NEW YORK, NY.- The eighth annual Premiere Brazil! film festival, a collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, introduces New York audiences to original and accomplished recent work by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers. All of the new films being presented this year—11 features and four shorts—are New York premieres, and first screenings will be introduced by the filmmakers. Also featured are two classic films from the 1970s by Carlos Diegues. Screening at MoMA from July 15 through 29, Premiere Brazil! is organized by Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art; and Ilda Santiago, Director, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. This year’s festival opens on Thursday, July 15, at 8:00 p.m., with the New York premiere of Lixo extraordinário (Waste Land) (2010), directed by Lucy Walker and co-directed by João Jardim and