Brazilian Companies Attending
EUROP EAN F ILM MARKET
2016
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
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. This directory contains information about Brazilian film producers attending European Film Market 2016, their films and projects.
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Contact
www.cinemadobrasil.org.br info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
Chairman
Executive Manager
ANDRÉ STURM
ANA LETÍCIA FIALHO
info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
analeticia@cinemadobrasil.org.br
International Consultant
MARIKA KOZLOVSKA
Trade Promotion and Communication
marika@cinemadobrasil.org.br
KAREN HALLEY karen@cinemadobrasil.org.br
Pr oducers
www.3moinhos.com R. Santa Clara, 313-605 | Rio de Janeiro - RJ | 22041-011 | +55 21 98101 0344
3 Moinhos Produções Ana Alice de Morais ana.alice@3moinhos.com
Founded in 2008, 3 Moinhos Productions is based in Rio de Janeiro. Targeting art house productions, the company is part of a young and talented generation now entering the Brazilian and International film market. Currently the company also seeks Iberoamerican projects for minority co-productions.
CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Rio Tarumã Films COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Germany AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
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Time Was Endless Antes o Tempo não Acabava
PORTUGUESE, TIKUNA, SATERÉ MAWÉ, NEENGUETU, TARIANO | DRAMA | 90 MIN | HD | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 450,000 DIRECTORS Sérgio Andrade and Fabio Baldo SCREENWRITER Sérgio Andrade CAST Anderson Tikuna, Rita Carelli and
Bege Muniz CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PRODUCTION COMPANY
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3 Moinhos Produções
Brazil, Germany and Austria
FILMING LOCATIONS Amazon (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS In conflict with the traditions of his
people, a native young man faces the leaders of his community to live alone in the city center. However, the old shaman plans to bring him back for one more ritual.
3 moinhos Produções
PROJECT
Mesopotamia Mesopotâmia
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 120 MIN | HD | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 700,000 DIRECTOR Andy Malafaia SCREENWRITERS Andy Malafaia and Maria Clara Escobar COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Livres AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATION Tocantins (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds SYNOPSIS Rosa is married with the oppressive Jorge
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for over twenty years. They live in a isolated area in the countryside of Brazil, where Mariângela, Jorge’s younger sister, suddenly appears, coming from the city and bearing a secret. Little by little the two women become closer, annoying the jealous Jorge. Tensions increase with the rumor that their region will be flooded by the construction of a dam.
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www.400filmes.com CLN 309-Bloco B, Sala 106 | Brasília - DF | 22041-011 | +55 11 97541 8242
400 Filmes
Gustavo Galvão 400filmes@gmail.com
Making its mark in the market since 2003, 400 FILMES has secured its place among the most prolific film production companies in the Center-West region of Brazil, having released three feature films and 16 shorts until 2015. By now, 400 FILMES is involved in four feature film projects.
PROJECT
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
Ainda Temos a Imensidão da Noite PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, GERMAN | DRAMA | 90 MIN HD | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 600,000 DIRECTOR Gustavo Galvão SCREENWRITERS Gustavo Galvão and Cristiane
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Oliveira CAST Ayla Gresta, Marat Descartes COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Germany
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AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Brasilia (Brazil) and Berlin
(Germany) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising funds SYNOPSIS After four months in Berlin, to where
she left in an attempt to earn a living through music, Karen, a talented trumpeter, is back to Brasilia with a mystery. She finds herself torn between the two cities and two loves.
400 Filmes
PROJECT
Sunday Afternoon Blues O Vazio de Domingo à Tarde
PORTUGUESE , ENGLISH | DRAMA | 120 MIN | BW | 2K | 2017 BUDGET US$ 390,000 DIRECTOR Gustavo Galvão SCREENWRITER Gustavo Galvão COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS Brasilia and Catalão (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds SYNOPSIS Monica is an actress in crisis. After shooting a film,
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she is not able to return to her routine as a TV celebrity and denies a photo for a 16-year old fan, Kelly. Monica’s denial encourages Kelly to meet her muse again.
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www.bananeirafilmes.com.br Rua da Glória, 366 - 12th floor | Rio de Janeiro- RJ | 20241-180 +55 21 2225 6552 | +55 21 98142 8514
Bananeira Filmes
Vania Catani bananeira@bananeirafilmes.com.br
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 281 festivals over 40 countries and received 153 awards so far.
PROJECT
Desert
Deserto
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 102 MIN | DCP COLOR | 2016 BUDGET R$ 3.316.779,40 DIRECTOR Guilherme Weber SCREENWRITERS Guilherme Weber and Ana
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Paula Maia CAST Lima Duarte, Everaldo Pontes, Cida Moreira, Fernando Teixeira, Márcio Rosário, Claudio Castro, Magali Biff , Pietra Pan COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Bananeira Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Mutuca Filmes, Canal Brasil and Para Todos Produções
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
Tucuman Filmes All territories, except
Brazil FILMING LOCATION Paraíba (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS The film is an allegory of the world
and the human condition, told through the fable of building a new society by artists in the middle of Brazilian desert, which however cannot escape their worst vices.
Bananeira Filmes
PROJECT
Whirlpool
Redemoinho PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 102 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET R$ 2.905.790,60 DIRECTOR José Luiz Villmarim SCREENWRITER George Moura CAST Julio Andrade, Irandhir Santos, Cássia Kis Magro and Dira Paes COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Bananeira Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Globo Filmes, Canastra, Santa Rosa Bureau Digital DISTRIBUTION COMPANY California Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATION Minas Gerais (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS “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 territories,who made the best choice: who left or who stayed? There will be a possible answer?
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www.besourofilmes.com Rua Miguel Tostes, 255-2 | Rio Grande do Sul – RS | 90430-061 + 55 51 3062 4400 | + 55 51 9952 9982
Besouro Filmes Based in Porto Alegre, since 2006 is focused on film and TV contents. In the last ten years, has produced more than 10 shorts, coproduced and produced 5 feature films and two TV series Jessica Luz jessica.luz@besourofilmes.com
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DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS IDFA Bertha
5 Casas
Fund for Development, PRODAV 04/2014 for Development SYNOPSIS In Dom Pedrito, a small city in the far south of Brazil there is a house whose owners died, there is a school where nu ns pray, there is a farm where an old man lives, there is a transvestite and a young man being beaten up on the street, and there's an old lady playing the piano. This is their story, and the story of the places they inhabit. It`s about memory, forgetfulness and finding joy even when you have to struggle and fight for your beliefs.
