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Wonderful sold-out 🔥QA /wMANAS' Marianna Brennand & Journalist @sarahl_sax at @FilmForumNYC last night!! Brennand discussed how she brought a decade of doc research into the exploitation of women and girls in the Amazon rainforest to make the powerful film. One more tonight!

MANAS, Marianna Brennand’s searing Venice Days-winning debut, opens today at FF, with Q&As tonight & tmrw. Presented by Sean Penn, Walter Salles & the Dardenne Brothers, a raw, vital testament to cycle-breaking resilience set in the Amazonian rainforest. buff.ly/ysOuTGh

Tonight's QA with human rights researcher and investigative journalist Sarah Sax is SOLD OUT!! Still tickets available for Saturday's QA with environmental communications strategist Rodrigo Brandao. >>filmforum.org/events/event/m…

Vanessa Hope speaks w/filmmaker Marianna Brennand about MANAS, her powerful feature debut rooted in a decade of documentary research into sexual exploitation of women and girls in the Amazon rainforest." Opens tonight @FilmForumNYC youtube.com/watch?v=N0h9k1…

@nytimesarts New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week. MANAS "On the Brazilian island of Marajó, this dark drama by Brennand follows Marcielle a 13-year-old girl trapped in cycles of abuse." Opens tonight @FilmForumNYC Filmmaker present! nytimes.com/2026/05/22/mov…

We have moderators for post-screening MANAS QAs! 5/22 w/human rights researcher & investigative journalist @sarahl_sax, 5/23 w/social & environmental justice communications Rodrigo @BrandaoNYC. @FilmForumNYC @manasfilme

@nytimesarts confirms that MANAS is a haunting portrait of survival and resistance! Opens Friday @FilmForumNYC with Filmmaker QAs 7 Fri + Sat 7:40 PM shows! "Mesmerizing!" - Natalia Winkelman, NYTIMES nytimes.com/2026/05/21/mov…

Here are this week's #CherryPicks #FilmChoices: 5 new movies you can watch in theaters or on streaming this weekend! 🍒🍿 01. I Love Boosters | @iloveboostersmv 02. Saccharine | @indiefilmcom @shudder 03. Ladies First | @netflix 04. Ask E. Jean | @abramorama 05. Manas | @kimstimfilms

MANAS, Marianna Brennand’s vital Venice-winning debut, opens Fri, 5/22, with Q&As w/Brennand on Fri, 5/22 & Sat, 5/23. “Leaves you stunned—for the story it tells, for how it tells it, and for the piercing performances.” – Vittoria Scarpa, Cineuropa buff.ly/ysOuTGh

Matthew Joseph Jenner goes into the Brazilian hinterland in Marianna Brennand's heartfelt MANAS, a film that teaches us that it is worth taking the first difficult step to changing a culture solely for the benefit of future generations #Venezia81 icsfilm.org/festivals/veni…

Great news!! MANAS director MARIANNA BRENNAND in person for opening weekend! @FilmForumNYC. A powerful tale of a young girl who confronts the cycle of abuse threatening the women in her community. EP Sean Penn, Walter Salles, and the Dardenne brothers. 🎟️ filmforum.org/events/event/m…

Wonderful news! I actually prefer this to the original, featuring four of my favorite working actors (Bonnard, Almaric, Colin, Nishijima), and Shibasaki Ko is probably better than all of them

Exclusive: KimStim has acquired North American rights to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new 'Serpent's Path' for a summer release — thefilmstage.com/kimstim-acquir…

The Japanese dystopian drama PLAN 75 has been released on Blu-ray theentertainmentfactor.com/2026/05/plan-7… #bluray #plan75 #japanese #scifi #movies @KimStimFilms

Today in the mail, Vinegar Syndrome goodies! One of my favorite movies, Sho Miyake's Small, Slow and Steady; Chie Hayakawa's ominous dystopia, Plan 75; and Ash Mayfair's gorgeously tragic The Third Wife.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN PRESENTS: SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS by THE QUAY BROTHERS: a "surreal stop-motion fantasia" @Variety and "wonderfully strange niche item that connoisseurs will no doubt treasure" @Screendaily now dreaming/streaming on OVID courtesy @KimStimFilms

Great review of @kimstimfilms' PLAN 75 release over at @GeekVibesNation: "Director Chie Hayakawa never overplays the drama of the situation, always choosing to sit in the quiet power of the moment rather than ramping up the melodrama. It is a beautiful debut that welcomes a vital new voice to our screens. KimStim has released a Blu-Ray featuring a strong A/V presentation and a small selection of supplements. Recommended" 🫂 Article link in comments 🫂