Brazilian Film Festival set to return to the Orpheum

Key points

• The Brazilian Film Festival will return to the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace for a second year, running from November 6 to 15, 2026. This year it will be held in several Australian cities, including Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
• Organisers say they hope to promote Brazilian culture and storytelling in Australia. Six films from Brazil will screen during the week.
• They include a period drama set in 1986, a story about a boy raised by his ill grandmother, and a comedy about a bank robbery inspired by a true story from 1987.