Brazilian film festivals spotlight social memory and dam impacts

The 2026 No Olhar de Cinema festival in Brazil presented a range of films that confront traumatic histories, including the documentary *Maxita*, which links the Brumadinho dam collapse with broader indigenous concerns, and a Chilean work reflecting on the Pinochet era.

In a related cultural program, Cine Brasil continued its "Retratos do Brasil interior" series by screening the acclaimed 2003 film *Narradores de Javé*, which portrays a small community fighting to preserve its stories as a dam threatens to flood the village. Both events illustrate Brazil’s cinematic focus on collective memory and environmental issues.