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| 1896 | ||||
| 8/7 - | The first public screening takes place at No. 57 Rua de Ouvidor, Rio de Janeiro. [MORE] | |||
| 1898 | ||||
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| 19/6 - | Italian immigrant Afonso Segreto films Brazil’s first moving pictures at Guanabara Bay. [MORE] | |||
| 1906 | ||||
| – Antonio Leal and Isaac Sandenberg direct the country’s first drama film, Os Estranguladores. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1913 | ||||
| – Brazil’s first feature film is made this year. It is O Crime dos Banhados, and it is directed by Francisco Santos. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1929 | ||||
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| 13/4 - |
Ernst Lubitsch’s The Patriot becomes the first sound film to be screened in the country when it plays in Sao Paolo. The film was not in fact filmed with sound but was post-synchronised. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Limite (Mário Peixoto) [ADD] | ||||
| 1933 | ||||
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| 29/5 - | Humberto Mauro’s Ganga Bruta, which was filmed in the Cinedia Studios, is released. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1950 | ||||
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| 1/11 - |
Alberto Cavalcanti’s Vera Cruz production company releases its first film, Adolfo Celi's Caiçara. [MORE] [ADD] |
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O Cangaceiro (Lima Barreto) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1954 | ||||
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– The Vera Cruz Film Company ceases production. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1955 | ||||
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– Nelson Pareira’s neo-realism style film Rio 40 Graus (Rio 40 Degrees), filmed on the streets using non-professional actors, is released. The film marks the beginning of the era of 'cinema novo.' [MORE] [ADD} |
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| 22/8 - |
Brazilian authorities ban Louis Malle's Les Amants (The Lovers). [MUCH] [ADD] |
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