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The Way I See Today

Directed by Antonia Gama, Márcio Gomes

2016 – 46'

Synopsis

The critically-acclaimed film City of God (2002) is a fiction film based on a novel about a real place known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through the perspective of multiple local voices, the ethnographic documentary The Way I See Today focuses on the symbolic and real-life effects produced by these fictional narratives. The film also raises issues on control over representation while combining participatory and eliciting methods.

RAI FILM Festival 2025

The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema and the Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol (UK) and online throughout the month of April 2025.