May 13, 2026 11:54pm PT

Globo Filmes Unveils Glauber Rocha Bio, Advances on Oscar-Nominated Fernanda Torres’ Next (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Spring of the Dragon,' a bio of arguably Brazil's greatest filmmaker, is set to shoot in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Cannes; 'The Brokers,' starring and written by Fernanda Torres, has wrapped production in Rio

John Hopewell, Rafa Sales Ross

Glauber Rocha Credit: Arquivo Nacional, Brazil

Globo Filmes, one of Brazil’s biggest film production forces, is set to back “Spring of the Dragon,” a fiction feature bio focusing on arguably the greatest of the country’s film directors, Novo Cinema icon Glauber Rocha.

The news comes as Globo Filmes and production house Conspiraçao have released new details about “The Brokers,” one of the Brazil’s most awaited movies marking the new film from Fernanda Torres, a Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for her star turn in Walter Salles’ Oscar winning “I’m Still Here.”