For the 21st consecutive year, CAFILM presents a selection of Oscar® submissions from around the world. This year, 85 countries submitted films for consideration in the 2025 Academy Awards® Best International Feature Film category.
For Your Consideration is a rare opportunity to see all 15 of the shortlisted films in this category, many of which are top film festival prize winners… which do you think will take home the Oscar®?
BRAZIL’S SUBMISSION FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM • 2025 ACADEMY AWARDS®
“Profoundly moving. Deeply poignant.”
– Variety
“A gripping, profoundly touching film.”
Hollywood Reporter
BRAZIL, 1971 – 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.
The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
In Portuguese with English subtitles
Director Walter Salles (Brazil 2024) 136 min.
MVFF47 OFFICIAL SELECTION
GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER: BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS: BEST PICTURE | BEST ACTRESS | BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
MONDAY, JAN 27 • 7:00
$14. General | $10.50 Seniors & Youth | $8.50 CAFILM members