SCREENING BRAZIL is a one week program with the best of Brazilian cinema, showcasing both contemporary and avant-garde classic films. The program pays special attention to the deep political crisis taking place in one of the world’s largest countries.
 

Na Missão com Kadu (Pedro Maia de Brito e Aiano, 2016, 27 min)
In the largest urban land conflict in Latin America, comrades and companions from the occupied region of Izidora march for decent housing. Filmmaker and leadership, Kadu, takes his camera to the march and in it brings back some footage of the day 19/5. At the edge of the fire he remembers the day, the fight and the dream.

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O Desmonte do Monte (Sinai Sganzerla, 2018, 85 min)
The Sacred Hill, later named Morro do Castelo, was the site chosen by the Portuguese for the foundation of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its structure represents an important historical and architectural reference of the past of the city and according to an urban legend, inside the hill lies a treasure never found. Despite all its relevance, Morro do Castelo was destroyed by urbanistic reforms aimed at promoting real estate speculation in the region, ending one of the major pillars of the region’s history.