Walter Salles responds to Brazilian Oscar reaction: “The most beautiful gift”
Walter Salles has described the “explosion of joy” in Brazil at his Oscar win for I’m Still Here as “the most beautiful gift”.
Speaking after his masterclass at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra lab, Salles said the film “allowed younger generations to have a better understanding of what had happened in their own country. It was the contact with a hidden part of history that surfaced, and that is what made the film theirs.”
“There’s always a moment where the film ceases to be made by the family that allowed it to exist, and becomes something that belongs...
Speaking after his masterclass at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra lab, Salles said the film “allowed younger generations to have a better understanding of what had happened in their own country. It was the contact with a hidden part of history that surfaced, and that is what made the film theirs.”
“There’s always a moment where the film ceases to be made by the family that allowed it to exist, and becomes something that belongs...
- 4/6/2025
- ScreenDaily
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