5 Houses PORTUGUESE | DOCUMENTARY | 90 MIN | HD COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 100,000 DIRECTOR Bruno Gularte Barreto SCREENWRITER Bruno Gularte Barreto COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Livres AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
Brazil CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
FILMING LOCATIONS
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Sul (Brazil)
Dom Pedrito, Rio Grande do
Besouro Filmes
PROJECT
Garoto Neon
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 100 MIN | HD | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 541,875 DIRECTORS Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon SCREENWRITERS Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANIES Avante Filmes and Besouro Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Besouro Filmes (Brazil) and Close Up Films (Switzerland) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Vitrine Filmes (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories AWARD / PREVIOUS FESTIVALS Hubert Bals Fund for Development FILMING LOCATION Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds SYNOPSIS Pedro meets Leo. They fall in love, while thousands of people watch them
through a webcam. Tired of the lack of privacy, they turn off the lights. To find out that love glows in the dark
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The fading light of Neon Boy
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www.bubblesproject.com Rua João Afonso, 49-408 | Rio de Janeiro - RJ | 22261-040 | +55 21 99307 4619
Bubbles Project
Bubbles Project is an independent production house and a creative collective that conceives, develops and produces audiovisual projects, including films, TV series and film festivals. Tatiana Leite tatiana@bubblesproject.com
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Hopefuls
Aspirantes PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 75 MIN | DIGITAL 4K COLOR | 2014 BUDGET US$ 600,000 DIRECTOR Ives Roselfeld SCREENWRITERS Ives Rosenfeld and Pedro Freire CAST Arclenes Barroso, Sérgio Malheiros, Julia
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Bernat, Karine Teles and Julio Adrião COUNTRY OF CO-PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Crisis Produtivas DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Pandora Filmes
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AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
All territories, except
Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Winner of
Locarno Carte Blanche 2014, Best Director and Actor - Rio International Film Festival SYNOPSIS “Hopefuls” tells the story of Junior, a young soccer player in an amateur team. He has to deal with the pregnancy of his girlfriend, while his best friend since childhood signs a contract with a professional team. “Hopefuls” will follow the growing up of Junior’s envy till it takes dangerous proportions.
Bubbles Project
PROJECT
Loveling Benzinho
Cinemart Rotterdam and Cinemundi Brasil Amid the chaos of family daily life, Irene, married to Klaus and mother of three, needs to deal with the imminence of the premature departure of her oldest son. The boy has grown up.
SYNOPSIS
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PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 70 MIN | 35MM,DIGITAL 4K | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 1,061,771.68 DIRECTOR Gustavo Pizzi SCREENWRITERS Gustavo Pizzi and Karine Telles COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Bubbles Project CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Baleia Filmes, TV Zero and Mutante Films DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Vitrine Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATION Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pre Production PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS selected for La Fabrique du Cinema du Monde,
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www.casaforte.art.br/en Rua Aracaju, 174-33 | Higienópolis | São Paulo - SP | 01240-030 | +55 11 99805 6794
Casa Forte Production Virginia Cavendish
Casa Forte is a production company created by Virginia Cavendish, actress and producer of the hit film Lisbela and the Prisioner. Casa Forte has co-produced two major films, several plays and is currently developing two tv series.
virginiacavendish@gmail.com
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Through the Shadow Através da Sombra
PORTUGUESE | THRILLER | 104 MIN | DCP COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 1,350,000 DIRECTOR Walter Lima Jr. SCREENWRITER Walter Lima Jr. CAST Virgínia Cavendish, Mel Maia, Domingos
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Montagner, Ana Lúcia Torre and Xande Valois COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Cinelândia Produções CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Casa Forte Produções
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DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Europa Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS Rio de Janeiro and Minas
Gerais (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS
Best Actress, Aruanda Film Festival 2015; Best Cinematography, Aruanda Film Festival 2015 SYNOPSIS Laura is hired as a tutor for two orphaned children who live in a coffee farm. She suspects that hostile spirits are trying to possess them, and while investigating, gets involved in a diabolical plot.
www.claraluzfilmes.com.br Rua Araguari, 399 | S達o Paulo - SP | 04514-040 | +55 11 96486 7199
Claraluz Filmes Claraluz Filmes is an entertainment content production company based in S達o Paulo.
Fernando Sapelli fsapelli@claraluzfilmes.com.br
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ENGLISH, GERMAN, ARABIC, PORTUGUESE | DOCUMENTARY | 110 MIN | DIGITAL HD | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 1,000,000 DIRECTOR Hank Levine SCREENWRITER Hank Levine CAST Arclenes Barroso, S辿rgio Malheiros, Julia
Bernat, Karine Teles and Julio Adri達o COUNTRIES OF CO-PRODUCTION Brazil and Germany CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES O2 Filmes and Hank Levine Film
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
Real Fiction All territories, except
Brazil and Germany Brazil, Germany, South Sudan, Algeria, DRC, Cuba and Myanmar DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS "Exodus" depicts the current scenario of global human dislocation, chiefly refugees. Through it, we follow and intertwine true stories of those coming and going across all continents in the world. FILMING LOCATIONS
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Exodus: Where I Come From is Disappearing
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www.confeitariadecinema.com.br Rua Harmonia, 942 ap. 31b | São Paulo - SP | 05435-001 | +55 11 99912 8600
Confeitaria de Cinema Production Company focused in Art House Films with urban contemporary themes. It has produced two feature films “Corpo” (Body) and “Super Nada” (Super Nothing). Rubens Rewald rrewald@gmail.com
PROJECT
Second Half
Segundo Tempo
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN | DRAMA | 95 MIN | HD 4K | COLOR | 2018 BUDGET US$ 1,000,000 DIRECTOR Rubens Rewald SCREENWRITER Rubens Rewald CAST Kaue Telloli and Clarissa Kiste COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Germany DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Pandora Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories
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São Paulo (Brazil) and Berlin, Goerlitz (Germany) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pre-Production PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Ibermedia Development Fund SYNOPSIS André and Carol, twins, 22, son and daughter of a German man, decide to go to Germany after their father's death in order to find out more about their family's background. Being there, more than getting to know about their father's previous life, they will confront themselves, realizing they depend on each other more than ever. FILMING LOCATIONS
www.dezenove.net Rua Conde Sílvio Álvares Penteado, 96 | São Paulo – SP | 05428-040 | +55 11 3031 3017 | +33 6 33 05 99 10
Dezenove Som e Imagens
Sara Silveira
Feature, short, and documentary films. A production company established in 1991, by filmmaker Carlos Reichenbach and producer Sara Silveira in partnership with the also producer Maria Ionescu.
sara@dezenove.net
Don’t Call Me Son Mãe Só Há Uma
PORTUGUESE | FICTION | 82 MIN | DIGITAL (2D DCP) COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 450,000 DIRECTOR Anna Muylaert SCREENWRITER Anna Muylaert CAST Naomi Nero, Dani Nefussi, Matheus
Nachtergaele, Daniel Botelho, Lais Dias, Luciana Paes, Helena Albergaria, Renan Tenca and Luciano Bortoluzzi
Brazil and France FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS A bike, high school, joints, girls, a
rock band. Pierre is a teenager like any other. After a DNA test, he discovers that the woman he calls Mom is not his biological mother, and he now has to move in with his real family. In a new home and with a new name, he starts to wonder about his real identity.
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COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Argentina PRODUCTION COMPANY Dezenove Som e Imagens CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY África Filmes (Brazil) DISTRIBUTOR Vitrine Filmes (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
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www.elefantifilms.com Av. 9 de Julho, 4835-111 | São Paulo - SP | 01407-200 | +55 11 3079 2308 | + 55 11 99253 5464
Elefanti Films
Giuliana Monteiro
Elefanti Films is a São Paulo based production company, focused on the development of short and feature films. Elefanti is a collective as much as it is a company. It relies on artists, researches and storytellers from diferents parts of the world, from New York to Beijing.
elefanti.films@gmail.com
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I Don’t Say Goodbye, I Say See You Soon Eu Não Digo Adeus, Digo Até Logo
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA, COMING OF AGE | 16 MIN | 16 MM | COLOR | 2014 BUDGET US$ 15,000 DIRECTOR Giuliana Monteiro SCREENWRITER Giuliana Monteiro CAST Simone Iliescu, Caio Henrique da Silva,
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Carlos Procócpio
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COUNTRY OF CO-PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Contem Contenido AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
Brazil
FILMING LOCATION Minas Gerais (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Distribution PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Winner
of Locarno Carte Blanche 2014 - Best Film Iberoamerica - Festival Internacional de Vina del Mar Best Film BRAFFTV (Brazilian Film Festival in Toronto) Best Actor (for Caio Henrique) - First Run Film Festival , Best Director - First Run Film Festival Best Score - First Run Film Festival SYNOPSIS Antônio is 10 years old and lives in Córrego do Machado, a roadside community in Minas Gerais. All he knows about his father is that he drives a bright red 1518 Mercedes truck. He may be too young to understand what his mother is saying when the truth is reveled, but he’s old enough to set off on his own into the world of grown-ups.
Elefanti Films
PROJECT
The Road to Livramento Estrada Para Livramento
Lee fund for the development award in 2015 SYNOPSIS João (45) spent over half of his life driving along Brazilian roads. He’s a deliveryman. Martin (35), left home at age of 17. He wanted to be a professional boxer. Lucas (30) lived with Marinalva (87), their mother, until she passed away. The destiny of the brothers cross again when they go on a journey to the south of Brazil to look for Lucas.
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PORTUGUESE | DRAMA, ROAD MOVIE | 130 MIN | 16 MM COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 550,000 DIRECTOR Giuliana Monteiro SCREENWRITERS Giuliana Monteiro and Beatriz Monteiro COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Uruguay PRODUCTION COMPANY Elefanti Films AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS São Paulo and Livramento (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development script | Raising Funds PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS The script won the Spike
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www.grafoaudiovisual.com Rua Celestino Junior, 163 | Curitiba - PR | 80510-100 | +55 41 3095 0608 | + 55 41 9246 4474
Grafo Audiovisual Antônio Junior antonio@grafoaudiovisual.com
Grafo is a production company based in the city of Curitiba. Throughout the years we have acquired experience making shorts, documentaries and feature films. Last year we released the film “Para Minha Amada Morta” (Aly Muritiba) and the short film “Tarântula” (Aly Muritiba and Marja Calafange). We also produced a film festival: Olhar de Cinema Curitiba IFF.
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DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS Fernando is a good man who after
Para Minha Amada Morta
the death of Ana, his wife, cares only his son Daniel, a shy and sensitive boy. Every night, Fernando recalls his love by repairing her clothes and personal stuff. One day, he finds a box full of old VHS tapes and one of them will change his life.
To My Beloved
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 104 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET Euro 1.000.000 DIRECTOR Aly Muritiba SCREENWRITER Aly Muritiba CAST Fernando Alves Pinto, Mayana Neiva,
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Giuly Biancato and Lourinelson Vladimir COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION Curitiba (Brazil)
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Grafo Audiovisual
PROJECT
Ferrugem Ferrugem
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 90 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2016|2017 BUDGET Euro 700.000 DIRECTOR Aly Muritiba SCREENWRITER Aly Muritiba COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION Curitiba (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development SYNOPSIS Ferrugem is a shy and quiet teenager whose best
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friend has just committed suicide. It is the second feature film of scriptwriter and director Aly Muritiba, who has been internationally acclaimed with awards in several film festivals around the world by his family dramas such as the short films “A Fábrica” and “Tarântula” and the feature “To my beloved”.
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www.gullane.com Rua Leandro Dupret, 73-4 | São Paulo - SP | 04025-010 | +55 11 5084 0996
Gullane
Juliana Soares International@gullane.com
Claudia Buschel claudia.buschel@gullane.com
PROJECT
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
The Morning King
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Founded in 1996, it is one of today´s best known and most respected Brazilian production companies. Its films have been selected at the most important festivals as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and distributed in many countries. A focus on international co-productions is the company’s trademark.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Warner Bros (Latin
America) All territories, except
O Rei das Manhãs
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | COLOR | 2016 DIRECTOR Daniel Rezende SCREENWRITER Luiz Bolognesi CAST Vladimir Brichta, Leandra Leal,
FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS The first film as director of the
Ana Lucia Torre, Augusto Madeira, Tainá Muller and Raul Barreto COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANIES Lacuna Filmes and Roseira Filmes (Brazil)) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Warner Bros., Empyrean (Brazil)
Latin America
Oscar Nominee Daniel Rezende, tells the story of an actor who dreams of being famous. When chosen to represent an internationally known clown in a TV talk show, his contract forbids him to reveal his identity. Famous only with makeup, he’s incapable of reaching what he’s spent his life pursuing.
Gullane
PROJECT
Favela High-Tech Favela High-Tech
ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, JAPANESE | DRAMA | COLOR | 2018 DIRECTOR Karim A誰nouz SCREENWRITER Toby Finlay PRODUCTION COMPANY Gullane AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS Tokio (Japan) and S達o Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development SYNOPSIS It tells the story of Adriana, a young and beautiful
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Brazilian girl of Japanese descendent, who becomes a hostess in one of the most renowned nightclubs in Tokyo. There she meets and turns into the mistress to an ambitious Yakuza member. But everything changes when she meets Milos, a war reporter born in Sarajevo, with whom she has a passionately wild love affair. A story of radical love and violent crimes, penetrating the dark underworld of sex and drugs of the big Asian metropolis.
