Review – Brazil Film Festival

Great to see this kind of event included in the Fringe Festival, reminding us that there’s more than predominantly white culture sitting on the fringe of Adelaide’s great city. The fourth Brazil Film Festival kicked off with some very festive music and dance at the Mercury Cinema along with a screening of a really cool film tracing the thwarted career of a Brazilian soccer player.

The opening speeches made it clear that there is a strong film industry emerging in Brazil at the moment and that links between Australia and Brazil are welcome. The strangest thing I noticed on the night was MP Jennifer Rankin’s dress – exactly the same dress that Minister for the Arts Chloe Fox wore at the Garden of Unearthly Delight’s Opening function? Do local ministers share the same wardrobe or was it just coincidence?

That aside, check out the Brazil Festival Program, they’re all highlights! Showing at The Mercury Cinema over the weekend are a range of films from the early afternoon into the evening. The welcoming warmth of the Brazilian locals was a mere precursor to the heat of their celebratory partying. Brazil is, after all, the party capital of the world!