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BRICS Film Festival In Fortaleza Shows How Global South Cinema Is Quietly Rewiring Influence (www.riotimesonline.com)
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  • Free BRICS film festival in Fortaleza turns a cultural event into real soft power.
  • Brazil uses its BRICS presidency to market itself as a pragmatic, business-friendly creative hub.
  • Films and panels bypass traditional Western gatekeepers and build direct ties among emerging-market industries.
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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Sure but "bypasses western gatekeepers" is such a propaganda-coded stretch. Even before the war Russia had zero cultural impact here and not because their movies were not being published but because they were trash.