Cinema Novo was Brazil’s New Wave, a revolutionary body of films that reinvented Brazilian moviemaking via revolt, politics and radical style – with an impact that was felt around the world.

At BFI Southbank from 18 to 19 July, the festival returns with a programme of premieres, talks and events championing disabled filmmaking, community and creativity.

Seventy-five years after the 1951 Festival of Britain brought the nation a mood of post-war optimism and excitement about the arts, this week’s object from the archive is the supplement that Sight and ...