Festival showcases the best films of 2011 in São Paulo
The Sesc exhibition begins this Thursday and runs until April 29th in the city of São Paulo and 16 other cities.
Agency Brazil - The capital of São Paulo and 16 other cities in the state will host the 38th edition of the Sesc Best Films Festival. Selected by critics and the public, the films were shown in theaters last year. "Often, the films go by so quickly [have a short run] that the audience doesn't even get to keep up," highlighted Simone Yunes, programming coordinator at Cinesesc.
For her, since the film selection is democratic, with voting online and at CineSesc venues, the festival serves as an overview of the best films produced in the previous year. "Through it [the festival], we can take stock of what the previous year was like," she emphasized.
This year's edition premiered with the Brazilian feature film Girimunho. Present at the opening ceremony, geographer Delcio Fernandes said he went to see the film, set in the backlands of Minas Gerais, on the recommendation of a friend. "I hope it's a different kind of film, one that stimulates reflection," he said, shortly before entering the screening room. The young man was unfamiliar with the other films in the program.
Systems analyst Alexandre Alves was drawn to a special feature offered by the festival: audio description. Using headphones, visually impaired people can listen to live descriptions of the scenes by actors during the film, in the intervals between dialogues. Alves believes that the number of people attending movie theaters would be greater if the feature were more widespread.
The festival also features open captions, which describe not only the dialogue but also other effects, such as noises and the soundtrack, keeping the hearing impaired in mind.
The films will be shown until April 29th. The complete schedule can be found at [website address]. Sesc website.