Global indie animation powerhouse Miyu Distribution has acquired international rights to Fernanda Salgado’s “Ana, en Passant” ahead of its world premiere at the Brasília Brazilian Film Festival and international premiere at the Vancouver Film Festival (VIFF). It will make history at VIFF as the first animated film to compete in its Vanguard program. The film
GRAMADO, Brazil — Vet Brazilian helmer-producer Paulo Nascimento will lense “A Chocolate Christmas,” a Portuguese-language holiday-themed feature film in the mountain resort of Gramado, in southern Brazil, and New York City, he told Variety. The film will shoot over December and January. Nascimento is set announce the film project t his panel on Sunday at
Brazil recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires after Argentina’s president attacked the Brazilian president as a “thief” and a “convict.” Javier Milei made the comments Sunday at a rally in Sao Paulo to launch the presidential campaign of right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who will run in elections in October. Without explicitly naming Luiz Inácio Lula
In 2024, the Amazon rainforest suffered its worst wildfires in more than two decades, which the Copernicus Climate Change Service attributed to “extreme weather and human activity.” “The figures for 2025 are significant and show that it is possible to reduce the area burned in the country,” Vera Arruda, researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research
WASHINGTON– The United States is imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil after finding a variety of what it considered unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th largest economy. The rates, which were first proposed last month, will go into effect on July 22. The order exempts some goods that are not produced in the