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Bob Spit

(Cesar Cabral)

Showcased at the first Cannes’ Animation Day, this Nsfw claymation feature spins off a previous short film and the work of famed Brazilian cartoonist Angeli the Killer.

Brief Story From The Green Planet

(Santiago Loza)

Three outsiders are tasked

with returning an alien to its planet. A low-fi road movie about friendship.

Ghost Killer Vs. Bloody Mary

(Fabrício Bittar)

Backed by Warner Bros.

Brasil and Netflix, this $3 million horror-comedy follows a group of paranormal investigators on YouTube looking to explain the ghost terrorizing local school bathrooms.

Sales: Raven Banner

Indianara

(Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa)

In this polemical docu feature, Brazilian icon Indianara leads the fight against a repressive government to protect her country’s transgender population.

Invisible Life

(Karim Aïnouz)

A banner Brazilian title from Rt Features focuses on two sisters’ lives — denied access to a quality labor market, their voices challenged — from the 1950s to early 1970s.

Despite the devastating mudslides that overwhelmed the Santa Barbara, California community of Montecito last week — resulting in at least 20 deaths and the destruction of 100-plus homes — the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) will go on as usual. A reason to celebrate is “needed now more than ever,” wrote Sbiff director Roger Durling in a letter soon to be shared with festival-goers. He continued, “It is an opportunity for people to gather – reflect – experience – feel – and process,” noting that cinema attendance was strong during the Great Depression.

Launched in 1986, this year’s Sbiff will include films from 58 countries. Numbered among its 45 world premieres is opening night film “the public,” the first feature written and directed by Emilio Estevez since 2010’s “The Way.” Set at a Cincinnati public library, the film follows its homeless and marginalized patrons during a dangerous cold spell. The cast includes Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone (“Neon Demon...