This festival aims to show the connection between the cultural diversity in Brazil and the multiplicity of expression in film, video and digital media translated into documentaries, fiction, video art, experimental films, home made movies, animations, etc. London was initially thought of as the ideal city to host the event for its metropolitan quality, a city of encounters, open to new points of view. The mix of so many diverse cultures creates a space for the surfacing of avant garde alternatives, a place for communication between diverse peoples. Brazil is similar in this aspect; it is also a melting pot for cultural diversity.

The idea for the festival came from a wish, not only to show good movies that are being made in Brazil, but also to discover what populates the imagination of Brazilian filmmakers, what the country is thinking, what images are being produced, what stories are being told. It is a movement made of discoveries.

Venues, dates and more information are available on the BVFF web site: www.brazilianviewff.com

Brazilian View Film Fest 2005 - Schedule:
London
291 Gallery Wednesday, 23rd November,
7pm — 2am Programme 7: Life and its obsessions + Live Music and talk with filmmakers

Wednesday, 30th November,
7pm — 2am Programme 10: Documentary sandwich with fiction filling + Live Music and talk with filmmakers Admission: £4/ £3 concs - only at the door
Address: 291 Hackney Road London E2 8NA (Tube Bethnal Green/ Old Street/ Liverpool St. Station — Rail Cambridge Heath, Buses 55, 26, 48)
www.291gallery.com
Other dates in December, please confirm at the website www.brazilianviewff.com

Birmingham The Custard Factory
Wednesday, 16th November — Opening night 7pm — until late: The Old Library at The Custard Factory An extravaganza Brazilian night with drums & flute performances, DJs playing old and new bossa nova and introducing regional tunes from North and Central Brazil. Brazilian drinks and cocktails will be available at the bar.
8pm: The theatre at The Custard Factory
Program 6: Music, Underworld, Corruption. One screening consisting of a collections of short and medium length films. The screening session will last approximately 80 minutes.

Sunday, 20th November
5h30 — 7pm: Programme 2 — Stolen home, blood, life?
7pm — 8h30: Programme 3 — Art, art? Art.
8h30 — 10pm: Programme 10 — Documentary sandwich with fiction filling
Admission: £3 Address: Gibb Square, Birmingham, B9 4AA
T. 0121 224 7777
E. info@custardfactory.com

Belgium Brussels
Espaço Darcy Ribeiro
Thursday, 24th November
15h — Opening with a speech from the Brazilian Ambassador.
15h30 - Programme 1 — Road movies: On foot, bikes or by car
17h - Programme 8 — Encounters: From a child to an old man
18h30 Special Presentations — Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (89 min), directed by Domingos Oliveira and Light Memories (33min), Jose Inacio Parente 20h30 - show with the band Humphrey’s SisPence

Friday, 25th November
14h - Programme 4: Rio de Janeiro from several angles
15h30 - Programme 5: Macro and Micro
17h - Programme 6: Music, Underworld, Corruption.
18h30 - Programme 7: Life and its obsessions

Saturday, 26th November
14h - Programme 2: Stolen home, blood, life?
15h30 - Programme 3: Art, art? Art.
17h - Programme 10: Documentary sandwich with fiction filling
18h30 - Programme 9: Complimentary opposites and a bit of fun
Espaço Darcy Ribeiro 350, Avenue Louise — groundfloor, 1050 Brussels
Tel: 0032 2 6402015