''The Other Rio'' (french: L'Autre Rio) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Émilie B. Guérette and released in 2017."L’autre Rio : La face cachée de Rio de Janeiro"
''L'Initiative'', November 17, 2017. Set against the backdrop of the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, the film profiles a community of

squatter Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...

s living in poverty who are left out of the public image the city is trying to cultivate on the international stage. The film premiered in 2017 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival. In 2019,

Étienne Roussy Étienne Roussy is a Canadian cinematographer.Frédéric Bouchard"Le directeur photo Étienne Roussy, allers-retours entre la fiction et le documentaire" ''Lien Multimédia'', June 9, 2017. He is most noted for his work on the film '' Gulîstan, La ...

received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards."“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees"
''RealScreen'', February 8, 2019.

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* 2017 films 2017 documentary films Canadian documentary films Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub