Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

The Festival do Rio is an international film festival in Rio de Janeiro. The festival was the result of a 1999 merger of two previous film festivals, the Rio Cine Festival and the Mostra Banco Nacional de Cinema.^[1] Founded in 1984 and 1988 respectively, the two festivals were held within a period of two months between each other.^[1][2] To avoid overloading the city with two film festivals within a short period of time, the two events were eventually merged.^[2]

References

1. "Guia Ambrosia para o Festival do Rio 2013". Vírgula (in Portuguese). Universo Online. September 27, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
2. "MostraRio e Rio Cine são fundidos num único festival". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. March 4, 1999. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

External links

• Official website