The Embassy of Brazil in Manila, in partnership with the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) and the sponsorship of “Sambazon” organized the 9th Brazilian Film Festival (BFF), from Dec. 5 to 7, 2024. The last edition of the BFF took place in 2019, but the initiative was later interrupted due to the pandemic.
Boots Herrera, director and chief curator of the Ateneo Art Gallery , Ambassador of Brazil to the Philippines Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura, Department of Tourism Michelle Guerrero Taylor, Head of the Cultural Section of the Embassy of Brazil Gerson Cruz Gimenes and member of the UPF Sinag de Leon
Attended by the Ambassador of the Embassy of Brazil in the Philippines, Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura said in his remarks that films brings diversity to the spotlight regardless of nationality, culture or social backgrounds. The Festival brought this year four movies, under the theme “Sounds of Brazil”, as three of them paid tribute to the Brazilian people who have contributed to Brazilian rich and diverse musical expressions.
“João, o Maestro” tells the story of the musician João Carlos Martins, whose childhood was reclusive due to serious health problems. But one day, the piano came into his life. He arises as a stubborn boy who, in a few years, becomes one of the greatest talents of the Brazilian classical music. Jaime Benedicto, executive Ddirector of Bantu PH
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