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Cinema do Brasil at TIFF 2017
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Brazilian films in the Official Selection
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
A Sort of Family Uma Espécie de Família by Diego Lerman
ARGENTINA . 2017 . 95 MIN . FICTION, DRAMA
Malena is a 38 doctor from Buenos Aires. One evening she receives a call from her lawyer, who informs her that she should travel immediately to the north of the country. The baby she was waiting for is going to be born. She and her husband lost a baby a year ago and begun the cumbersome adoption proceedings. Malena is suddenly in your car, ready to travel. Unexpectedly Malena is undertaken to an uncertain journey full of emotional and moral crossroads. PRODUCTION COMPANY:Campo
Cine Nova Films, Staron Films, Bellota Films
COPRODUCTION COMPANY:Bossa DISTRIBUTION:UIP
Argentina Factory Vicente Canales: v.canales@filmfactory.es SCREENWRITERS:Diego Lerman and María Meira CAST:Barbara Lennie, Daniel Aráoz, Claudio Tolcachir, Paula Cohen, Yanina Ávila AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Argentina, Brazil and France FILMING LOCATIONS:Misiones, Catamarca and Buenos Aires (Argentina) LANGUAGE:Spanish SALES:Film
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Zama
by Lucrecia Martel ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, SPAIN, FRANCE, MEXICO, USA, NETHERLANDS AND PORTUGAL . 2017 . 100 MIN . DRAMA
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit. PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Bananeira
Filmes and Rei Cine Deseo, Patagonik, MPM Film, Canana, Lemming Film, KNM, O Som e a Fúria, Louverture Films, Schortcut Films, Telecine, Bertha Foundation, Perdomo Productions, Picnic Producciones, Punta Colorada de Cinema DISTRIBUTION:Vitrine Filmes Brazil SALES:The Match Factory info@matchfactory.de SCREENWRITER:Lucrecia Martel Based on the novel by Antonio di Benedetto CAST:Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Mariana Nunes, Rafael Spregelburd, Daniel Veronese AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories, except Latin America, Portugal, Spain, France and Benelux FILMING LOCATIONS:Provinces of Buenos Aires, Formosa and Corrientes (Argentina) LANGUAGE:Spanish COPRODUCTION COMPANIES:El
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PRIMETIME
Under Pressure Sob Pressão by Andrucha Waddington PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Globo SALES:
and Conspiração Filmes Paula Venturim paula.venturim@tvglobo.com.br
ASSOCIATED
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SHORT CUTS
Long Distance Relationship Namoro à Distância by Carolina Markowicz
BRAZIL . 2017 . 5 MIN . DARK HUMORED DRAMA
A brief story of a guy who’s obsessed about having sex with ETs. PRODUCTION COMPANY:Yourmama SCREENWRITER:Carolina CAST:Matías
Markowicz
Singer
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All FILMING LOCATION:Porto LANGUAGE:English
territories Alegre (Brazil)
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Damiana
by Andrés Ramírez Pulido COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL . 2017 . 15 MIN . DRAMA
Deep inside the jungle, a group of teenage girls are being kept under supervision. Despite abandonment and hostility, Damiana hopes she can get in touch with her father. PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Valiente
Gracia and Tokyo Filmes & Wayne SALES:Marvin & Wayne SCREENWRITER:Andrés Ramírez Pulido CAST:Magaly López, Yaneth Sanchez AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories FILMING LOCATION:Ibagué (Colombia) PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS:Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, Kinoforum Sao Paulo, Festival de Cine de Viña del Mar and Biarritz Film Festival DISTRIBUTION:Marvin
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FILM
The Bed La Cama
ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY . 110 MIN . DRAMA
Jorge (60) and Mabel (59) spend their last twenty four hours together – as a couple – locked in their family home. They eat, fuck, cry and laugh. They dismantle their house as they do with their relationship. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Post-production DIRECTOR:Mónica
Lairana Lairana DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Livres (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil, Argentina, Benelux and Germany FILMING LOCATION:Buenos Aires (Argentina) LANGUAGE:Spanish BUDGET:US$ 536,000 PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Rioabajo Argentina, Gema Films Argentina, 3 Moinhos Produções Brazil, Topkapi Netherlands and Sutor Kolonko Germany
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SCREENWRITER:Mónica
FILM
The Movie of My Life O Filme da Minha Vida
BRAZIL . 2017 . 100 MIN . DRAMA
The son of an absent French man and a Brazilian woman, the young Tony Terranova finds in his passion for cinema the backdrop that brings the truth to light. Revelations emerge, love is materialized and decisions are made to lead Tony to adulthood. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Completed DIRECTOR:Selton
Mello
SCREENWRITERS:Selton
