Andrea Cals

Comissão de Seleção

Audiovisual curator, she was the creator and director of the feminist exhibition Século XXI: Mulheres, Ação!. For eleven years she worked as coordinator and curator of the Première Brasil exhibition at the Rio Festival; she was a member of the curatorial committee of the Brasília Festival of Brazilian Cinema, the Brazilian Film Festival in Israel and Curta Cinema (Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival). She was a curator, presenter and producer of the Curta! Channel. For nine years she directed and presented the radio program Cinema em Sintonia, which specializes in Brazilian cinema. She was part of CurtaFlix and is currently the curator of the Cine Coletivona exhibition, in partnership with the Museu da Maré.

Beatriz Carvalho

Comissão de Seleção

Producer. She graduated in Cinema from FAAP, studied Documentary Mise en Scène at the École Supérieure D’Études Cinématographiques – ESEC (Paris, France) and has a postgraduate degree in Executive Training in Cinema and Television from FGV (São Paulo, 2006). Executive producer and production director of feature films and television series, such as Sobre Rodas (Mauro D’Addio, 2017), Um Casamento (Mônica Simões, 2016), Zoom (Pedro Morelli), Boca (Flavio Frederico), Estamos Juntos (Toni Venturi), Carmo (Murilo Pasta), Fim da Linha (Gustavo Steinberg) and the series Passionais (Henrique Goldman), Contos do Edgar (Pedro Morelli) and Som e Fúria (Fernando Meirelles).

Davi Pretto

Director and screenwriter

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.

Eva Morsch Kihn

Palestrante | Comissão de Seleção

Curator and consultant in the audiovisual industry, she is the coordinator of the programming and professional platform Cinema em Construção at the French festival Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse. Since 2013, she has been an international consultant for the Gap Financing Market in Venice, and since 2016 she has collaborated with the Marché du Film and Ventana Sur, forming part of the selection committee for Primer Corte and Copia Final. She developed and coordinated the professional activities of La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes and has participated in selective support bodies such as Aide aux Cinémas du Monde and Proimagenes.

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 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.

Marcela Lordy

Direção | Comissão de Seleção

Director and screenwriter, her filmography includes Sonhos de Lulu (2009), A Musa impassive (2010), Aluga-se (2012) and Ouvir o Rio: uma Escultura sonora de Cildo Meireles (2012). Her short film Ser o que se é (2018) became a digital phenomenon with 5 million views in one month. On TV, she directed episodes of the children’s series Julie e os fantasmas, winner of the 2011 APCA and nominated for the 2012 International Emmy Awards; and of Pasionais (2014), broadcast on Globosat.

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

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 | Selection Committee | Tutor | Speaker

Rafael Sampaio is a producer, curator and founder of the production company Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual. He has produced and co-produced films, including Diz a Ela que me Viu Chorar (2019), directed by Maíra Bühler; Fiebre (2022), directed by Elisa Eliash; Zafari (2024), directed by Mariana Rondón; Sobre Rodas (2017), directed by Mauro D’Addio; Contactado (2020), directed by Marité Ugás; among others. He is the creator and director of BrLab, which he has led since 2011, and he also coordinates other training and project development initiatives, collaborating with festivals, funds and institutions in Brazil and internationally.

Agustina Llambi Campbell

Tutor

She is the production director of films such as “Born and Raised” and “Leonera” and “Carancho”, by Pablo Trapero; “La Rabia”, by Albertina Carri. She is the executive producer of “Excursiones”, by Ezequiel Acuña; in 2011 she was one of the founders of La Unión de los Ríos. She is the producer of “Los salvajes”, by Alejandro Fadel; “El cielo del centauro”, by Hugo Santiago; “La patota”, “El estudiante” and “La cordillera”, by Santiago Mitre; “Los vagos”, the debut film by Gustavo Biazzi; and “Muere, monstruo, muere”, by Alejandro Fadel. She is currently developing projects by Martin Rejtman, Santiago Mitre and Pablo Stoll.

Eliseo Altunaga

Palestrante

With a degree in Hispanic Literature and Literature, he is the Dean of the Screenwriting Chair at EICTV. His work includes La Invención de las Especies, directed by Tania Hermida (Ecuador), winner of the Sloan Science on Screen Award in 2024; The Count, directed by Pablo Larraín (Chile), winner of the Golden Lion in the category of Best Screenplay in 2023; and Una Mujer Fantástica, directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile), awarded the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay in 2017 and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018.

