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Before we unveil our most anticipated film of 2011, I figure we might want to emphasize some of the names that most frequently populated our Top 100 Most Anticipated Films list. Here is our version of 10 movers and shakers for 2011.

I've officially placed Heitor Dhalia's Adrift on my Cannes coverage list. The next big director to come out of Brazil (remember his name folks) is actually the director's third feature film outing, following 2004's Nina and 2006's Drained. The Un Certain Regard selection is set in the 1980s, and centers on a 14-year-old girl who struggles with her life when she learns of the infidelities of her father (Vincent Cassel) while undergoing her own sexual awakening.

The Strong Leading the Blind: Cannes Opener that is Tone Deaf.

From July 5th to 12th, the first edition of the “Paulinia Movie Festival” took place in the city of Paulinia (126 kilometers away from Sao Paulo).

The story of a north-eastern man named Raimundo Nonato (actor João Miguel, from “Movies, Aspirin and Vultures” and “Mutum”) who tries a better life moving to the south of Brazil is touching a cord among local audiences. Arriving with almost nothing, the protagonsit starts to work at a small pub,