Category: Festivals

São Paulo International Film Festival 2025

After covering the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, we covered the São Paulo International Film Festival with more than 20 movies in the course of two weeks. Here's everything we watched: "Sirat" by Oliver Laxe Oliver Laxe said his movie is a mixture of Mad Max, Easy Rider, and Stalker, and I couldn't agree … Continue reading São Paulo International Film Festival 2025

Rio de Janeiro Film Festival 2025

After eight years, Papiro & Mint went back to the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival to cover 20 movies over the course of nine days in the Botafogo neighbourhood. Here's everything we watched: "Orphan" by László Nemes It must be hard having an Academy Award-winning masterpiece such as Son of Saul as your feature debut, for … Continue reading Rio de Janeiro Film Festival 2025

São Paulo International Film Festival | 2021

Papiro & Mint is back to talk about one of the most exciting moments of the year: film festival season! This will be the first time I’ll be attending the São Paulo International Film Festival in person since 2019 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, while I’ll also be watching many titles online since the festival … Continue reading São Paulo International Film Festival | 2021

Papiro & Mint’s 2020 International Film Festival Coverage

It’s that time of the year again: film festival season! Even though I’m used to covering the São Paulo International Film Festival in October with titles from Cannes, Sundance, Venice, and Berlin, I actually got the chance to watch movies from other festivals that are happening online due to the Coronavirus. With that, I decided … Continue reading Papiro & Mint’s 2020 International Film Festival Coverage