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CINE FEST PETROBRAS BRASIL - NY


Between August 2 - 7, 2009 the Infinito Group's presentation of the VII Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil - New York will take place. This event brings the best of Brazil's most exciting new cinema to the Tribeca Cinemas. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience such films as the internationally acclaimed "Romance" and "In Therapy", winner of Best Feature award at the 13th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami earlier this June.

The opening night of this traditional summer event will once again kick off on Sunday, August 2nd at 7:00pm with an extravaganza at Central Park's SummerStage with a concert by leading singer/entertainer/acrobat/pin-up Silvia Machete, followed at 8:00pm by a screening of Daniel Filbo's comedy, "If I Were You 2", the most successful film in the history of Brazilian Cinema. Silvia will perform songs from here latest release, "I'm Not a Saint", in a show that mixes music, circus and theater performances.

Then for the next six days and nights, the Tribeca Cinema will host five daily screenings showing the best of Brazilian filmmaking, all of them eligible for the 2009 Audience Award.

Among the highlighted films being screened during this annual festival are: the documentaries "Siminol-Nobody Knows How Tough It Was", "Hotxua', and comedy "In Therapy".

The VII Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil-NY is an official event of the Brazilian government, is part of New York"s cultural calendar and is supported by the U.S. government.

SUMMARY FILM REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED by Gerald Wright. For ticket and schedule information go to www.Brazilianfilmfestival.com .