Brazil

During the 1990s, Brazil saw a surge of critical and commercial success with films such as (, 1995), (, 1997) and (, 1998), all of which were nominated for the , the latter receiving a nomination for . The 2002 crime film , directed by , was critically acclaimed, scoring 90% on ,'s Best Films of the Decade list nominations in 2004, including . Notable film festivals in Brazil include the and and the .

Theatre

The theatre in Brazil has its origins in the period of Jesuit expansion when theater was used for the dissemination of Catholic doctrine in the 16th century. in the 17th and 18th centuries the first dramatists who appeared on the scene of European derivation was for court or private performances. (1813–1848), capable of describing contemporary reality. Always in this period the comedy of costume and comic production was imposed. Significant, also in the nineteenth century, was also the playwright . became internationally known with operas like . At the end of the 19th century orchestrated dramaturgias became very popular and were accompanied with songs of famous artists like the conductress .[474]

Already in the early 20th century there was the presence of theaters, entrepreneurs and actor companies, but paradoxically the quality of the products staggered, and only in 1940 the Brazilian theater received a boost of renewal thanks to the action of Paschoal Carlos Magno and his student's theater, the comedians group and the Italian actors , Ruggero Jacobbi and Aldo Calvo, founders of the Teatro Brasileiro de Comedia. From the 1960s it was attended by a theater dedicated to social and religious issues and to the flourishing of schools of dramatic art. The most prominent authors at this stage were and .[473]

Visual arts