BrLab – 6th Edition

6th Edition

BrLab held its sixth edition in October of 2016. This edition included the event’s traditional workshop, BrLab Features, and the BrLab Film Showcase, in partnership with the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.

The 6th edition of BrLab was produced by Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual, Spcine, and the Secretary of Culture of the Prefecture of the City of São Paulo and directed by producer and curator Rafael Sampaio, the event’s creator, with institutional support from the São Paulo International Film Festival, ANCINE, and the Instituto Cervantes de São Paulo.

It featured the support of FiGa/Br, Vitrine Filmes, Serviço Social do Comércio de São Paulo – SESC SP, Cinema do Brasil, Recam, Cinéma en Développement, the French Embassy in Brazil, the Institut Français Brasil, LatAm Cinema, Revista de Cinema, Consejo Nacional de Cinematografía del Ecuador, Miami Film Festival, Tribeca Film Institute, Tripio Filmes, the Consulate General of Portugal, Cesnik, Quintino & Salinas Advogados, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Chile.

14 projects were selected, representing Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Portugal, and Venezuela.

Over a period of eight days, representatives of the selected projects had access to consultations on their scripts and productions with internationally renowned film specialists.

Attendees included director and screenwriter Juliana Rojas and screenwriter Marcelo Starobinas, among others.

There were also talks given by Tatiana Leite, Paula Cosenza, and Rodrigo Teixeira, among others.

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Catalog - 6th Edition

Program

21 Oct

2016

Lecture

SPCINE Presentation

LabSpcine

11:00 AM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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21 Oct

2016

Lecture

Brazilian Cinema

LabSpcine

12:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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21 Oct

2016

Lecture

Ancine

LabSpcine

2:30 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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21 Oct

2016

Lecture

Experiences in the international market

LabSpcine

4:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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22 Oct

2016

Lecture

International Market: advice from a sales agent

LabSpcine

10:00 AM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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22 Oct

2016

Lecture

The role of the producer in the circulation of a film.

LabSpcine

11:00 AM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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22 Oct

2016

Lecture

Coproduction Case Study: Ausência and Violeta se fue a los cielos.

LabSpcine

2:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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22 Oct

2016

Lecture

Assessment and closure

LabSpcine

4:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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22 Oct

2016

Lecture

Master Class 1 | International production

Master Classes

5:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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24 Oct

2016

Lecture

Panel 1 | Legal and artistic aspects for composing an international co-production

Mesas Abertas

7:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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25 Oct

2016

Lecture

Panel 2 | New windows and paths for digital distribution

Mesas Abertas

7:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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26 Oct

