14th Edition
BrLab held its fourteenth edition in October of 2024. This edition included the event’s traditional workshops and meetings – BrLab Features, BrLab Audience Design, BrLab Rough Cut, Locarno Industry Academy, BrPlot, and Reach.
The 14th edition of BrLab was sponsored by Projeto Paradiso, Programa Ibermedia, Spcine, the Department of Culture of the Prefecture of the City of São Paulo, and ANCINE – Brazilian Film Agency. It was produced by Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual and directed by producer and curator Rafael Sampaio, the event’s creator.
It had the support of Vitrine Filmes, Manequim Filmes, Coala Filmes, the French Embassy in Brazil, Cinema do Brasil, the Instituto Moreira Salles, the Cinemateca Brasileira, and SESC-SP, as well as partnerships with the Locarno Industry Academy International, Cinéma en Développement, PopUp Film Residency, TorinoFilmLab, EAVE, and Bogotá Audiovisual Market.
12 projects were selected, representing Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Peru.
Over a period of seven days, representatives of the selected projects had access to consultations on their scripts and productions with internationally renowned film specialists.
Attendees included Argentine filmmaker Albertina Carri, Chilean producer Giancarlo Nasi, Brazilian screenwriter and consultant Iana Cossoy Paro, Mexican consultant and producer Paula Astorga, Brazilian curator and producer Tatiana Leite, and Cuban consultant and screenwriter Xenia Rivery.
There were also talks given by Eliseo Altunaga, Justin Pechberty, Marcelo Caetano, and Paola Wink, among others.
2024
01 Oct
Panel
BrPlot
7:30 PM
Espaço Augusta de Cinema
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There is a large and unknown production of black films, both in Brazil and in many countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. There are professionals whose works and trajectories have long been sidelined from the history of cinema and the official archives of va- rious countries. There is a dense, diverse, and paradoxically ignored body of work, known as Black Cinema, which refers to black men and women who should be known and renowned for their contributions to the audiovisual culture. In Brazil, initiatives like the Cinemateca Negra prove that there’s been a significant presence and contribution of Black professionals in all areas of audiovisual production throughout history, and publications like Empoderadas prompt us to reflect on and unders- tand how black women have been consistently wronged and erased in this historical process. These “historical recoveries,” often officially announced as “discoveries” of black professionals and women who have always existed in Brazilian cinema without proper recognition and without being recorded and cataloged, do not necessarily provoke the practical and concrete reparations that are needed. If history has been and still is very narrow, exclusionary and racist in opening up to other existences, and generally very authoritarian in admitting its weaknesses and irrationalities, what can be done as reparation, and what can we ask ourselves at this moment in light of this?
This panel is held in partnership with the +Mulheres collective.
Palestrante
Aida Bueno, PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, specializes in the leadership of female priestesses in African religions present in Cuba and Brazil. She researches the buying and selling of enslaved women and children in Pernambuco in the 18th and 19th centuries. Between 1999 and 2022, she worked as a Global Professor at NYU, BU, and Stanford. She is also a filmmaker and founder of Ibirí Filmes, an audiovisual production company.
Direção | Roteiro
Ana Julia Travia directed the short films Outras, Sample, Understand the Colonial Process in 5 Minutes, Love Letters and the music video O que se cala, by Elza Soares.
She wrote and directed Vozes e Tons, by Sony Music; Elas nas Telas, by Endemol Shine Brasil (available on YouTube); and the series A História Delas, by Star+. She also worked as an assistant director on Cidade de Deus – A Luta Não Para, by MAX.
2024
02 Oct
Panel
BrPlot
5:00 PM
Sesc 24 de Maio
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Reality TV shows are often labeled as “unscripted”, but that doesn’t mean writing isn’t necessary. On the contrary, writing for reality TV shows is an intense and highly specialized task. There are many formats, whether adapted or original, that involve a range of professionals. It inludes content production, research, script assistance, and post-production writing. Reality TV shows encompass genre, theme, strategy, conflict, drama, tension, and humor – everything that makes a great script!
Palestrante
Journalist, teacher, writer and screenwriter. In 15 years at Record, she was the screenwriter for 10 soap operas. She wrote two series: A Secretária do Presidente, by Emilio Boechat; and Confissões de Adolescentes, by Euclydes Marinho and Daniel Filho. She was the curator of the Festival A Jornada da Heroína, a reviewer for LPG and a finalist for the Festival Guiões 2023 in the Pilot Series category.
