during the festival numerous awards are handed out such as best film, best documentary feature, best short film, and best actor/actress.

the festival is one of the largest festivals of its type in latin america, and it is estimated that over 250,000 spectators attend festival do rio during its duration.

the rio jazz festival - one of newest rio's cultural landmarks - is a free, city-wide jazz festival sponsored by the secretary of culture for rio de janeiro state.

the 15-day long festival was co-sponsored by música no museo and the museo de arte moderna and featured luminaries of the latin american jazz scene such as grupo corda, augusto mattoso and hamleto stamato.