I'm Still Here

With support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK

The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles makes a triumphant return with this emotionally layered, visually rich account of life under an oppressive regime in 1970s Brazil, nominated for Best Picture, Best International Feature and Best Actress at the upcoming Oscars (the latter for its Golden Globe-winning star turn from Fernanda Torres). 

I’m Still Here sees the Paiva family shattered when Ernesto is abducted by the military junta and Eunice (a magnificent performance by Torres) must lead their family in a lengthy fight for justice. Salles’ adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s 2015 memoir is a devastating, gripping and profoundly moving story of resistance, an intelligent and humane work of the kind we have come to expect from the director, and one that feels essential at the current moment.