When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy ...

The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and ...

Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Brazil erupted Sunday night when the movie I’m Still Here became the first Oscar winner in the country’s history — in the ...

could win the Oscar over Demi Moore and Mikey Madison. “It’s hard to put into words just how big of a moment this is,” emailed Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil institute at the ...

For decades, nobody was held accountable for killings and forced disappearances at the hands of Brazil’s military ... “I’m Still Here” — the Oscar best picture nominee about the murder ...

After celebrating its three Oscar nominations for Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” with the same excitement it normally reserves for the soccer World Cup, Brazil went into overdrive when it ...

It's Fernanda Torres, who's competing for the best actress Oscar on Sunday. The Oscars fall smack in the middle of Carnival, Brazil’s largest celebration, which runs through Tuesday. During the ...

Image Breno Consentino, 21, dresses up as “Fernanda’s Oscar” during a street party in Rio de Janeiro. The year’s hottest Carnival costume in Brazil is Fernanda Torres, who is nominated for ...