Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “I’m Still Here”, showing Feb. 7-13 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
“I’m Still Here” is nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best International Feature Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Fernanda Torres. Torres recently won the Golden Globe Award for the same category.
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. We are introduced to the Paivas: a father, Rubens, a mother, Eunice, and their five children. They live by the beach, in a rented house with doors constantly open to friends. The affection and humor they share among themselves are their own subtle forms of resistance to the oppression that hangs over the country.
One day, they suffer a violent and arbitrary act that will forever change their lives. In the aftermath, Eunice is forced to reinvent herself and carve out a new future for herself and her children.
The moving story of this family, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, helped to reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
“Profoundly moving, deeply poignant. These characters are so vivid that we don’t want to leave them.” — Jessica Kiang, Variety
“A gripping, profoundly touching film.” — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“Fernanda Torres is utterly fantastic.” — Chase Hutchinson, The Wrap
“I’m Still Here” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Feb. 7-13. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday and Monday, Feb. 7, 8 and 10 at 3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 9 at 1:00 p.m.; and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11, 12 and 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12 general admission, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.