Record-Breaking Number of Brazilian Films, Strong International Alliances and Women at the Top: 8 Takeaways From the Rio Film Festival 2025

Teona Gherasim

The Rio International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Latin America, wrapped this Sunday Oct. 12 after a record-breaking edition for Brazilian films and a strong international presence, including packed screenings for festival opener “After the Hunt” and closer “Hamnet.” The festival’s competitive strand, Premiere Brasil, crowned Anne Pinheiro Guimarães’s tender period drama “Pequenas Criaturas” as Best Narrative Feature Film and Tainá Muller and Ísis Broken’s moving documentary