So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
From Walter Salles
That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.
The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself.
When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
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