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Official Line-up

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The Way You Sea Me

White House

I’m Still Here

Mambembe

The Best Mother in the World

Milton Bituca Nascimento

I Never Told Anyone

Sisters

Classmates

Beyond Offside

Visible Kaingang Women

Vitoria

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Mostra XVI Brazilian Film Festival

MOSTRA (meaning “exhibit” in Portuguese) is the largest Brazilian film festival in the midwest. Presented by the non-profit organization Illinois Sao Paulo Chapter of Partners of the Americas. This year it happens in person between 1st – 15th of November.

The event’s motto is “Brazilian Films with Social Conscience.” MOSTRA has as its venues educational and cultural institutions to foster conversations about social issues among the academic community, filmmakers, students and socially conscious individuals.

In Person Exhibitions

November 1st to 15th

Venues

Chicago, IL
West Lafayette, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Naperville, IL
Evanston, IL

Virtual Mostra

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I’m Still Here

Directed by Walter Salles
Fiction | 137min | 2024
2025 Academy Award Winner: Best International Feature
Opening Night

Synopsis
Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

Exhibition Date & Place
Saturday, Nov 1st – 5PM at Cervantes Institute

31 W. Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60654

Sisters

Directed by Marianna Brennand
Fiction | 101min | 2025
Closing Night

Synopsis
Aware that the future does not hold many options for her in a riverside community on Marajó Island, a 13-year-old girl decides to confront the violent machinery that governs her family and the women in her community.

Exhibition Date & Place
Saturday, November 15th – 5PM at Cervantes Institute

31 W. Ohio St., Chicago, IL 60654

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