apollo Piccadilly and the Southbank Centre.

In addition there are a number of talks between high-profile speakers from the Brazilian and UK film industries, with the goal of future collaboration. In 2010, Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films...

was amongst the speakers.

External links

• 3rd Brazilian Film Festival of London Official site
• 3rd Brazilian Film Festival of London 6th-10th Sept Full programme for festival with reviews