SP Film Festival showcases award-winning films in its 48th edition

THE International Film Festival in São Paulo ended its 48th edition last Wednesday night (30) with a closing ceremony held at Espaço Petrobras, at Cinemateca Brasileira.

With presentation of Renata de Almeida and Serginho Groismanthe ceremony handed out this edition’s awards, including the Leon Cakoff Award, which went to the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppolapresent at the event.

The award ceremony was followed by the screening of the American director’s most recent film, Megalopoliswhich is now showing in Brazilian cinemas. Below, check out the complete list of award-winning titles:

Jury Awards

The films in the New Directors Competition section that received the most votes from the public were submitted to the Jury, formed in this edition by the Brazilian actress Camila Pitangaby Portuguese actor and filmmaker Gonçalo Waddingtonby the curator and producer Hebe Tabachnikby the producer Kyle Stroudby Iranian director and writer Mohsen Makhmalbaf and by the French film critic Thierry Meranger.

The judges chose Familiar Touchfrom Sarah Friedlandand Hanamifrom Denise Fernandeslike the best fiction films. For best documentary, they awarded In the Other Landfrom Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abrahamand Symphony of Survivalfrom Michel Coeli. They also awarded the award for best direction to Adam Elliotfor the animation Memoirs of a Snail.

Audience Awards

The audience at the 48th Mostra chose, among the international features, The Case of Foreignersfrom Brandt Andersenas best fiction film, and Balomaniafrom Sissel Morell Dargisas best documentary.

Among Brazilians, the Oscar pre-nominee I’m Still Herefrom Walter Sallesreceived the award for best fiction, and 3 Obas of Xangôfrom Sergio Machadobest documentary.

The public’s choice is made by voting. At each session watched, the viewer receives a ballot to vote on a scale of 1 to 5, always delivered at the end of the film. The proportional result of the films with the highest scores determines the winners.

Critics Awards

The specialized press, which covers the event and traditionally awards the Critics’ Award, also participated in the awards, choosing Sistersfrom Marianna Brennandas best Brazilian film, and Carried by the Tidesfrom Jia Zhangkeas the best foreign feature film.

Abraccine Award

Abraccine – Brazilian Association of Film Critics also traditionally holds an awards ceremony, which chooses the best Brazilian film. This year, the chosen one was Interventionfrom Gustavo Ribeiro.

Netflix Prize

For the second time, Netflix presents an award at the festival, given to a Brazilian film participating in this year’s Show that did not already have a contract with a streaming service. The feature film awarded in this 48th edition was Serra das Almasfrom Lily Ferreira.

Paradiso Award

The Paradiso Mostra Project award supports the distribution in cinemas of one of the films in the Mostra Brasil section that received the highest public vote. The contribution serves to complement the distribution of the work in Brazilian cinemas and help its debut on national screens. This year, the Paradiso Award was awarded to the film Malufrom the director Pedro Freire.

Brada Award – Best Art Direction Award

The Brazilian Art Directors Collective awards, for the third time at the Exhibition, the work of an art director who has stood out at the festival. This year, Mathé receives the award for Art Direction for his work on the film Hanamifrom Denise Fernandes.

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new release, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with maestro João Carlos Martins, an exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for the Oscars 2025 and the launch radar for Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It hits newsstands in November, but can now be pre-purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90, with shipping starting on November 6th.

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