Mello and Marcelo Vindicatto Massaro, Vincent Cassel, Bruna Linzmeyer, Selton Mello, Ondina Clais, Bia Arantes, Martha Nowill, Rolando Boldrin, João Pedro Prates COPRODUCTION COMPANIES:Orion Pictures, Urca Filmes, Mondocane and Globo Filmes DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Vitrine Filmes Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION:Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) LANGUAGE:Portuguese BUDGET:R$ 10.797.511,64 PRODUCTION COMPANY:Bananeira
Filmes
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CAST:Johnny
FILM
To Our Children Aos Nossos Filhos
BRAZIL AND FRANCE . 2017 . 90 MIN . DRAMA
To Our Children is a drama movie that handles the contemporary family relationships based on the clash between mother and daughter. Vera, the mother, is a woman that took up arms to fight against the dictatorship and has lived in many parts of the world. Tânia, the daughter, is more “uptight” and has been married to another woman for 15 years already. The movie tells, in a deep, but very fun way, the relationship between these two women, based on the news of Tânia’s maternity. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Raising
funds Maria de Medeiros SCREENWRITERS:Maria de Medeiros and Laura Castro CAST:Marieta Severo, Laura Castro, Jorge Drexler COPRODUCTION COMPANY:Cine Sud Promotion DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Imovisión Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Latin America FILMING LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) LANGUAGE:Portuguese PRODUCTION COMPANY:Bossa
Nova Films
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FILM
Tudo Bom Tudo Bem BRAZIL . 2017 . 100 MIN. DRAMATIC COMEDY
Alberto, a Brazilian raised in Europe, comes back to Brazil to write an essay that contradicts the idea of “good savage” developed by Marcel. In the landscape, in the culture and in the figure of the character Mazé, Alberto is faced with everything he was running away from: the power of nature and its essence of life. It’s the beginning of his transformation. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Post-
production Biondani SCREENWRITERS:Eliseo Altunaga, Daniel Tavares and Willy Biondani CAST:Pierre Richard, Stéphan Wojowicz, Marilyne Fontaine , Sergio Guizé, Débora Nascimento, Otávio Augusto, Fabricio Boliveira DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Imagem Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS:Minas Gerais (Brazil) and Paris (France) LANGUAGES:Portuguese and French PRODUCTION COMPANY:Bossa
Nova Films
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DIRECTOR:Willy
FILM
Whirlpool Redemoinho
BRAZIL . 2016 . 102 MIN . DRAMA
Whirlpool tells the story of the reunion of two friends: Luzimar and Gildo. In this meeting, moved by drink, memories, regrets and grudges, two lives reviewed. After all who made the best choice: who left or who stayed? There will be a possible answer? DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Completed DIRECTOR:José
Luiz Villmarim Moura CAST:Julio Andrade, Irandhir Santos, Cássia Kis Magro, Dira Paes COPRODUCTION COMPANIES: Globo Filmes, Canastra, Santa Rosa Bureau Digital and Telecine DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:California Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION:Minas Gerais (Brazil) LANGUAGE:Portuguese BUDGET:R$ 2.905.790,60 PRODUCTION COMPANY:Bananeira
Filmes
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SCREENWRITER:George
PROJECT
About That Night Naquela Noite
BRAZIL . 2019 . 90 MIN . ROMANCE
Sofia and Nico are an unusual couple that falls in love with Gabi. They live a happy polyamorous relationship until Gabi accidently gets pregnant. Gabi moves in and now they must deal with the demands of this new relationship. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:
In development Fraiha SCREENWRITERS:Fernando Fraiha and Leo Moreira AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories LANGUAGE:English BUDGET:US$ 2,000,000 DIRECTOR:Fernando
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PRODUCTION COMPANY:Biônica
PROJECT
J Sisters
The Story of Brazilian Bikini Wax J’s Sisters BRAZIL, CANADA AND USA . 2019 . 100 MIN . DRAMA, COMEDY
J. Sisters tells the story about 7 Brazilian sisters from a small town in Brazil who moved to New York in the 80’s with only $500, without ever leaving their hometown and managed to build an empire of beauty care. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:In
development Olivetto SCREENWRITER:Patrícia Andrade DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Paris Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS:Linhares (Brazil), New York and New Jersey (USA) and Toronto (Canada) LANGUAGES:Portuguese and English BUDGET:US$ 3,530,696 PRODUCTION COMPANY:Biônica
Filmes
brazilian projects
DIRECTOR:Homero
PROJECT
Iara
Brazil . 2018 . 14 min . Drama, LGBTQ, Fantasy A mother, a daughter, a second mother, an idyllic lake. A heartbreak and a bit of magic. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Post-production DIRECTORS:Érika
Pereira dos Santos and Cássio Pereira dos Santos Pereira dos Santos CAST:Érika Pereira dos Santos, Camila Delfino, Giovana Cordeiro COPRODUCTION COMPANY: Close Comunicação AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories FILMING LOCATION:Minas Gerais (Brazil) LANGUAGE:Portuguese SCREENWRITER:Cássio