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www.lancafilmes.com.br Rua Florêncio Ygartua 131-405 | Porto Alegre - RS | 01035-100 | +55 51 3237 3737 | +55 51 8126 7000
Lança Filmes
Daniela Menegotto
Lança Filmes is a distribution company. Our goal is to improve the standard of films and treat every and each film in a special manner, to guarantee quality to our audience. We perform different exhibition circuits, which include in and off theaters, VOD, TV, and internet.
danimenegotto@gmail.com
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The Bitter Honey Colméia
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE, GERMAN | DRAMA | 90 MIN | DIGITAL | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET 150,000 DIRECTOR Gilson Vargas SCREENWRITER Diones Camargo CAST Nicolas Vargas, Joana Kannenberg, Felipe
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Kannenberg, Janaína Pelizzon, Martina Frohlich COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANIES Lacuna Filmes, Roseira Filmes (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATION Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pré-Production SYNOPSIS "The Bitter Honey" shows a family with ten personages of German descent living isolated in a house inside the South of Brazil during the 2nd world war. This family lives K, a teenager who has the restless soul and the gift of curiosity.
Lança Filmes
PROJECT
Yoñlu
PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH | DRAMA | 90 MIN | DIGITAL COLOR | 2017 DIRECTOR Hique Montanari SCREENWRITER Hique Montanari CAST Thalles Cabral BUDGET US$ 400,000 COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Container Films DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Lança Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories except Brazil FILMING LOCATIONS Porto Alegre (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pre-Production SYNOPSIS Yoñlu is a fiction inspired by real
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facts about the life and artistic work of Vinicius Marques Gageiro - Yoñlu. A 16-year-old guy, super gifted musician and speaking four languages. In 2006 commits suicide, and it’s guided and assisted suicide by internet at social networks.
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www.latinaestudio.com Rua Paulistania, 505 | São Paulo - SP | 05440-000 | + 55 11 3030 4545 | +55 11 98930 1238
Latina Estudio
Claudio Cao Quintas
Latina Estudio is a Brazilian production company with operations in the audiovisual market throughout Latin America. Our portfolio includes nominations and awards in the most renowned film festivals like Oscar, Cannes, Venice, Guadalajara, Havana.
cao@latinaestudio.com
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Samba Stories
Dá Licença de Contar
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE | COMEDY | 90 MIN | 4K | COLOR 2016 BUDGET US$ 1,500,000 DIRECTOR Pedro Serrano SCREENWRITERS Pedro Serrano, Rubens
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Marinelli and Guilherme Quintella CAST Paulo Miklos, Gero Camilo, Gustavo Machado and Aisha Jambo COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Manjericão Filmes DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Europa Filmes (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil
FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS The feature
film is based on the short film with the same name and casting. Short was awarded in Gramado/ Brazil as Best Script and Best Film for Canal Brasil. Also awarded in Bilbao as Best Film by the Audience's choice. Please, watch the short movie: https://vimeo.com/132179469 password: 0102 SYNOPSIS Adoniran Barbosa becomes a character in his own lyrics. He shares a shack with the heroes he used to sing about, who used to be poor Brazilian workers or humble Italian immigrants. Through his musical universe, we create a panorama of Sao Paulo in the romantic 50ies.
Latina Estudio
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Sons of Fidel PORTUGUESE, SPANISH | DOCUMENTARY | 90 MIN | 4K | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 495,000 DIRECTOR Leon Serment SCREENWRITER Iana Parro CAST Pedro Paulo Araújo COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Cuba PRODUCTION COMPANY Latina Estudio CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES ICAIC (Cuba) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Pinar del Rio and Havana (Cuba) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS EAVE 2015 and Morelia 2014 SYNOPSIS Pedro Paulo, a Brazilian man 66 year-old, will fly back to Cuba
aiming to meet again his old brothers and his adoptive father whom he hasn’t seen for the last 50 years: Commandant Fidel Castro.
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Filhos de Fidel
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www.facebook.com/lockheartfilmes.com Rua Octávio de Souza, 40-401 | Rio de Janeiro – RJ | 90840-350 +55 51 9804 8994
Lockheart Filmes Lockheart Filmes creates films and series that mix the real and the unreal, forging new universes and showing new ways to see the world. More than a production company, it’s cinema as a philosophy. Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro daviop@lockheartfilmes.com
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Detours Desvios
PORTUGUESE | THRILLER | 93 MIN | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 52,000 DIRECTOR Pedro Guindani SCREENWRITER Pedro Guindani CAST Rafael Mentges, Cassiano Ranzolin,
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Fernanda Menezes, Heinz Limaverde, Anselmo Vasconcelos COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Lockheart Filmes
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CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Cinex Filmes and
Skyline Produções DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Lockheart Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION Porto Alegre (Brasil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS After embezzling 15 million reais
with the help of his cousin, Daniel goes into hiding. Waiting for forged documents to escape Brazil, he rents an old apartment and starts a paranoid journey that may put his new found fortunes and sanity at risk.
Lockheart Filmes
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Under Clear and Innocent Waters Sob Águas Claras e Inocentes
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 90 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 25,000 DIRECTOR Emiliano Cunha SCREENWRITER Emiliano Cunha CAST Ismael Caneppele, Anelise Vargas, Matheus Almada, Lenira Silva,
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Carolina Sudati, Liane Venturella, Hiozer Rezoi, Jhonatan Dait COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Lockheart Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Skyline Produções and Visceral Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION Porto Alegre (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS In the last night in the city, someone travels through the streets saying goodbye to loved ones and making amends with the past.
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www.mirafilmes.net Rua Itápolis, 11651 | São Paulo - SP | 01245-000 | +55 11 3031 0687 | +55 11 99222 9823
Mira Filmes
Gustavo Rosa de Moura
Formed by Gustavo Rosa de Moura and Carmem Maia in 2011, Mira Filmes is a production company investing in cinema, TV, web and museums. In 2015 launched the feature films California, the documentary Jokesters, and the sitcom I wanna have one million friends.
contato@mirafilmes.net
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California Califórnia
PORTUGUESE | FICTION | 90 MIN | DCP | COLOR
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
2015 BUDGET US$ 450,000 DIRECTOR Marina Person SCREENWRITERS Marina Person, Mariana
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Veríssimo and Francisco Guarnieri CAST Clara Gallo, Caio Horowicz and Caio Blat COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Lauper Films (Brazil) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Vitrine Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil
FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) STATUS OR PRODUCTION Distribution PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Rio Film
Festival 2015 (Best Supporting Actor to Caio Horowicz), MIXBrasil Film Festival 2015 (Best actress to Clara Gallo and Best Screenplay) SYNOPSIS 1984. Estela is going through the convoluted stage of adolescence. Her uncle, Carlos, is her hero, and the trip to California to visit him, her biggest dream. But everything falls apart when he comes back to Brazil looking skinny, weak and sick. Estela has to face a reality that will change forever her way of seeing the world.
