A year of cinema, brought together: to celebrate the new year, we present a selection of films that shaped and coloured the film landscape of 2025 from January 15 to 25.
Based on the memoirs of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Here tells the true story of the disappearance of his father, former congressman Rubens Paiva, during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s. The lives of Rubens Paiva’s wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their five children are abruptly and irrevocably changed by his disappearance. Eunice is imprisoned and pressured by the regime to betray her friends and family. When she is released 12 days later, she dedicates herself to resisting the corrupt regime and fighting for the rights of thousands of disappeared, innocent citizens and their families. Director Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries, On the Road) returns to fiction filmmaking after a long absence, making his first film in his home country of Brazil in 16 years with this powerful portrait, which became a major box office success there. At the Academy Awards, I’m Still Here won Best International Feature Film, and Fernanda Torres received the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.