Cerrado Produções
brazilian projects
PRODUCTION COMPANY:Campo
PROJECT
Odilon, Defendant of Himself Odilon, Réu de Si Mesmo
BRAZIL . 2018 . 70 MIN . DOCUMENTARY
The movie tells the story of the Brazilian federal judge Odilon de Oliveira, the largest organized crime fighter in Brazil. Responsible for the arrests of big shots of drug trafficking, who offer millions for his head, he lives more confined than the traffickers themselves. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Raising
funds Lima SCREENWRITER:Leandro Lima CAST:Odilon de Oliveira SALES:Yourmama – Mayra Faour Auad (mayra.auad@yourmama.com.br) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories FILMING LOCATIONS:Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo (Brazil) and Asunción (Paraguay) LANGUAGE:Portuguese PRODUCTION COMPANY:Yourmama
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DIRECTOR:Leandro
PROJECT
The Erection of Mr. Toribio Bardelli La Erección de Toribio Bardelli
PERU, BRAZIL AND FRANCE . 2018 . 120 MIN . DRAMATIC COMEDY
Toribio, a selfish and recent widow, lives distanced from his three stupid, troubled and ingenious children. He is seventy-years-old and, while his friends die one by one, he grows and obsession to regain an active sex life. Aspiring for his impending erection, Toribio confronts the passing of time amidst absurd situation that will make him be a part of his family again. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Raising
funds Saba SCREENWRITER:Adrián Saba DISTRIBUTION COMPANY:Livres Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories except Brazil, Peru and France FILMING LOCATION:Lima (Peru) LANGUAGE:Spanish BUDGET:US$ 450,000 PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Animalita
Peru, 3 Moinhos Produções Brasil and Caravan Pass France
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DIRECTOR:Adrián
PROJECT
Valentina BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA . 2018 . 100 MIN . ROAD MOVIE, COMING-OF-AGE, LGBTQ
Valentina, a 16-year-old transgender girl, moves from Brasília to a small tall with her mother Márcia (42). Subjected to bullying at her new school in the countryside, the girl decides to take the road toward the capital of Brazil. Accompanied by her new friend Júlia (15), Valentina finds out she is free to go wherever she wants, but also learns she will never be able to escape from herself. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:Pre-production DIRECTOR:Cássio
Pereira dos Santos Pereira dos Santos FILMING LOCATIONS:Brasilia (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories LANGUAGE:Portuguese BUDGET:US$ 600,000 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS:Project selected for a screenplay development grant (Government of Brasília Fund for the Arts) in 2015, European Film Market 2017, Project selected for a production grant offered by ANCINE / Ministry of Culture. PRODUCTION COMPANY:Campo
Cerrado Produções
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SCREENWRITTER:Cássio
PROJECT
When My Life Was My Life Quando Minha Vida Era A Minha Vida
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA . 2019 . 90 MIN . DRAMA, DARK HUMOR
A dark humorous look at a mafia that replaces vegetative relatives of poor families in Brazil by fugitives. We learn how it works and also dive into the anguishes of Miguel, a drug lord that ends up hidden in a shithole. Miguel gets close to the family’s child, giving him “great” life lessons. DEVELOPMENT PHASE:
Raising funds Markowicz SCREENWRITTER:Carolina Markowicz CAST:César Bordón, José Luis Arias, Maeve Jinkings, Rita Cortese COPRODUCTION COMPANY:Ajimolido Films Argentina FILMING LOCATIONS:Countryside of São Paulo (Brazil) and Argentina AVAILABLE TERRITORIES:All territories LANGUAGES:Portuguese and Spanish BUDGET:US$ 1,500,000 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS:Won Doctoring SpCine PRODUCTION COMPANIES:Yourmama
and Superfilmes
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DIRECTOR:Carolina
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Cinema do Brasil Associated Producers attending TIFF 2017
3 Moinhos Produções 3 Moinhos Produções was founded in 2008 in Rio de Janeiro by producer Ana Alice de Morais. Focusing on authorial projects, our production represents a new and talented generation now breaking into the Brazilian and international markets. Our last feature film, Time was Endless, premiered at the Panorama - Berlinale 2016.
Ana Alice de Morais ana.alice@3moinhos.com www.3moinhos.com Rua Santa Clara, 313| 605 Rio de Janeiro – RJ +55 21 98101 0344
Bananeira Filmes
Vania Catani bananeira@bananeirafilmes.com.br www.bananeirafilmes.com.br Rua da Glória, 366 Rio de Janeiro – RJ +55 21 2225 6552 . +55 21 98142 8514
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Founded in 2000 by the producer Vania Catani, Bananeira Filmes is, today, one of the most prestigious production companies in Brazil, and its main feature is to fund independent projects with notorious artistic quality. Combined, its productions have been exhibited in about 290 festivals over 40 countries and received 181 awards so far.