Palestrante
Ana Ono graduated in Audiovisual and specialized in Screenwriting for Cinema and TV at the Vancouver Film School as a scholarship recipient awarded by the SXSW Festival. She works between fiction and TV; and as a reality show screenwriter, she has worked on Netflix’s Perfect Crush and Blind Marriage, Deadly Kilos Brasil, Shark Tank Creators, and the talk-reality show Mulheres Ásias, among others.
Palestrante
Screenwriter specializing in non-fiction formats, she has worked in the reality show segment since 2007. She wrote the post-production scripts for the reality show Túnel do Amor (Multishow/Globoplay), winner of the Produ Awards 2022, in the category Best Original Latino Reality Content, and finalist for the Rose d’Or Awards 2022, in the Reality and Factual Entertainment category.
Palestrante
Jéssica Reis has been working as a screenwriter for 14 years. She received the Best Reality Show Screenplay award from the Abra Screenplay Awards for the project Ilhados com A Sogra (Netflix). She has developed formats and written the scripts for several reality shows, branded content, variety shows and documentaries.
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way we write and work in the audiovisual industry. It’s a powerful and challenging tool that’s constantly evolving, bringing about a creative revolution. It’s a paradigm shift far beyond the transition from typewriters to computers. AI can serve as a writing assistant, simplifying bureaucratic tasks that would take a screenwriter hours, completing them in minutes. For screenwriters, generative AI can be a starting point for an idea, but never the endpoint. The ability to imagine and create stories remains uniquely human.
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.
Palestrante
Jotagá Crema is a screenwriter and teacher. He studied Mechatronics Engineering at Poli-USP and has a degree in Audiovisual from ECA-USP. He left his mark on the global scene as one of the creators, screenwriters and directors of 3%, the first Netflix Original series in Brazil. He was a creative consultant for the startup Inner AI. He teaches and provides consulting services to various professionals in the audiovisual market.
2024
03 Oct
Masterclass
BrPlot
6:30 PM
Sesc 24 de Maio
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A conversation with master Eliseo Altunaga is a deep dive into screenwriting, cinema, history, and life. It promises a cultural exchange rich with passionate, bold, and unforgettable insights. In this meeting of generations, screenwriters Thiago Dottori and Ceci Alves interview this living legend from EICTV.
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.
Palestrante
Screenwriter since 1999. He has written, with partners or alone, the screenplays for the following feature films: Vips, Os 3, Trago Comigo, La Vingança, Turma da Mônica: Laços, A Suspeita, Reação em Cadeia, Turma da Mônica: Lições and Meteoros. With Contardo Calligaris, he wrote all the screenplays for the 4 seasons of Psi (HBO), nominated for an International Emmy. He is the co-creator and screenwriter for the series Segredos de Justiça (TV Globo) and Pedro e Bianca, winner of the Emmy Kids International and Prix-Jeneusse (Best Children’s and Youth Series), and for the series Pais de Primeira (TV Globo). He was president of the Cinema Authors Association and coordinated the movement to create ABRA – Brazilian Association of Screenwriters, of which he was its first vice-president. He is currently president of GEDAR – Screenwriter Author Copyright Management. He is also a screenwriter for TV Globo, where he recently wrote the scripts for the series Os Outros, by Lucas Paraizo.
Palestrante
Screenwriter and director, with series and teleseries developed for HBO Max, Universal, Giros Filmes, Prodigo Films, Paranoïd BR, Jabuti Studios and Floresta/Sony Pictures. Screenwriter and editor graduated from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de San Antonio de los Baños, La Habana, Cuba, PhD student in Performing Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. Her authorial work has a musical bias and her works have, as their mission, to develop political issues and give protagonism to the excluded. She is a recognized short filmmaker and documentary filmmaker, with awards in Brazil and abroad.
