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Free São Paulo film festival honors Carla Camurati and women filmmakers
The free festival runs in São Paulo from Nov.
9 to 19 as the fourth Festival Internacional de Mulheres no Cinema.
It highlights films made and led by women, with events at venues including Cinesesc and the Centro Cultural São Paulo.
The festival honors filmmaker Carla Camurati for her career in Brazilian cinema.
Its opening screening is Camurati’s documentary “Raízes do Sagrado Feminino,” which looks at how religious narratives perpetuate inequality and violence against women.
For the first time, the competition separates feature films into fiction and documentary categories, and includes a section for filmmakers aged 60 and over.
All competition films are directed by women, while a parallel program presents first or second films by women directors from France.
The festival is free, with tickets available at each venue’s box office one hour before screenings, and other programs can be watched on Itaú Cultural Play.
The fourth International Women in Cinema Festival runs in São Paulo from 9 to 19 November, with free admission.
The festival highlights films made by women and aims to promote gender equality and women’s production in Brazil’s film industry.
Filmmaker Carla Camurati is being honored for her career.
The opening screening is Camurati’s documentary “Roots of the Sacred Feminine” at Cinesesc.
The program includes competitive fiction and documentary features directed by women, plus a category for filmmakers aged 60 and over.
- Who
- The International Women in Cinema Festival; filmmaker Carla Camurati is its honoree.
- What
- The free festival presents films made and starring women, and honors Camurati.
- When
- 9 to 19 November; the fourth edition opens on 9 November.
- Where
- São Paulo, at venues including Cinesesc and the Centro Cultural São Paulo; other screenings are available on Itaú Cultural Play.
- Why
- To promote gender equality and recognize women’s production in Brazil’s film industry.
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The festival opens at Cinesesc with a screening of Carla Camurati’s documentary “Roots of the Sacred Feminine.
Camurati is scheduled to teach the free masterclass “Cinematic Language” at the Sesc São Paulo Research and Training Center.
The in-person fiction competition is scheduled at the Centro Cultural São Paulo.
The fourth edition of the festival takes place in São Paulo.
- Festival dates
- 9–19 November
- Admission
- Free
- Edition
- Fourth
- Honoree
- Carla Camurati
- Opening venue
- Cinesesc, São Paulo
- Fiction competition
- 10–11 November at Centro Cultural São Paulo