2016

Book launch

Book Launch | Eliseo in 100 Questions

Livro

7:00 PM

Instituto Cervantes

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27 Oct

2016

Lecture

Master Class 2 | Film script – structure and characters

Master Classes

7:00 PM

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc - SP

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Participating Projects

Adeus, alma selvagem

Direction

Nathália Thereza

Production

Andy Malafaia

Mayra Lucas

Brazil

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Akita

Direction

Francisco Varone

Production

Gema Juárez Allen

Argentina

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Ave e nada

Direction

Jose Antonio Cordero

Production

Alejandra Sánchez

Mexico / France

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Corte real

Direction

Julia De Simone

Production

Luana Melgaço

Brazil

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Hatarik

Direction

Diego Coral López

Production

Patricia Yallico Yumbay

Ecuador

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Helena

Direction

Camila Luna

Production

Rebeca Gutiérrez Campos

Chile

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Livramento

Direction

Lillah Halla

Brazil

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Nós

Direction

Joaquín Ruano

Production

Pamela Guinea

Mexico/Guatemala

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O olho da terra

Production

Matias Mariani

Eduardo Nasser

Brazil

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Perro Negro

Direction

George Walker Torres

Production

Rubén Sierra Salles

Marianela Illas

Edit

Juliana Guanais

Venezuela / France / Brazil

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Dead Saturday

Direction

Leonardo Lacca

Production

Emilie Lesclaux

Brazil

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Susan carne e osso

Direction

Lia Kulakaukas

Production

Paulo Serpa

Brazil

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Teia

Direction

Leonor Noivo

Production

João Matos

Portugal

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Workshops

BrLab Features

Selection Committee

Ana Alice de Morais

Produção | Palestrante

Ana Alice de Morais

Produção | Palestrante

Producer Ana Alice de Morais studied Cinema at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and took the “Master 2” course at the Ecole Supérieure D’Audiovisuel de Toulouse, in France. She has been working in audiovisual production since 2003, having worked on several short films, feature films, film screenings and educational projects. In 2008, she founded 3 Moinhos, a production company focused on the authorial market, whose work has won more than 70 awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad. In 2012, Ana Alice participated in the Rotterdam Lab and in 2014 in the Binger Film Lab. Her most recent feature film, Antes o Tempo Não Acabava, participated in the BrLab in 2012, was made with the support of the Ibermedia fund and the World Cinema Fund and had its premiere in the Panorama session of the Berlin Film Festival.

Davi Pretto

Direção | Comissão de Seleção

Davi Pretto

Direção | Comissão de Seleção

Davi Pretto (Porto Alegre, 1988) wrote and directed two feature films, both premiered at the Berlin Festival, in the Forum section: CASTANHA (2014) competed at festivals such as Rio de Janeiro (Best Film Novos Rumos), Bafici (Feisal Award Special Mention), Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Havana; RIFLE (2016) won awards at festivals such as Jeonju (Grand Prize), Brasília (Critics’ Award, Best Screenplay and Best Sound), Istanbul (Best Cinematography) and Salvador (Best Film). In 2018, he was invited to the DAAD Berlin Artists-in-Residence.

Fernanda de Capua

Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante

Fernanda de Capua

Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante

Fernanda De Capua created and directed the sitcom Insustentáveis, wrote the screenplays for the series A História Delas and Turma da Mônica – Origens, and the feature films A Suspeita and Virtuosas. She was a consultant for the scripts for Saudade Fez Morada Aqui Dentro, Gabriel e a Montanha, and for more than 20 projects in the Prodav 04 labs. Among her achievements as a producer, the films Sonhos de Peixe, Casa Grande and Quem Matou Eloá stand out.

Flavia Candida

Comissão de Seleção

Flavia Candida

Comissão de Seleção

Flavia Candida is a curator, filmmaker, and producer who graduated from the Cinema course at UFF (Federal Fluminense University), where she directed the short film O Metro Quadrado, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 35th Brasília Film Festival.

She began as a programmer in the late 1990s at Cine Arte UFF and coordinated the Brazilian University Film Festival for over 15 years.

She collaborates in the curation of festivals such as the Rio Film Festival, Vitória Film Festival, Brasília Film Festival, Zózimo Bulbul Black Cinema Meeting, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, and Mate Com Angu Festival. She also curated the Cabíria Festival Mulheres & Audiovisual and FIMCine 23, both dedicated to female protagonism.

She has produced exhibitions such as Arte da África Cinema and Pequenas Histórias da Vanguarda – Downtown New York. She selects projects for labs such as BrLab, ICUMAM Lab, and the Curta Cinema Project Lab, and was a tutor at Roteiros do Arrabalde. She was on the selection committee for the Göteborg Film Fund 2021.

Francine Barbosa

Comissão de Seleção | Tutor

Francine Barbosa

Comissão de Seleção | Tutor

Francine Barbosa is a screenwriter. In the film industry, she was part of the screenwriting teams for the feature film “A Cidade Aqui Dentro”, directed by Matias Mariani, and for Dea Ferraz’s third feature film, “Castela” (currently being financed). The script for the feature film “Azul Violeta”, written with Maurilio Martins, was selected for development by PRODAV FSA 05/2016. In television, she was a screenwriter for the series “A Revolta dos Malês” and developed serial projects for several production companies. She has participated in selection committees for audiovisual projects such as ProAC-SP and the Ministry of Culture, as well as short film festivals. She has been a screenwriting teacher since 2015.

