How Anita Rocha da Silveira Coils Mythical and Real-Life Violence Against Women in Her Cannes Feature ‘Medusa’

Anitta is speaking out.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentParis-based sales agency Luxbox has added sales to the U.K., Australia and Brazil to previous deals with the U.S. and France on Directors’ Fortnight title “Clara Sola,” making good on its upbeat critical reception at the Cannes Festival this month.London-based Peccadillo Pictures has acquired U.K.

Anitta is getting candid about social media in a brand new interview.

sisters have been savagely shot dead as part of a gangland execution. The gruesome and vile murder took place on July 14 and could be seen on a horrific Instagram livestream, with the footage from the incident having since been viewed thousands of times on social media.

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Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel, Undone) is navigating through Hollywood’s seedy underbelly in the first look teaser trailer (above) for the Netflix limited series and things are looking grim.

Lele Pons and Anitta are the latest celebrity duo making the best out of their summer. Recently, the pair spent their weekend sunbathing on a yacht and partying all night in a club.

 Anitta looks absolutely stunning in the spread for this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, being photographed on a beach in Hollywood, Florida.The Brazilian superstar, whose full name is Larissa de Macedo Machado, shot to fame in 2013 after releasing her single, “Show das Poderosas” along with an accompanying music video, which has been viewed more than 150 million times on Youtube.Her career has only grown in the almost-decade since, and now, she’s reached a new milestone: appearing in

The 2021 Cannes Film Festival jury stepped out together one last time while attending the festival’s closing ceremony.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCANNES — The awards show for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival competition is underway.Jury president Spike Lee presided over a majority-female group that included French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.The prizes

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBrussels-based sales agency Best Friend Forever has closed a deal for France with ambitious distributor Wayna Pitch on Anita Rocha da Silveira’s “Medusa,” which plays in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.The drama, set in contemporary Brazil, centers on 21-year-old Mariana, who belongs to a world where she must do her utmost to keep up the appearance of a perfect woman.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBoutique sales agency Asian Shadows has struck deals in Cannes on two of its key titles, “Coming Home Again,” directed by Wayne Wang and “Zero” by Soda Kazuhiro.Asian Shadows is operating in person and online at the Cannes Market and is giving screenings to documentary “All About My Sisters” (world premiere at IFFR Bright Future last month) at the online market.Examining themes of family, roots and food, “Coming Home Again” was sold to Zeta Filmes for Brazil and

The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing in France this week after opening ceremonies, and the first wave of screenings made a bit of a splash yesterday. Today, there is some news about Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, who is premiering his latest pic at the festival, “Mariner of the Mountain,” in the Special Screenings section.

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infamous internationally for its homophobia and violence directed against members of the LGBTQ community.Leite, 36, from the center-right Brazilian Social Democratic Party, made the announcement during an interview with Brazil’s top broadcaster, TV Globo, last Thursday. “I’m gay — and I’m a governor who is gay rather than a gay governor,” Leite said in the interview. “Just as Obama in the United States wasn’t a Black president, but a president who was Black.