Mira Filmes
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Ballad of Return Can巽達o da Volta
PORTUGUESE | FICTION | 97 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 325,000 DIRECTOR Gustavo Rosa de Moura SCREENWRITERS Gustavo Rosa de Moura and Leonardo Levis CAST Jo達o Miguel and Marina Person COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Mira Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Lauper Filmes (Brazil) DISTRIBUTION COMPAN Pandora Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil FILMING LOCATION S達o Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia,
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his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home.
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www.movieart.com.br Av. Corifeu de Azevedo Marques, 583 | S達o Paulo - SP | 05581-000 | + 55 11 3722 3691
Movie&Art
Rachel Monteiro rachel. monteiro@gmail.com
Founded in 1982 by CEO Paulo Dantas, Movie&Art is a Brazilian independent production company. Our work strategy is getting into different areas: curating talent for different kinds of media projects. So not limiting ourselves to commercials, but extending into idea for TV, features and web. Finding exciting ways of reaching out to the target groups.
PROJECT
Poltergay Poltergay
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE | COMEDY | 80 MIN | 2K | COLOR BUDGET R$ 6.000.000 (has already 50%) DIRECTOR Felipe Jofilly SCREENWRITER Rosana Ferr達o COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Movie&Art CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Fox and Warner DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES Fox andWarner SALES Fox, Warner FILMING LOCATIONS Rio de Janeiro and
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S達o Paulo (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES Latin America DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pre-production SYNOPSIS Brazilian remake of a French comedy.
Without knowing, a couple buys a house where used to function a gay nightclub. The house is haunted by gay ghosts who drag the husband into a series of funny complications. After losing both his job and his wife, the husband seeks the help of an exorcist to get rid of the bullying ghosts and get his life back.
Movie&Art
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Papá Me Compró Un Cadáver PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 80 MIN | 2K | COLOR DIRECTOR Flávia Moraes SCREENWRITERS Francisco Varone and Juan Pablo VillaLobos PRODUCTION COMPANY Movie & Art CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Flávia Moraes DISTRIBUTION Movie&Art AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development SYNOPSIS Adaptation of Juan Pablo Villalobos’ narcoliterature "Down
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the Rabbit Hole", the story of a drug lord through the eyes of his 10year old son. A witness to the drug world and too young to grasp its meanings, the boy’s perspective makes this an unusual, powerful and delicate story.
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www.muiraquitafilmes.com.br Rua Caputira, 84 | São Paulo – SP | 04052-070 | +55 11 3637-5572 | +55 11 98121 6564
Muiraquitã Filmes Muiraquitã Filmes is a production company specializing in enternainment production, feature films and television. It works in collaboration with partners on worldwide projects.
Eliane Ferreira eliane@muiraquitafilmes.com.br
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Russian Red
Vermelho Russo PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, SPANISH | FICTION | 90 MIN | DIGITAL | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 450,000 DIRECTOR Charly Braun SCREENWRITERS Charly Braun and Martha
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Nowill CAST Martha Nowill, Maria Manuela and Soraia Chaves COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Russia and Brazil
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CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Waking Up Films (Brazil), Vita Aktiva (Russia) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Vitrine Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Moscow (Russia) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS Two best friends, a theatre master, a love triangle. The journey of two young Brazilian actresses who decide to study Stanislavski's method in Moscow. As the trip progresses, they overcome their differences on and off stage.
Muiraquit達 Filmes
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The Son of Aurora O Filho da Aurora
PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH | FICTION | 90 MIN | DIGITAL | COLOR | 2018 BUDGET Euro 1.800.000 DIRECTOR Karim A誰nouz SCREENWRITERS Karim A誰nouz and Daniel Tavares COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Scandinavia PRODUCTION COMPANY Muiraquit達 Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION Scandinavia STATUS OR PRODUCTION Raising Funds SYNOPSIS When her troubled teenager son returns home after being
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expelled from school, ILKA, a Brazilian rooted in Northern Europe, will be forced to defend him to the bitter end. The life of her family will never be the same again.
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www.oceanfilms.com.br Rua Bento Lisboa, 145 | Rio de Janeiro - RJ | 22221-011 | +55 48 3207 7001 | +55 48 9924 9839
Ocean Films Ocean Films is a production company with offices in Brazil and Argentina. Ocean produces shorts films, documentaries, reality shows, TV series, feature films and is also known as one of South Americas most important companies for international production services. João Roni roni@oceanfilms.com.br
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Little Secret
Pequeno Segredo
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH | DRAMA | 105 MIN | DIGITAL 2K 4K | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 3,000,000 DIRECTOR David Schurmann SCREENWRITERS Marcos Bernstein and
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Vitor Alterino CAST Fionnula Flanagan, Maria Flor, Jula Lemmertz, Erroll Shand, Marcello Antony and Mariana Goulart COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and New Zealand
PRODUCTION COMPANY Schurmann Film Company CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Ocean Films DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Diamond Films AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
Latin America and Caribe Florianópolis, Belém (Brazil) and Auckland (New Zealand) STATUS OR PRODUCTION Post Production SYNOPSIS Adopted as a toddler by a loving family after losing her parents, Kat led a life full of adventures. Now a teenager, she tries to fit into a normal life, as the world shows her how cruel life can be. After discovering a secret that threatens her life, she starts do doubt her dreams. FILMING LOCATIONS
www.okna.com.br Rua Saldanha Marinho, 30 | Porto Alegre - RS | 90160-240 | + 55 51 3737 7533
Okna Produções Production bureau specialized in developing audiovisual products. It also constitute partnerships for production and executive production services. In 9 years the company produced more than 40 films and has received around 200 awards. Aletéia Selonk aleteia@okna.com.br
Women of the Father Mulher do Pai
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 93 MIN | PRORES 422 FILES | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 947,899.70 DIRECTOR Cristiane Oliveira SCREENWRITER Cristiane Oliveira CAST Maria Galant, Marat Descartes, Veronica
Perrota and Amelia Bittencourt COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Uruguay PRODUCTION COMPANY Okna Produções CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Transparente Filma (Uruguay)
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
Vitrine Filmes (Brazil) All territories, except
Brazil and Uruguay FILMING LOCATIONS
Torquato Severo (Brazil) and
Acegua (Uruguay) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed SYNOPSIS Nalu is a teenager who needs to take
care of her blind father after the death of her grandmother, who raised them as siblings in a modest house near Brazil/Uruguay border. When Ruben realizes his 16-year-old daughter is becoming a woman, a disturbing proximity arises between them.
