With the world’s best new films soon to be arriving at the festival in October, and always a good bet for catching some South American titles (with the likes of Gigante, Sightseeing, Plan B and The Wind Journeys in 2009), the BFI London Film Festival is offering you chance to be there when it all begins…

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Hailed by critics, Andrew Lang’s powerful and moving award-winning documentary Sons of Cuba is a stunning insight behind the scenes of Castro’s Cuba into the lives of a group of young boys; hand-picked amateur boxers training to become champions of their country.

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It’s pretty well known that the Academy Awards and other prestigious ceremonies don’t always reflect the best we have in world cinema, thought of course appearing in the Oscars means good business. Continue Reading

The hit documentary about Rio’s baile funk scene finally gets it’s DVD release

Since it’s release in 2008, Favela on Blast has toured more than 45 film festivals in 21 countries around the world. Directed by Leandro HBL and Wesley Pentz (a.k.a DJ/producer Diplo), the film is a portrait of the funk carioca / baile funk subculture of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
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