Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema
rio lgbtqia festival internacional de cinema major annual film festival rio de janeiro brazil dedicated screening wide range contemporary lgbtqia film established screened july year festival state focussed supporting artist filmmaker providing mean creative director work together collectively express festival lasted ten day included debate director presentation panel discussion q session production staff screening variety location throughout city featured film fulllength feature short film international panorama section featured new film whilst national panorama section focussed brazil consisted new film mostly documentary director curator festival alexander mello explained prevalence documentary need tell story happening brazil term issue surrounding sexuality cinema used tool combat prejudice way speaking influential people community award ceremony included way public participate voting favourite film talk featured guest including director respected figure film industry list lgbt film festival official website portuguese festival instagram portuguese festival youtube portuguese