Moma's SIXTH ANNUAL PREMIERE BRAZIL! FESTIVAL PRESENTS NEW BRAZILIAN CINEMA
MoMA’s SIXTH ANNUAL PREMIERE BRAZIL! FESTIVAL PRESENTS NEW BRAZILIAN CINEMA Two-Week Series Features the World Premiere of Lirio Ferreira’s The Man Who Bottled Clouds Premiere Brazil! July 17–31, 2008 The Roy and Niuta Titus Theatres NEW YORK, June 25, 2008— The Museum of Modern Art presents Premiere Brazil!, its sixth annual exhibition of contemporary Brazilian cinema, July 17 through 31, 2008. A collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, this series introduces New York audiences to original films by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers. The 10 feature and documentary films comprising this year’s selection demonstrate the vitality and depth of contemporary Brazilian filmmaking, ranging from Marcos Jorge’s Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007), a comic fable that also serves as a gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival, to Cao Guimarães’ Andarilho (Drifter) (2007), a story of three lonely drifters, the second installment in Guimarães’ ambitious trilogy on solitude. As in previous years, Premiere Brazil! also includes a rich variety of vibrant films about Brazilian music and musicians, including the international premiere of The Mystery of Samba and the world premiere of The Man Who Bottled Clouds, director Lirio Ferreira’s engrossing portrait of popular songwriter Humberto Teixeira. Most filmmakers will be present to introduce the first screenings of their films. Premiere Brazil! is organized by Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art; and Ilda Santiago, Director, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. This year’s opening-night films are Marcos Jorge’s debut feature Estômago: A Gastronomic Story, a smartly constructed tale of food, power, and sexual betrayal, and veteran director Walter Lima Jr.’s Out of Tune, a seductive recreation of the 1960s music scene in Rio de Janeiro and New York that traces the birth of bossa nova through the ups and downs of a fictional band.
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