Celebrating the 100th birthday of the iconic 1940s Brazilian star, Carmen Miranda, the first Reel Brazil Film Festival (RBFF) sambas, sashays and generally smooches its way into Te Papa at the end of the month, bringing four days of feature films, documentaries, animation and music, plus two spectacular festas. This could be your best chance of the year to dress like a fruit cocktail and get away with it.
The festival will screen classics from the Brazilian cinema, as well as recent productions and an animation programme from the new wave of films being produced in Brazil. The inaugural RBFF pays tribute to Samba and the Brazilian Carnaval; from its traditional roots through to its Hollywood 1940s and 1950s flair and glory of Carmen Miranda, all the way to today’s lively Carnaval in the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
