The list of international filmmakers (including Brazilian directors) consisted of Wolfgang Becker, Maria de Medeiros, Hanna Elias, Amos Gitai, Mika Kaurismäki, Jim McBride, Phillip Noyce, Ming-liang Tsai, Andrea Vecchiato, Caetano Veloso, Yoshishige Yoshida, Theo Angelopoulos, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Marcho Bechis, Laís Bodanzky, Beto Brant, Manoel de Oliveira, Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, and Wim Wenders.
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The 2013 edition of the festival will take place from the 18th to the 31st of October, with poster art by Christiane Kubrick and an international jury: Lav Diaz, Sergei Loznitsa, Hans Weingartner, César Charlone, and Monique Gardenberg.
São Paulo | film | drama film | ATP International Series | silent film | São Paulo (state) | film director | International Monetary Fund | Sundance Film Festival | short film | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | ATP International Series Gold | International Space Station | horror film | Amnesty International | Film director | Documentary film | International Olympic Committee | Cannes Film Festival | BirdLife International | International Finance Corporation | International Organization for Standardization | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | musical film | International Telecommunication Union | film adaptation | International Criminal Court | One Day International | International Nonproprietary Name | International Labour Organization |
The film was awarded "Best Documentary" at the 2008 Montréal World Film Festival, 2008 Sao Paulo International Film Festival, 2008 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2009 Asiatica Film Mediale, 2009 IDPA, and the "Silver Lotus Award" for "Best Audiography" at the 56th National Film Awards.