Brazil rejoices over first Oscar win. 'I'm Still Here' house to be transformed into a film museum

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Brazil rejoices over first Oscar win. 'I'm Still Here' house to be transformed into a film museum

When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy Awards, Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where

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Brazilian production wins Oscar for Best Picture in Foreign Language

Brazilians celebrated it as if it was another football title when Walter Salles' 'Ainda Estou Aqui' ('I'm Still Here') won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language. It was the first time a production from the South American country received such an accolade. The movie tells the story of a family during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985).

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Brazil Celebrates ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Win as a ‘Milestone’ in Its Movie Industry Surge

Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major festival prominence.

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Brazil was able to taste Sunday night one of those sweet and planetary triumphs that football once offered. I am still here, by filmmaker Walter Salles, was crowned in the Oscars as the best international film in a historic victory for Brazil, which never in nearly a hundred years had been awarded by the Academy in Hollywood. By the way, the country was shaking the entrenched inferiority complex. “This award is for a woman who, after the loss sh…

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Walter Salles' film was the first national film to win an Oscar. The production was awarded the best international film

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This Sunday the weather stopped in Brazil. On the streets, on the court, in cinemas and theaters, bars and even in the carnival. And all for watching the Oscar awards ceremony. Everything exploded when "I'm still here", the film that recalls an emblematic case of the last military dictatorship won the award for the best foreign film. The moving celebrations of Lula Da Silva, Dilma Rousseff and Daniel Mercury for the achievement.