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Okna Produções
PROJECT CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
Joana’s Mourning
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O Luto de Joana
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 90 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2018 BUDGET US$ 654,000 DIRECTOR Cristiane Oliveira SCREENWRITER Cristiane Oliveira COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Okna Produções DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Okna Produções AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Osório, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development SYNOPSIS Joana, 12-years-old, wants to solve a mystery.
Why her great-aunt Rosa, who is about to die, still a virgin at 70 years old? With the support of her friend Carolina in this investigation, Joana will find something scary at herself: the first love.
www.pngpictures.com Avenida Zumkeller, 933-23 A | São Paulo - SP | 02415-001 | +55 11 97517 5161 | +35 193 226 8750
Persona Non Grata
tsacilotto@pngpictures.com
Antonio Ferreira antonio.ferreira@pngpictures.com
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America
A Bela América PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 120 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 600,000 DIRECTOR António Ferreira SCREENWRITER António Ferreira CAST Patrícia Pillar, Sívio Guidane COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Bando à Parte
(Portugal)
All territories except Brazil and Portugal FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Partially Financed SYNOPSIS Lucas, a butcher who lives in a poor neighborhood with his blind mother, falls in love with America, a famous TV star. Lucas will sneak into America's home every day and cook her the most wonderful dishes without her knowledge. She'll fall in love with the mystery man. This is the story of the unlikely approach of Lucas the butcher and America the star. AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
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Tathiani Sacilotto
Persona Non Grata Pictures has produced roughly 30 films in co-production with several countries - Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany and Mozambique. The international character of our films, has allowed a wide circulation in festivals around the world, as well as in movie theaters and television channels. Our films express the culture, thinking and imagination through the vision of its creators. We favor projects with an international appeal through the establishment of co-productions.
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Persona Non Grata
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
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Blind Faith, Sharp Knife Fé Cega, Faca Amolada
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 120 MIN | 2017 BUDGET US$ 800,000 DIRECTOR Antonio Ferreira SCREENWRITER Antonio Ferreira COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development SYNOPSIS Drowned in debt, a real estate broker
tired of losing money with buildings occupied by all sorts of fringe of society decides to expel them on his own, sinking into a progressive routine of violence that will change his life completely.
www.facebook.com/planogeralcinematografica Av. Giovanni Gronchi, 1090 | São Paulo - SP | 05651-001 +55 11 99317 4696
Plano Geral Cinematográfica Plano Geral Cinematográfica is a development and production company focused on feature films and dramatic episodic TV. Luis Dantas laddantas@terra.com.br
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Girls in Crime
Meninas do Crime PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH | DRAMA | 110 MIN | 1:2.39 | COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 1,400,000 DIRECTOR Luis Dantas SCRENWRITERS Beatriz Gonçalves and
Luis Dantas COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Plano Geral
Cinematográfica AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Brasil, Argentina
and
Paraguay
FSA Development Award SYNOPSIS Three adolescent girls get involved in crime. Mazé is illeterate and becomes a profesional killer, Rita who’s beautiful works in stealing cargo on the highways, Xaxá together with her man becomes a kidnapper. And it is Joycve, Xaxá’s daughter Who gets to know them all and transformas their stories into narrative.
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DEVELOPMENT PHASE Development PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS IBERMEDIA/
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www.pluralfilmes.com.br Rua das Corujolas, 48 | Florianópolis - SC | 88048-396 | + 55 48 3234 2762
Plural Filmes
Ralf Tambke tambke@pluralfilmes.com.br
Plural Filmes was created in 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and since 2004 has had a branch in Florianópolis. Plural has been producing audiovisual content for many years, such as feature films, short films, and documentary TV series focusing on people, environment, popular culture and traditional populations.
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Moon in Sagittarius Lua em Sagitário
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE | FICTION | 115 MIN | FULL HD COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 350,000 DIRECTOR Marcia Paraiso SCREENWRITERS Marcia Paraiso and Will
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Martins CAST Manuela Campagna, Jean Pierre Noher, Fagundes Emanuel, Andrea Buzato and Ana Cecília Costa COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES Salta Una Rana (Argentina), Canal Brasil (Brazil)
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
Elo Company All territories, except
Brazil FILMING LOCATION Santa Catarina (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post-Production SYNOPSIS Ana is 17 and lives in a tiny city in
the border of Brazil and Argentina, a place with no mobile signal, no broad band internet access and not much to do. Her hidding place is "The Cave", a mix of internet café and used books and records shop run by the mysterious Argentinian LP. Ana meets Murilo there and falls in love with him. It's a forbidden love and it makes her run away with him in an adventurous road trip on a motorbike to take part in a music festival.
Plural Filmes
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Brazilian Cowboys Caubois do Brasil
Emanuel, Andrea Buzato, Ana Cecília Costa COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Plural Filmes CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Globo Filmes (Brazil) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Universal Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATIONS Roraima, Pantanal, Marajó, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Production SYNOPSIS “Brazilian Cowboys” registers one of the oldest jobs in the world, that resists since colonial times. The cowboy is a mix of indians, black, Portuguese, Caboclo: a genuine Brazilian. The challange of registering the relationship between men and horses is present in the documentary and follows this partnership between animals and men who inherited the work from their ancesters and keep it until today. They do a primitive job of lacing, marking, transporting and guiding the cattle.
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PORTUGUESE | DOCUMENTARY | 90 MIN | FULL HD | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 460,000 DIRECTORS Marcia Paraiso and Ralf Tambke SCREENWRITER Marcia Paraiso CAST Manuela Campagna, Jean Pierre Noher, Fagundes
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www.primofilmes.net Rua das Tamanás, 413 | São Paulo - SP | 05445-010 | +55 11 3642 1014
Primo Filmes
Matias Mariani primo@primofilmes.net
Primo Filmes has dedicated itself in the past decade to producing films that are inventive both in terms of language and storytelling. Debuting with Drained, by Heitor Dhalia, one of the most successful independent films off all time amongst Brazilian viewers and critics, Primo has screened feature films in Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and other international festivals. It is also an established production company of narrative series, releasing in 2014 the 50 episode children show “Que Monstro Te Mordeu?” by Emmy winner director Cao Hamburger.