Biônica Filmes Biônica has produced content since 2012. Its first feature film Men are from Mars was 2014 biggest box office in Brazil .In 2016 released Holy Biker. In 2017, Neurotic Quest for Serenity, El Revenge and Divine Divas (Global Award at SXSW).
Karen Castanho karen@bionicafilmes.com.br www.bionicafilmes.com.br Rua dos Pinheiros, 240 | 12 São Paulo – SP +55 11 2364 3833
Bossa Nova Films
Paula Cosenza pcosenza@bossanovafilms.com.br www.bossanovafilms.com.br Rua das Tabocas, 170 São Paulo – SP +55 11 3811 2000
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One of the most renowned and creative Brazilian companies and with a strong focus on international co-productions, Bossa Nova Films makes movies for the global audiences as well as cinema for its local market and TV series. Its titles have been screened and awarded in many festivals such as Telluride, Sundance, Berlinale, San Sebastian, Toulouse and others.
Campo Cerrado Produções Campo Cerrado is headed by the siblings Cássio Pereira dos Santos (director) and Érika Pereira dos Santos (producer). Our films have been screened/recognized at events and institutions such as TIFF.Kids, Aspen Film, Palm Springs Int’l Film Society, Facets Chicago, Whistler Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival + 200 festivals in Brazil and abroad.
Cássio Pereira dos Santos contato@campocerrado.com.br www.campocerrado.com.br Rua Cruzeiro dos Peixotos, 499 | 204 Uberlândia - MG + 55 34 3235 2655
Yourmama
Mayra Auad | Carolina Markowicz mayra.auad@yourmama.com.br carolina.markowicz@yourmama.com.br www.yourmama.com.br Rua Colatino Marques, 273 SĂŁo Paulo - SP +55 11 3060 6110
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Yourmama is a production and management company where talent comes first. Always focusing on the continued growth of talents and ideas, the company created a platform dedicated to receiving, analyzing and selecting projects for acquisition and development.
SUPPORT Cinema do Brasil offers support to SALES AGENTS For sales agents who have a Brazilian film in the official selection of the Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Venice and San Sebastian film festivals. Registrations should be made within 7 days of publication of the official selection for the festival. DISTRIBUTORS To distributors who release Brazilian films within their own national territories. Submissions open: Oct 15 to Nov 30, 2017 More information at www.cinemadobrasil.org.br info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
ABOUT US Cinema do Brasil aims to reinforce and expand the participation of Brazilian audiovisual productions in the international market, to encourage the development of co-productions and the distribution of Brazilian films abroad. It is an export program implemented in 2006 by the São Paulo’s Audiovisual Industry Guild (SIAESP) in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), gathering today more than 145 companies. CONTACT www.cinemadobrasil.org.br info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
EXECUTIVE MANAGER
Leila Bourdoukan leila@cinemadobrasil.org.br
TRADE PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION
Karen Halley karen@cinemadobrasil.org.br
LOCAL PRODUCER
Meet our team at the Hyatt Regency Hotel #9 - Industry Centre Mezzanine Level This directory contains information about Brazilian film producers attending TIFF 2017, their films and projects.
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Marcos Ribeiro de Moraes mrmoraes@gmail.com
SCREENING Brazilian films in the official selection of TIFF 2017
SCREENING
Brazilian films in the official selection of TIFF 2017 contemporary world cinema
A Sort Of Family Sep 8 Sep 9 Sep 10 Sep 14 Sep 14
9pm 9:15am 11:30am 4pm 7pm
Scotiabank 3 Intl. Première Scotiabank 11 press & industry TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3 Scotiabank 4 Scotiabank 8 press & industry
masters
Zama Sep 8 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 13 Sep 15
11:30am 6:15pm 4:15pm 11:45am 8:45pm
Scotiabank 11 press & industry TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 2 Scotiabank 10 press & industry Jackman Hall TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema
primetime
Under Pressure
Sep 8 9:45pm TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 3 Sep 10 12pm Scotiabank 5 press & industry short cuts
Long Distance Relationship
Sep 9 9:45pm Scotiabank 14 Sep 10 12:15pm Scotiabank 6 press & industry Sep 15 9:30pm Scotiabank 10 short cuts
Damiana
Sep 10 3:45pm Scotiabank 14 Sep 11 9am Scotiabank 5 press & industry Sep 16 3pm Scotiabank 10
Meet our team at the Hyatt Regency Hotel #9 - Industry Centre Mezzanine Level www.cinemadobrasil.org.br