Savvy Brazil fans know there’s more to life than football – now that the World Cup is over, there’s the cinema! The Brazilian Film Festival 2010 is celebrating its 10th anniversary. 10 feature films and 5 documentaries will be screened at the Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Sderot cinematheques during the month of August. The festival is made possible through the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, the Brazilian Embassy in Israel, and the Ostrovsky Fund. Shlomo Azaria is the Artistic Director.
The festival offers an opportunity to become acquainted with the Brazilian film industry, and several prominent representatives from Brazil will be present at the screenings. Among the festival’s guests are: Paulo Halm, screenwriter of the film Blue Eyes, which opened the festival, and director of Love Stories Only Last 90 Minutes; Denise Weinberg the leading actress in Time of Fear; and Ana Carbatti who stars in The Tenants (Don’t Like It, Leave).
The documentaries this year all focus on Brazil’s other popular export (sorry, no football films this year) – music.
The complete schedule
Documentary Films
Beyond Ipanema – Tel Aviv 5.8, Jerusalem 7.8
Simonal – Jerusalem 10.8, Haifa 12.8
Lenine in Continuation – Haifa 11.8, Jerusalem 16.8
Uma Noite Em 67 – Tel Aviv 10.8, Jerusalem 14.8, Haifa 18.8
The Petit Boureois – A Philosophy of Life – Haifa 8.8, Tel Aviv 12.8, Jerusalem 18.8
Feature Films
Love Stories Only Last 90 Minutes – Jerusalem 4.8, Tel Aviv 5.8, Haifa 6.8
Head on a Platter – Haifa 3.8, Tel Aviv 8.8, Jerusalem 11.8, Sderot 17.8
Blue Eyes – Jerusalem 3.8, Sderot 11.8, Tel Aviv 15.8
I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You – Haifa 9.8, Tel Aviv 10.8, Jerusalem 15.8
Salve Geral (Time of Fear) – Haifa 4.8, Jerusalem 8.8, Sderot 15.8
Elvis & Madona – Haifa 6.8, Jerusalem 15.8, Tel Aviv 16.8
From Beginning to End – Tel Aviv 6.8, Haifa 10.8, Jerusalem 13.8
The Midday Sun – Haifa 10.8, Jerusalem 12.8, Tel Aviv 16.8
The Tenants – Tel Aviv 3.8, Haifa 4.8, Jerusalem 5.8, Sderot 10.8
Morgue Story – Tel Aviv 11.8, Haifa 15.8, Jerusalem 20.8
Festival site (in Hebrew): www.festivalemisrael.com
Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2 Sprinzak Street, 03-6060800
Haifa Cinematheque, 142 HaNassi Street, 04-8353521
Jerusalem Cinematheque, 11 Derech Hevron, 02-5654333
Sderot Cinematheque, 4 HaDekel Street, 08-6897741
