Brazilian Cultural Festival 2023

The annual Brazilian Cultural Festival Vienna in cooperation with the Sociedade Austro Brasileira de Educação e Cultura PAPAGAIO (Austrian-Brazilian educational and cultural association) is also dedicated to science fiction and presents a rich cultural programme with the theme "Brazil of tomorrow". Live activities with music, dance, visual arts, literature and cinema will convey Brazil's view of the future, inspired by two great writers, the Brazilian Jorge Amado and the Austrian Stefan Zweig.

The 11th Brazilian Cultural Festival Vienna is organised by the Austrian-Brazilian educational and cultural association PAPAGAIO in cooperation with the Weltmuseum Wien. The festival is accompanied by a virtual programme on www.festivalculturaldobrasil.org.

Duration: 420 min.
Admission: free
No registration
Meeting place: Hall of Columns

Film Screenings & Discussion in the WMW Forum - Escrevivências e Brasilidades

Start 10.30 a.m.
Age rating from 16 years
curated by Edileuza Penha & Marcus Vinicius de Mesquita
Screenings of 7 Brazilian short films (Original with English subtitles)

• Santa Catarina
  A Morte Branca do Feiticeiro Negro / 10 Min.
  Director: Rodrigo Ribeiro
• Bahia
  Distopia / 10:32 Min.
  Director: Lilih Curi
• Amazonia
  Manaus Hot City / 13:24 Min.
  Director: Rafael Ramos
• Distrito Federal
  Vulnerabilia / 18 Min.
  Directors: Luiz Maceo and Venus Venancio da Costa (Venus Cyclone)
• Mato Grosso
  A Velhice Ilumina o Vento / 20 Min.
  Director: Juliana Segóvia
• Pernambuco
  Os últimos Romanticos do Mundo / 20 Min.
  Director: Henrique Arruda
• Bahia
  Heroica Dreams / 7:40 Min.
  Director: Marvin Pereira

Followed by presentations by & panel discussion with:

• Prof. Edileuza Penha (Universidade de Brasília – UNB): On the relevance of the Brazilian audiovisual media.
• Prof. Renato Alvim (California State University Stanislau, Department of Modern Languages):
  Lore – Tradition: Handed Down Futures and Afro-Brazilian Narratives.
• Prof. André Lúcio Bento (Expert in Afro-Brazilian culture): The "Baobás" from Brasília – the origin of African culture in the Brazilian capital.
• Dr. Marcos de Brum Lopes: To Brazil and back a few times – Mario Baldi and his photo collection.
• Moderation: Felipe Moris

Performances in the Hall of Columns

Start 2.30 pm

• Opening with Claudia Augustat (Weltmuseum Vienna) & Vanessa Noronha Tölle (Association PAPAGAIO), Marcos de Brum Lopes (Brazilian Museum Institute)
• Brazilian national anthem played on the berimbau / Vem Camará
• Show Capoeira with Vem Camará under the direction of Mestre Paçoca
• Presentation "Eu Atlântico" / Clélia Ramos (Grupo Um Que de Negritude)
• Futuristic dialogue "Eu Antlântico": Stefan Zweig & Jorge Amado - Brazil, a country of the future?
• Dance Baianá - Association PAPAGAIO
• Maculelê - Vem Camará
• Tanz für die Orixás / Um Que de Negritude

4 pm Live music

• Ode to Nanã - Célia Mara
• Batalá Austria