‘The Riverbank,’ ‘Elza’ Top Rio Film Festival Awards as ‘On Behalf of My Son,’ ‘The French Teacher’ and ‘London’ Scoop Key Prizes
Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias’ Locarno-winning “The Riverbank” has taken Best Fiction Feature Film at this year’s Rio Film Festival, with Eryk Rocha’s…
Variety reports: Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias’ Locarno-winning “The Riverbank” has taken Best Fiction Feature Film at this year’s Rio Film Festival, with Eryk Rocha’s “Elza” scoring Best Documentary Feature Film.
The awards were handed out tonight at an imposing ceremony at Rio de Janeiro’s legendary Odeon cinema. “The Riverbank” is set in Recife and follows young.
This entertainment story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Elza’ Top Rio Film, Festival Awards and Behalf of My Son.
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