Brazil On Screen
A cultural platform dedicated to exploring and sharing Brazilian Cinema in Ireland through thoughtful curation and a lively blend of Brazilian and Irish culture.
We discover and harness the power of cinema to transform hearts and minds, creating an experience that inspires, informs, and sensitizes.
We passionately use film as a tool for knowledge, political education, and environmental and social awareness. Our film selections inspire reflection on philosophical, social, political, and environmental issues. We have a special focus on film education by providing educational material for many of the films we screen!
Brazil On Screen offers free access to discussions and workshops, creating a space for plurality and inclusiveness while ensuring a fun and artistic experience for adults and children.
We integrate and merge Brazilian and Irish cultures and believe in the power of cinema as a weapon, a way of navigating the world and resisting within it – educating the next generation is a matter of survival!
Brazilian-Irish artist Rodrigo Freire performs Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s poem "Poema de Sete Faces" in both Portuguese and English, setting the stage for our poetry-focused documentary screening on Drummond.
We love discussing nature, philosophy, ancestral knowledge, and having a bit of craic! Our mission is to "postpone the end of the world" through great films, engaging conversations, and community support.
More than 58,000 Brazilians live in Ireland. Irish and Brazilian cultures merge like streams into a river: we learn from each other, take shelter in each other, and find space to express, develop, and connect with our differences.
We don’t aim to catch up to anyone – we grow in our own way, strengthening the present by taking pride in our past resistance and inspiring our future. Creating a space for Brazilian cinema in Ireland is exciting – it feels right, and there is space to be shared and curiosity to be fed!
Our first event took place in June 2024 at Gort Town Hall Theatre as part of the national celebration of “Brazilian Day.” Our supporters included the Brazilian Embassy, Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Bierhaus, Cartoon Saloon, Plughed Field Collective, Gort Supervalue, and Gort Vibes Film Club.
It was a successful, community-driven all-day celebration of Brazilian cinema in Ireland. The inaugural curation emphasized and prioritized multiple indigenous cultures and climate action.
We humbly provided a space for people to rethink their relationship with nature in as many ways as possible – our planet needs our help and love, and perhaps we can reconfigure our way of seeing Earth by recognizing it as an organism that we are part of.
Our children's screening focused on nurturing empathy for animals began with a unique workshop led by educators Aoife Frehan and Maxime Coster. Children discovered fascinating facts about Irish and Brazilian animals, learned compassionate care practices, and explored folklore through tales of the Irish Selkie and the Amazonian Boiúna, drawing intriguing parallels between them. All of that followed by a fun movie filled with animals afterwards.