Deslocamentos: Brazilian Cinema on the Move

Rita de Cassia stars in Iracema

The Bridging Worlds project is delighted to be collaborating with the Leeds International Film Festival 2025 to bring a special "spotlights" feature on Brazilian Cinema. The series includes the stunning 4k restorations of two classics: Iracema (Jorge Bodansky and Orlando Senna, 1975) and Pixote (Hector Babenco, 1980).

On Friday 31st October Dr Victoria Adams will introduce the screening of Macunaima (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1969) at 18:15 in the Everyman Cinema Leeds, and on  Monday 3rd November at 16:15, also at the Everyman, Dr Peter Haysom-Rodriguez will introduce Bye Bye Brazil (Carlos Diegues 1980).

You can read Stephanie Dennison's essay on Pixote, published for the Criterion Collection, here:

Pixote: Out in the Streets | Current | The Criterion Collection

For more information and tickets, see the link to LeedsFilm above.