Let's talk Latin America
Let's talk Latin America
BristoLatino’s Rupert Comer comments on Cris Lyra’s Breakwater, a powerfully poignant Brazilian film exploring the power of friendship and sexuality. Cris Lyra’s short Breakwater (2019) paints an intimate portrait of a group of young lesbians from São Paulo, who travel to a remote beach to celebrate the New Year. Through a series of conversations taking place as […]
Every week we will be sharing one of the pieces from our first ever print magazine which discusses all things Latin America! We hope you become inspired to read and learn more about this fascinating region of the world. Here is the sixth article from Bristolatino’s Isaac Norris about Brazil’s gated communities. Isaac spent half of his year abroad […]
Every week we will be sharing one of the pieces from our first ever print magazine which discusses all things Latin America! We hope you become inspired to read and learn more about this fascinating region of the world. Here is the fifth article from Bristolatino’s Bella Caro and Rupert Comer about the Brazilian telenovela, Coisa Mais Linda (Most Beautiful Thing). […]
Every week we will be sharing an inspirational figure from Latin America, someone who we think you deserve to know about. Our aim is to spread the creativity and passion for their subject and hopefully inspire you as well! This week we chose the Brazilian documentary photographer Ana Carolina Fernandes. Ana Carolina Fernandes is an acclaimed […]
Every week we will be sharing an inspirational figure from Latin America, someone who we think you deserve to know about. Our aim is to spread the creativity and passion for their subject and hopefully inspire you as well ! This week we chose the Brazilian illustrator Dinho Lascoski. Dinho Lascoski (Cláudio Fernando Lascoski) was born […]
First things first, apologies for the delay in providing you with this write up of the dramatic Copa Libertadores Final that took place on Saturday. Fortunately, the Flamengo twitter machine has been, hmm, busy ever since, letting the world know that Flamengo, and indeed, Brazil, are the Champions of Latin America. Onto the more formal […]
Brazilian auteur Kleber Mendonça, alongside co-director Juliano Dornelles, returns with a kaleidoscopic feature that stands as one big middle finger up to president Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government. Bristolatino’s Rupert Comer recently saw the film at the BFI London Film Festival. Set “several years from now” in the arid and desolate sertão of the Northeast of Brazil, Bacurau […]
Every week we will be sharing an inspirational figure from Latin America, someone who we think you deserve to know about. Our aim is to spread the creativity and passion for their subject and hopefully inspire you as well ! This week we chose the Brazilian photographer Gustavo Minas. Gustavo was born in Minais Gerais, […]
The VIA Arts Prize, the UK’s only Ibero-American themed visual arts competition, invites artists to create works inspired by Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese arts and cultures. The prize is organised by the Association of Cultural Attachés of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (ACALASP) with support from People’s Palace Projects and Instituto Cervantes. BristoLatino’s Helen Brown discusses the […]