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Jan 27th, Tuesday	Opening Gala at Egyptian Theater

	7pm to 8pm – Red Carpet

	8h30pm – Short “Tarantino’s Mind” (300ml) 15min
	Synopsis: A film buff tells a friend that he's finally broken "the code" - the mystery behind the character & story threads that bleed from one Quentin Tarantino movie or screenplay into the next. His friend is less than impressed. Starring Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic) and Selton Mello (Tarja Preta).

	Feature “Romance” (Director: Guel Arraes) 100min
	Synopsis: A theatre director and actor, Pedro (Wagner Moura) falls in love with Ana (Letícia Sabatella), an actress who shares the stage with him. But their lives become affected by passion, jealously, and routine. Before they figure a way to solve the relationship’s troubles, Ana’s TV carrier, motivated by her agent Fernanda (Andréa Beltrão), will affect their destinies. Orlando/José de Arimatéia (Vladimir Brichta) comes to the scene and put her heart to the test. www.romanceofilme.com.br

Jan 28th, Wednesday	Chinese Mann Theater, Screen 6

	7pm – Documentary “Balé de Pé no Chão”, Bare Foot Ballet: The Mercedes Baptista Story. (Directors: Lilian Solá Santiago e Marianna Monteiro) 52min
	Synopsis: THE HISTORY OF MERCEDES BAPTISTA" follows the amazing trajectory of Mercedes Baptista, the first black Brazilian Classical ballet's prima ballerina of the 1950's. She successfully auditioned for the Municipal Theater Ballet Company in the City of Rio de Janeiro and became the first black artist to perform on the stage of the Municipal Theater. She was also able to emphasize the strengths of performers in to the newly formed Mercedes Baptista Afro Brazilian Ballet Troop.

	8h30pm – Short “O Dia M”, Before It´s Gone (Director: Paulo Leierer) 14min
	Synopsis: Almeida, a 35 year-old ordinary man, is forced to make the arrangements for his death.

	Feature - “Entre Lençóis”, (Director: Gustavo Nieto Roa) 88min
	Synopsis: Two strangers meet in a nightclub and end up spending the night together in a hotel.

Jan 29th, Thursday	Chinese Mann Theater, Screen 6

	8pm - Awards

	8h30pm – Short “Blackout” (Director: Daniel Rezende) 10min
	Synopsis: An assistant congressman and his friend go to an abandoned room in the Capitol building to relax and smoke a joint. He is doing all he can to cover up his boss’ scandalous sex affair but nothing seems to be working. “Things can’t get any worse”, he proclaims... but they do!

	Short “Landau 66” (Director: Fernando Sanches) 12min
	Synopsis: Stimulated by the presence of an odd hitchhiker, two young guys try to find the answer to that and other questions, during an exciting rainy night, inside a Landau 1966, a classic Brazilian car.

	Feature – “Carmo, Hit the Road” (Director: Murilo Pasta) 100min
	Synopsis: No shrinking violet, Carmo, the freewheeling lead of this energetic film, packs a wallop of sass. Feeling suffocated by her small town, she hits the road on her mile-long legs, traipsing through untamed Brazilian border country. Barely dodging the minefield of sleazy thugs at her heels, she is rescued by an unlikely knight in shining armor, who comes out of nowhere. Unfortunately, the uncouth Marco, bound only by his wheelchair, is reluctant to include her in his own getaway plans. Carmo is determined to prove they can be partners in crime, and they set out together in Marco's dilapidated truck, over treacherous terrain, to find the desperadoes who have hijacked Marco's loot. It's hard to tell what's more sizzling in this saucy adventure—the clashing chemistry between the two deliciously feisty leads or the dusty, but dazzling, South American landscape. With a comical and scandalous motley crew of characters, and an array of livewire cinematic gestures, Murilo Pasta's high-octane filmmaking refuels the classic road-trip genre. The thrill of taking a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants ride through jagged paradise is accelerated by the explosive pairing of two strangers who have found their match and together will continue to fight destiny tooth and nail.