The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and validated a political movement: “It’s hard to put into words just how big of a moment this is.

When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy Awards, Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.

Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major festival prominence.

I'm Still Here,' Walter Salles' drama film starring Fernanda Torres, has won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars

I'm Still Here' Makes History as First Brazilian Film to Win Best International Feature By Isabel Teles and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian movie "I Am Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a mother of five whose husband disappears,

Walter Salles' I'm Still Here scooped the Best International Feature Film Oscar this evening, marking the first time that an entry from Brazil has won in the category. Salles, who has repped Brazil four times now and was nominated for 1998's Central Station,

I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil’s first Oscars win on Sunday in the best international film category.