Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas) (2022)
Todd Haynes’s May December and Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up claimed the top spots among films released in the U.S. in 2023 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey.
Dry Ground Burning follows a fearsome outlaw Chitara in Sol Nascente, Brazil, who leads an all-female gang that siphons and steals precious oil from the authoritarian, militarized government.
The Brazilian film Dry Ground Burning wins the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 13th Cinema Tropical Awards.
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The 2022 AFI Latin American Film Festival opens with the East Coast premiere of Argentina, 1985, the hotly anticipated historical drama from Santiago Mitre.
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Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story film leads a gonzo Midnight Madness lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Berlin International Film Festival continues to add films to the upcoming 72nd edition, confirming films in the Forum and Classics programs.