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Central Station

8/10

2h23min

I'm Still Here

8.2/10

2h16min

Foreign Land

7.4/10

1h50min

On the Road

6/10

2h3min

City of God

8.6/10

2h9min

Aquarius

7.4/10

2h26min

Who is Walter Salles?

Walter Salles is an independent Brazilian filmmaker known for films such as Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries and I'm Still Here. His work has earned major international awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. He is recognised for blending personal and political narratives, often focusing on themes of identity and social justice.

2 wins at Cannes Film Festival and 4 nominations for Cannes Film Festival

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Karim Ainouz, Talal Derki films among 20 projects to receive German funding support

New films by Karim Ainouz, Talal Derki and Arian Vazirdafzari are among projects receiving support from Germany’s national cultural film funding programme in its latest funding rounds. Ainouz’s Wild Boys is one of eight fiction film screenplays which were each awarded grants of €50,000 by a jury including directors Saralisa Volm and Behrooz Karamizade, screenwriter Heide Schwochow and producer Elena von Saucken. With writer-director Florian Gärtner co-writing, Wild Boys is set in Berlin in 1933 and centres on an anarchic queer gang of young hustlers and street kids living in the forests on the edge of the capital. When the Nazis start tightening the noose,

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Neon’s Jeff Deutchman on what talent needs to understand about the new film economy

There are two ways Neon cuts through the noise of a crowded distribution landscape and talent needs to be aligned in order to achieve success, senior executive Jeff Deutchman has told an industry audience. “The key to maintaining our business in a way that can sustain is through a couple of different transformations,” the company’s head of acquisitions, production and development said. “One is cost sensitivity and the other is eventising everything that we do.” Deutchman continued, “Movies probably can’t cost what they used to, especially if it’s important to us to take creative risks and have a robust theatrical release.

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Walter Salles on the inspiration behind his series about Brazilian football legend Sócrates

Oscar winner Walter Salles has previewed the first two episodes of his upcoming documentary series about the legendary Brazilian football player Sócrates and spoken about the enduring spirit of his subject’s activism. Salles, whose I’m Still Here won Brazil the international feature film Oscar in 2025, got the idea for the five-episode series after he had a conversation in 2022 with Raí, the late Sócrates’ younger brother and a former professional player himself. The series, financed and produced by Globoplay in co-production with VideoFilmes and Anonymous Content Brazil, shot mostly in São Paulo and Rio and uses archival footage of Sócrates and interviews with journalists,

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‘The Project: The Myth of Colonialism’s End’ Directors on Walter Salles’ Support and Screening Poetic Doc Ahead of ‘Dramatic’ Brazilian Elections That Offer a ‘Choice Between Good and Evil’

Once the Black Lives Matter protests broke out in the U.S., Brazilian filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo and Swiss photographer Yvan Rodic realized it was time to begin working on their passion project, “The Project: The Myth of Colonialism’s End.” The documentary, developed and shot over the six years since, began its festival journey earlier this year at Brazil’s renowned Gramado Film Festival and now arrives to wider audiences at the Mostra de São Paulo. “The Project: The Myth of Colonialism’s End“ is a documentary road movie across several countries, including Brazil, Germany and Switzerland, stitching archival material, first-person interviews with renowned names such as Grada Kilomba and Djamila Ribeiro and poetic interludes to reflect upon the visible and invisible scars of over six centuries of colonialism. The film was born from the encounter between Fidalgo and Rodic, who each bring their particular subjectivities—as well as their

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‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Star Eiza González Turns Heads Again in New Photos of Her White Satin Academy Museum Gala Gown

Eiza González has spent 2026 building one of Hollywood’s most reliable red carpet résumés. From award-show black to sheer evening looks, the Mexican actress and singer has made fashion almost as big a part of her year as her screen work. It’s the kind of run that keeps fans watching every new appearance. Her recent film slate has fueled that attention. She stars in Guy Ritchie’s action-thriller ‘In the Grey’ alongside Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal, appeared in Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’, which premiered at SXSW, and starred in the action-comedy ‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’. Fans also know her from ‘3 Body Problem

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‘In the Grey’ Star Eiza González Brings Old Hollywood Elegance to the Academy Museum Gala in a Flowing Ivory Gown

Eiza González has quietly built one of Hollywood’s most reliable red carpet résumés, and the Academy Museum Gala has long been one of her favorite stages. Back in 2022, she attended the event in an orange sequined Laquan Smith dress paired with a dazzling Bulgari diamond bib. Her style has only grown more polished since then. At the 2026 SAG Awards, she wore a striped Armani Privé gown with a deep red lip and David Yurman jewels, while her Vanity Fair Oscar party look was a silver Miu Miu dress with elegant embroidery. This year’s gala gave her an even bigger spotlight. Dubbed the “Met Gala of the West,” the

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