Baby and Malu share the Best Film award at the Rio 2024 Festival

Babynew film by Marcelo Caetano (Electric Body), and Malufrom Pedro Freire (My Little Piece of Ground), were the big winners of the 26th edition of the Rio Festivalwhich took place between October 3rd and 13th, in Rio de Janeiro.

The news shared the Redeemer Trophy for Best Fiction Feature Film, on the circuit Brazil Premierededicated to national productions and one of the main showcases of Brazilian cinema.

In the same circuit, Baby He also won the Best Actor award for João Pedro Mariano and Best Art Direction for Thales Junqueira. Already Malu secured wins for Best Screenplay for Pedro FreireBest Actress for Yara de Novaes and Best Supporting Actress for Carol Duarte and Juliana Carneiro da Cunha.

At the show New Directionsdedicated to new directors and new languages ​​of Brazilian audiovisual production, the highlight was Illusion Centernew from Pedro Diogenes (Hellraiser). Below, check out all the winners of the 26th edition of the Rio Festival:

BRAZIL PREMIERE

• Best Short Film: The Girl and the Potby Valentina Homem. Producer: Semper Viva.
• Best Sound: Marcos Lopes, Guile Martins and Toco Cerqueira for The Fall of the Sky.
• Best Assembly: Peterkino, by Ballroom.
• Best Photography: Arthur Sherman, by Kasa Branca.
• Best Art Direction: Thales Junqueira, by Baby.
• Best Original Soundtrack: Fernando Aranha and Guga Bruno, by Kasa Branca and When You Turn the Corner.
• Best Supporting Actor: Diego Francisco, by Kasa Branca.
• Best Supporting Actress (double award): Carol Duarte and Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, by Malu.
• Best Actor: João Pedro Mariano, by Baby.
• Best Actress: Yara de Novaes, by Malu.
• Honorable Mention for Diana Mattos, by Bethany.
• Best Screenplay: Pedro Freire, by Malu.
• Best Documentary Direction: Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, by The Fall of the Sky.
• Best Documentary Feature Film: 3 Obas of Xangôby Sérgio Machado. Producer: Coqueirão Pictures.
• Special Jury Prize: Jamilli Correa, by Sisters.
• Best Fiction Direction: Luciano Vidigal, by Kasa Branca.
• Best Fiction Feature Film (double prize): Babyby Marcelo Caetano. Production company Cup Filmes, Desbun Filmes, Plateau Produções; and Maluby Pedro Freire. Production company Bubbles Project, TvZero.

NEW DIRECTIONS COMPETITION

• Best Short Film: Fresh Meatby Giovani Barros. Producer: Duas Mariola Filmes.
• Honorable Mentions for short films: Heaven Doesn’t Know My Nameby Carol AÓ; and And Your Body Is Beautifulby Yuri Costa.
• Best Actor: Reynier Morales, by The Akin Desert.
• Best Actress: Mayara Santos, by It’s Not Tomorrow Yet.
• Special Jury Prize: Whereaboutsby Rita Piffer. Producer: Mera Filmes.
• Best Direction: Davi Pretto, by Continent.
• Best Feature Film: Illusion Centerby Pedro Diogenes. Producer: Marrevolto Filmes.

FELIX AWARD

• Best Documentary: The Beauty of Gaza (La Belle de Gaza), by Yolande Zauberman. Producer: Unité, Phobics, Arte France Cinéma.
• Honorable Mention for documentaries: Vollúpyaby Éri Sarmet and Jocimar Dias Jr.; and Ballroomby Juru and Vitã.
• Special Jury Prize: Babyby Marcelo Caetano. Production company: Cup Filmes, Desbun Filmes, Plateau Produções.
• Best International Film: Everything will be fine (All Shall Be Well), by Ray Yeung. Producer: New Voice Film Productions.
• Best Brazilian Film: Avenida Beira-Marby Maju de Paiva and Bernardo Florim.

What has been the best film of 2024 so far? Vote for your favorite!

• The Snow Society
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Poor Creatures
• The Boy and the Crane
• Dune: Part 2
• All of Us Strangers
• Godzilla and Kong: The New Empire
• Civil War
• Inside Out 2
• Bandit: Number One
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• This Is How It Ends
• Alien: Romulus
• Longlegs: Deadly Bond
• Ghosts Still Have Fun: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Don’t Speak Evil
• Silvio
• Joker: Delirium for Two
• The Well 2
• The Girl of the Time