Fernanda Del Nido

Tutor | Guest

Fernanda del Nido is an experienced film producer. Notable credits include La Llegada del Hijo (Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato, 2025), El Llanto (Pedro Martín-Calero, 2024), La Boda de Rosa (Icíar Bollaín, 2020), Neruda (Pablo Larraín, 2016), Traslas Luces (Sandra Sánchez, 2010) and 18 Comidas (Jorge Coira, 2010), as well as the co-productions Una Mujer Fantástica (Sebastián Lelio, 2017) and Blondi (Dolores Fonzi, 2023). She is currently in post-production on A Nadadora, directed by Sandra Sánchez.

Giancarlo Nasi

Tutor

Film producer, founder and former president of the Chilean Academy of Cinematographic Arts and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has specialized in international co-productions, working with 15 countries on more than 20 films. Among his most notable productions are Land and Shade, The Settlers, The Blue Trail, and, most recently, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo.

Iana Cossoy Paro

Tutor | Speaker

Iana Cossoy Paro is a screenwriter, professor and consultant. She directs the master’s program and screenwriting residency at the EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cinema y Televisión), in Cuba. Among her works are the screenplays for the films Eneida (2022), written with Heloisa Passos and Tina Hardy, Three Summers (2019), written with Sandra Kogut, and Eu Te Levo (2017), written with Marcelo Muller. She holds a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Media and Processes from ECA-USP (University of São Paulo) and works with different labs and schools throughout Latin America.

Juliana Rojas

Director | Tutor | Speaker

Director and screenwriter. Her solo works include the short films O Duplo and A Passagem do Cometa, and the feature film Sinfonia da Necrópole. With Marco Dutra, she made the feature films Trabalhar Cansa and As Boas Maneiras. She was a screenwriter for the series Supermax, 3% and directed episodes of Boca a Boca, Terrores Urbanos and Tarã. She was a tutor for the laboratories Novas Histórias, BrLab, Icuman Lab and Sesc Argumenta.

Mariana Rondón

Tutor

Her film “Pelo Malo” (2013) won the Concha de Oro at the San Sebastián Film Festival and 44 other awards at festivals such as Thessaloniki, Torino and Mar del Plata. She also directed “Postales de Leningrado” (2007) and “A la Media Noche y Media” (1999). She was invited to the MacDowell Colony and Rockefeller Foundation/The Bellagio Center residencies with her next project, Zafari. She produced “El Chico que Miente”, which premiered in the Generation section of the Berlin Film Festival in 2011, and “Contactado”, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020, both directed by Marité Ugas. In Visual Arts, she works with robotics and electronic art.

Miguel Machalski

Tutor | Palestrante

Born in Buenos Aires to a Polish father and an English mother, he has lived in Paris for many years. He is an international specialist in all aspects of developing and creating film scripts: analysis, consulting, teaching and writing. He gives workshops and consultancies in different countries and has published three books on audiovisual writing.

Paula Astorga

Tutor | Selection Committee

An international consultant for audiovisual projects in development and exhibition, she received the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government in 2012 for her work in audiovisual culture. Her recent productions include Trigal (Dir. Anabel Caso, 2022) and the documentary Me niego rotundamente (Dir. Nina Wara Carrasco, 2025). She is the director and founder of the Audiences of the Future Seminar and the Circo 2.12 Documentation Center.

Greta Nordio

Palestrante

Greta was born and raised in Venice, Italy, and currently works as a junior producer for Vivo Film, an award-winning independent production company based in Rome. She has also worked in audience design for years, collaborating with TorinoFilmLab on several projects, including the marketing strategies for the award-winning The Wound (John Trengove, 2017) and the Locarno Film Festival winner A Land Imagined (Yeo Siew Hua, 2018), as well as teaching workshops in São Paulo (Brazil) and Beirut (Lebanon). She holds a degree in English and Film from Scotland and an MA in Film from Columbia University, New York, where she lived for 3 years. In New York, she worked primarily for Film Presence, which specializes in strategic marketing and crowdfunding campaigns, conducting target audience research and liaising with key associations to promote a range of films, including documentaries (Citizenfour) and feature films (Miles Ahead).

Marcelo Quesada

Palestrante | Tutor

Marcelo Quesada is the founder and co-director of Pacífica Grey and has led the release of more than 70 titles. He produced Cascos Indomables (TIFF 2018), Lucía en el Limbo (Cannes Critics’ Week 2019) and Clara Sola (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2021). He also works as an audience design and programming consultant, collaborating with institutions including Locarno Industry Academy, IDFA, True/False Film Fest, Coalition Media, TorinoFilmLab and CRFIC.