PROJECT
Shine Your Eyes
A Cidade Aqui Dentro ENGLISH, IGBO, PORTUGUESE AND HUNGARIAN |
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
FICTION | 80 MIN | HD | COLOR | 2018 BUDGET US$ 540,000 DIRECTOR Matias Mariani SCRENWRITER Matias Mariani COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Raising Funds PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Cine Qua Non
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International Scriptwriting Lab SYNOPSIS Nigerian Amadi searches for his brother Ikenna in the foreign city of São Paulo, slowly realizing that the supposedly successful mathematics professor has fed an imaginary narrative to his family of what his life was like in Brazil.
www.schurmann.com.br Rua Jesuíno Arruda, 769 | 2nd floor | São Paulo – SP | 04532-082 | +55 11 3197 6522 | +55 11 98158 7113
Schurmann Film Company David Schurmann david@schurmann.com.br
Schürmann Film Company is an independent film and television production company based in Brazil. The company’s work history includes a variety of productions focused on entertainment, creativity and worldwide audiences. The company produces fiction and documentaries films as well as television series.
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Pequeno Segredo PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH | DRAMA | 105 MIN | DIGITAL 2K 4K | COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 3,000,000 DIRECTOR David Schurmann SCREENWRITERS Marcos Bernstein and
Vitor Alterino CAST Fionnula Flanagan, Maria Flor, Jula Lemmertz, Erroll Shand, Marcello Antony and Mariana Goulart COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and New Zealand
PRODUCTION COMPANY Schurmann Film Company CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Ocean Films DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Diamond Films AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except
Latin America and Caribe Florianópolis, Belém (Brazil) and Auckland (New Zealand) STATUS OR PRODUCTION Post Production SYNOPSIS Adopted as a toddler by a loving family after losing her parents, Kat led a life full of adventures. Now a teenager, she tries to fit into a normal life, as the world shows her how cruel life can be. After discovering a secret that threatens her life, she starts do doubt her dreams. FILMING LOCATIONS
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Little Secret
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Schurmann Film Company
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U-513 - Lonely Wolf U-513 - Lonely Wolf
PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH AND GERMAN | DOCUMENTARY | 90 MIN | 2016 BUDGET US$ 2,000,000 DIRECTOR David Schurmann SCREENWRITER Guilherme Stockler CAST Vilfredo Schurman and Heloisa
Schurmann COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Schurmann Film
Company
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
FILMING LOCATIONS Brazil, Germany and USA DEVELOPMENT PHASE Post Production SYNOPSIS In 1943 a WWII German U-boat is
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sunk by an American airplane in the waters of Southern Brazil. In June 2009 the legendary Schurmann family began an expedition in search of the U-513, her survivors and the real history behind the Lonely Wolf. The journey will take them to the hot deserts of USA, cold forests of Germany, and deep in to the sea. Will they find the elusive and mysterious ship and reveal its real secrets that are frozen in time on ocean floor.
www.sombumbo.com.br Rua Coronel José Eusebio, 95-104 | São Paulo - SP | 01239-010 | +55 11 99342 1576
Sombumbo Filmes André Ristum andre@sombumbo.com.br info@sombumbo.com.br
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Since 2001 Sombumbo Filmes has produced and co-produced many shorts and features, like the short “From Glauber to Jirges” (2005), selected at the 62 Venice Film Festival and the feature “My Country” (2011) awarded at Brasilia Film Festival with Best Director and best film for the audience. In 2014 co-produced the feature “The other side of paradise”, Best film in Trieste Latino Film Festival and Best film for the audience In Trieste, Gramado and Brasília.
Europe (except France), Latin America, Africa and Asia FILMING LOCATIONS Brasília, Olhos D'agua O Outro Lado do Paraíso (Brazil) PORTUGUESE | DRAMA, HISTORICAL | 100 MIN | DCP DEVELOPMENT PHASE To be Released COLOR | 2014 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Best BUDGET US$ 2,000,000 Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best DIRECTOR André Ristum Sound, Best Art Direction (Mostra Brasília, SCREENWRITERS Marcelo Muller and André Ristum Brasília Film Festival), Best Film for the CAST Eduardo Moscovis, Davi Galdeano, Simone Audience (Gramado Film Festival ) Iliescu and Maju Souza SYNOPSIS Brazil, 1963. A 12 years old boy COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil narrates the adventures of his father Antonio, PRODUCTION COMPANY Mercado Cultural an idealistic dreamer. The desire for a better CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Geração life takes the family to move to the new capital, Entretenimento (Brazil) Brasilia. Moved by the political turmoil of the DISTRIBUTION COMPANY International Sales period, Antonio stumbles into political activism. Habanero Filmes Dreams become nightmares overnight. AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
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The Other Side of Paradise
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Sombumbo Filmes
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Quietness
A Voz do Silêncio
CINEMA DO BRASIL | European Film Market | 2016
PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 80 MIN | DIGITAL 2K COLOR | 2017 BUDGET US$ 550,000 DIRECTOR André Ristum SCREENWRITER André Ristum COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY Sombumbo Filmes (Brazil) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES TC Filmes (Brazil), Ajimolido,
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Movimiento Audiovisual (Argentina) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Imovision FILMING LOCATION São Paulo (Brazil) AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil and Argentina DEVELOPMENT PHASE Pre Production PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Ancine/Incaa (Brazil/Argentina) co production fund SYNOPSIS Various characters in a big city move forward their life, searching to reach their dreams. Because of this life motivation, they are distant from love and relationships, dealing with everyday problems. A Lunar eclipse happens, leading all the characters to a new track in life.
www.tvzero.com Rua Professor Alfredo Gomes, 22 | Rio de Janeiro – RJ | 22251-080 | +55 21 2266 8900 | +55 21 98111 9834
TvZero TvZero produces features, documentaries and TV Series that have critical recognition and worldwide sales.
Vitor Leite vitor.leite@tvzero.com
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Nise - The Heart of Madness
Nise - O Coração da Loucura PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 104 MIN | DCP | COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 1,000,000 DIRECTOR Roberto Berliner CAST Gloria Pires COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Brazil PRODUCTION COMPANY TvZero SALES TvZero AVAILABLE TERRITORIES Latin America, Europe,
Africa FILMING LOCATION Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed MARKETS, FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Grand Prix /
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Tokyo International Film Festival (Best Actress), Tokyo International Film Festival (Audience Award), Rio Film Festival SYNOPSIS Dra. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics.
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Fest ivals
www.mostra.org
Renata de Almeida renata@mostra.org
Rua Antônio Carlos, 288, 2nd floor São Paulo – SP | 01309-010 +55 11 3141 0413 | +55 11 98121 3941
São Paulo International Film Festival In 2016, the 40th edition of São Paulo International Film Festival is taking place from 19th October
festivals
to 2nd November. The festival´s sections are: New Filmmakers Competition (1st and 2nd long-length films), International Perspective, Retrospective and Special Screenings.
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Distr ibut ors and Sales
www.figafilms.com 125 Florida Ave. Coral Gables | FL | 33133 | +13 23229 9816
FiGa/Br Sales agency and production company specialized in Latin American cinema.