Ivan Melo

Produção | Palestrante

Ivan Melo

Produção | Palestrante

A founding partner of Cup Filmes, a production and distribution company for independent films, he was the executive producer of the São Paulo Film Festival and artistic director of the Paulínia Festival and Audiovisual Center. He has produced feature films such as Welcome to São Paulo (2004), by Leon Cakoff and Renata de Almeida; Electric Body (2017), by Marcelo Caetano; Alvorada, by Anna Muylaert and Lo Politi; Fronteira, by Juliano R. Salgado; and Bob Cuspe – We Don’t Like People, by Cesar Cabral, among others. He is currently developing new projects with filmmakers Gregório Graziozi, Marcelo Caetano, Ilaine Melo, Cristiano Burlan and Cesar Cabral.

Marcio Miranda Perez

Comissão de Seleção

Marcio Miranda Perez

Comissão de Seleção

Programming coordinator for Kinoforum – São Paulo International Short Film Festival and Mix Brasil Festival. As a filmmaker and editor, his work has been screened and awarded in Brazil and internationally. He holds a degree in Cinema from ECA-USP and has also served as a juror on selection and award committees, representing Kinoforum at various events in Brazil, France, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

Mauricio Kinoshita

Comissão de Seleção

Mauricio Kinoshita

Comissão de Seleção

He holds a postgraduate degree in Administration of Cultural and Creative Organizations from the University of Buenos Aires, a degree in Cinema from FAAP and a specialization in Psychoanalytic Semiotics from PUC-SP. He has worked in the production of films directed by Hector Babenco, Tizuka Yamasaki and Guilherme de Almeida Prado, and since 2002 has produced the International Film Festival in São Paulo. He has also had brief stints in theater and publishing, as well as in short documentaries. His short film Hibakusha: Herdeiros Atômicos no Brasil was one of the winners of the Prêmio Estímulo in 2005 and won an award at É Tudo Verdade in 2007.

Rafael Sampaio

Direção Geral | Comissão de Seleção | Tutor | Palestrante

Rafael Sampaio

Direção Geral | Comissão de Seleção | Tutor | Palestrante

Director of BrLab, producer, curator and founding partner of the production company Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual. He has worked as a programmer in cultural spaces such as MIS-SP, Cinemateca Brasileira and Cine Olido, in addition to having produced and programmed numerous exhibitions and festivals. He works as a coordinator of courses and training platforms, such as the Prodav 04 Project Development Laboratories for ANCINE/FSA, in addition to BrLab, which he created and has directed since 2011. Through Klaxon, he produced and co-produced the films Sobre Rodas (2017), by Mauro D’Addio; Diz a Ela que me Viu Chorar (2019), by Maíra Bühler; and co-produced the films Contactado (2020), by Marité Ugás; Fiebre (2022), by Elisa Eliash, Zafari (2024), by Mariana Rondón, among others.

Sandro Fiorin

Tutor | Palestrante

Sandro Fiorin

Tutor | Palestrante

A Brazilian, he founded the production company FiGa Films in Los Angeles in 2006 with Alex Garcia to discover and distribute Latin American content in North America, as well as represent it around the world. He studied film at FAAP and the New School in New York, where he lived for 14 years, moving to California in 2001. He has worked at Film Forum, Universal and First Look Films. He was a programmer at the Latino Film Festival in Atlanta and artistic director of the IndieBrazil Film Festival in Los Angeles. He has been a speaker and jury member at Sundance, San Sebastián, Cannes, Rotterdam and other festivals. Since 2010 he has been a producer on projects such as “Verano de Goliat”, “Los viejos” and “Avanti Popolo”.

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