Sandro Fiorin sandro@figafilms.com
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Where I Grow Old
A Cidade Onde Envelheço PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 100 MIN | DCP COLOR | 2016 BUDGET US$ 500,000 DIRECTOR Marilia Rocha SREENWRITERS João Dumans, Marilia Rocha
and Thais Fujinaga Francisca Manuel, Francisca Santos and Paulo Nazareth COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Brazil and Portugal PRODUCTION COMPANY Anavilhana (Brazil) CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Terratreme (Portugal) DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Anavilhana (Brazil) INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY FiGa/Br AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories, except Brazil and Portugal
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FILMING LOCATIONS
Belo Horizonte, Salvador
(Brazil) DEVELOPMENT PHASE Completed PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS
International Film Festival Rotterdam (competition for Tiger Awards) SYNOPSIS Francisca, a young Portuguese woman who’s living in Brazil, welcomes Teresa, an old acquaintance she’d lost contact with, into her home. While Teresa is discovering the place where she means to settle, Francisca craves for her life back in Lisbon. The film follows each woman’s adventures in the city and the deep bond of friendship that grows between them, forcing them to deal with conflicting desires: a will to leave for an unknown country and a relentless longing for home.
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Hopefuls
Aspirantes PORTUGUESE | DRAMA | 75 MIN | DIGITAL 4K COLOR | 2015 BUDGET US$ 600,000 DIRECTOR Ives Roselfeld SCREENWRITERS Ives Rosenfeld and Pedro
Freire CAST Arclenes Barroso, Sérgio Malheiros, Julia Bernat, Karine Teles and Julio Adrião COUNTRY OF CO-PRODUCTION Brazil CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY Crisis Produtivas DISTRIBUTION COMPANY Pandora Filmes AVAILABLE TERRITORIES All territories,except Brazil
FILMING LOCATION Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) STATUS OR PRODUCTION Completed PREVIOUS FESTIVALS AND MARKETS Winner of
Locarno Carte Blanche 2014, Best Director & Actor - Rio IFF SYNOPSIS “Hopefuls” tells the story of Junior, a young soccer player in an amateur team. He has to deal with the pregnancy of his girlfriend, while his best friend since childhood signs a contract with a professional team. “Hopefuls” will follow the growing up of Junior’s envy till it takes dangerous proportions.
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www.imovision.com.br
Jean Thomas Bernardini
Rua Tumiaru, 138 | S達o Paulo - SP | 04008-050 +55 11 3294 0720
jeanthomas@imovision.com.br
Imovision Founded in 1989, Imovision is now the most respected distribution company for independent titles in
distributors and sales
Brazil. Releasing around 30, among National and International film productions per year.
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Berlinale Talents
berlinale talents
Aldemar Matias – director André S. Brandão - cinematographer Bruno Carboni – editor, director Claudio Marques – screewritter, director Esmir Filho – director Filipe Matzembacher – director Germano de Oliveira – editor, director Ives Rosenfeld – director, screenwriter Jéssica Luz – producer - Besouro filmes Luana Melgaço – producer – Anavilhana Lucas Barbi – cinematographer Mateus Almada – actor Vera Egito – screenwriter
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Support
Cinema do Brasil offers support to
SALES AGENTS Who have a Brazilian film in the official selection of the Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Venice and San Sebastiรกn Film Festivals can apply for support from CINEMA DO BRASIL. Up to US$ 25,000 for promotional expenses only. Registrations are to be made within 7 days of publication of the official selection for the festival.
DISTRIBUTORS Up to US$ 15,000 to DISTRIBUTORS who release Brazilian films within their own national territories. Submissions open from February to June and from July to October 2016.
cinema do brasil | European Film Market | 2016
Check out the regulation for the 8th Distribution Support in the website www.cinemadobrasil.org.br
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The Distributor must invest an amount equal to or greater than the grant awarded by CINEMA DO BRASIL. More information at
www.cinemadobrasil.org.br info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
An Initiative by
Supporting Partners
Institutional Partner
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Califórnia
BY Marina Person PRODUCED BY Mira Filmes SALES Films Boutique | gabor@filmsboutique.com
Feb 12 | 16:20 | CinemaxX 11 Feb 14 | 17:00 | CinemaxX 11
POINT ZERO
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Ponto Zero
BY José Pedro Goulart PRODUCED BY Okna Produções SALES Film Republic | xavier@filmrepublic.biz
Feb 13 | 16:15 | CinemaxX 15
TO MY BELOVED
Para Minha Amada Morta
BY Aly Muritiba PRODUCED BY Grafo Audiovisual SALES Pluto Film
patricie@plutofilm.de | jana@plutofilm.de
Feb 13 | 18:30 | CinemaxX 17 Feb 15 | 18:30 | CinemaxX 12
THE VIOLIN TEACHER
Tudo Que Aprendemos Juntos BY Sérgio Machado PRODUCED BY Gullane SALES Films Boutique | gabor@filmsboutique.com
cinema do brasil | European Film Market | 2016
Feb 15 | 13:15 | CineStar 6
3
NISE – THE HEART OF MADNESS Nise – O Coração da Loucura
BY Roberto Berliner PRODUCED BY TvZero SALES TvZero | sales@tvzero.com
Feb 16 | 11:00 | dffb-Kino
WHERE I GROW OLD
A Cidade Onde Envelheço BY Marilia Rocha PRODUCED BY Anavilhana and Terratreme SALES FiGa/Br | sandro@figafilms.com
Feb 17 | 14:00 | CinemaxX 15
MARKET SCREENINGS European Film Market 2016
CALIFORNIA
OFFICIAL SECTION Berlinale 2016
DON’T CALL ME SON Mãe Só Há Uma by Anna Muylaert Produced by
Dezenove Som e Imagens and África Filmes Sales Loco Films laurent.danielou@loco-films.com
Feb 12
19:30
Zoo Palast 2
Feb 13 Feb 14
22:00 10:15
Zoo Palast 2 CinemaxX 3
Feb 15
14:40
World Première
Market screening
CineStar 4 Market Screening
Feb 17 Feb 19 Feb 20
22:30 20:00 12:30
Colosseum 1 CinemaxX 7 CinemaxX 7
TIME WAS ENDLESS Antes o Tempo Não Acabava by Sérgio Andrade and Fabio Baldo Produced by
3 Moinhos Produções Sales UDI sales@urbangroup.biz
Feb 13 Feb 17
11:00 15:45
CineStar 8 CinemaxX 15
Feb 18
19:00
Zoo Palast 1
Feb 19 Feb 20
10:00 14:30
CinemaxX 7 Cubix 9
Market screening Première
More information at
www.cinemadobrasil.org.br info@cinemadobrasil.org.br
An Initiative by
Supporting Partners
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