In this session, organized by BrLab in partnership with Cinema Verde, professionals from various audiovisual organizations will share their experiences and insights on how to practically incorporate socio-environmental actions into the production chain, starting from the project development stage. Is it possible to adopt new, more sustainable habits, services, and products without compromising the quality of audiovisual production? How can associations raise the issue of sustaina- bility and foster partnerships between production companies, suppliers, and government to drive this transformation in the industry? How can we engage professionals in this urgent and critical issue for humanity? The goal is not just to reduce our environmental impact but also to drive progress in generating positive socio-environmental effects through our work.
Palestrante
Minom Pinho has 20 years of experience in the audiovisual industry as a producer, consultant and teacher. Partner at Casa Redonda and creator of FIM Cine and Navega, she produced films such as Espaço Além – Marina Abramovic e o Brasil and Meu Querido Supermercado, both of which were released internationally between 2019 and 2022. She has recently released several award-winning films focusing on Brazilian fictional content.
Palestrante
Her career is marked by independent projects, with highlights including Comeback and Oeste Outra Vez, by Érico Rassi. She was executive producer of Biônicos (Netflix), O Porão da Rua do Grito (Sabrina Greve), Resplendor (Claudia Nunes / Erico Rassi), the soap opera Beleza Fatal (HBO) and the series Doçaria Brasileira (CineBrasil TV). She was also delegate producer on Só Se For Por Amor (Netflix).
2024
04 Oct
Panel
Reach
5:30 PM
Sesc 24 de Maio
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In recent years, the audiovisual sector has seen profound transformations due to new consumer habits and platforms, converging technologies, and a crisis of the traditional exhi- bition system, especially after the pandemic. What has also occurred in recent years is that international distribution and sales companies are increasingly producing and co-producing the films they’re set to distribute and sell, while on the other hand, production companies that began to distribute the films they produce. What explains these trends, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of such business models? Participating in the debate are an international sales agency (Film Boutique), a Brazilian distributor (Vitrine Filmes), and two production companies from France (Les Valseurs) and Brazil (Filmes de Plástico), which also have distribution branches.
Coordenador | Palestrante
Lidia Damatto graduated in Cinema from the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP), and also studied screenwriting and entertainment at UCLA (USA) and new distribution models at DFFB (Germany), in addition to having participated in the training programs Locarno Industry Academy and Berlinale Talents. She worked in development at the American production company Ambush Entertainment in Los Angeles and at film festivals, coordinating the first edition of Ambulante California and managing the programming of the Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival. Between 2015 and 2020, she worked as a sales and acquisitions manager at the American agency FiGa Films, also serving as a consultant in pitching, development and production laboratories. She is currently part of the team at O2 Play, a distributor part of the O2 Filmes group, managing the sale of Brazilian productions in the international market and the purchase of foreign productions for release in Brazil. She also co-founded and is a partner in the international consulting and representation company MoreThan, based in Barcelona.
Tutor | Palestrante
After studying Cultural Management in Vienna, Birmingham and Chicago, Gabor GREINER worked as a journalist and film critic. In 2003, he moved to Brussels to take over the distribution support department of the MEDIA Programme at the European Commission’s Film Fund. In 2009, Gabor became acquisitions executive at the international sales agent event, The Match Factory. In August 2010, Gabor moved to Berlin to become COO of the Franco-German sales company, Films Boutique, winner of the Golden Bear in 2017 and 2020 and the Golden Lion in 2011 and 2016. Gabor is a member of the European Film Academy.
Palestrante
Justin Pechberty co-founded Les Valseurs with Damien Megherbi in 2013. His most recent projects include the TV series Samuel, by Emilie Tronche; the feature films Heartless, by Nara Normande and Tião (Venice 2023); and the film The Animal’s Christmas (Annecy 2024). In 2023, Justin and Damien founded the animation studio PULP. Justin is a member of the Board of the César Awards and the Academy Awards.
Palestrante
Letícia Friedrich is a producer and distributor. As a producer, she produced the award-winning short film Chão de Fábrica, by Nina Kopko, and the feature film Amor, Plástico e Barulho, by Renata Pinheiro. As a distributor, she coordinated the release of more than 30 feature films, including Sem Coração, by Nara Normante, A Hora da Estrela (4K), by Suzana Amaral, and Histórias que o Nosso Cinema (não) Contava, by Fernanda Pessoa.
Produção | Palestrante
He is a producer of Plastic Films, a production company created in 2009 in partnership with André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins and Maurilio Martins. Produced films awarded at festivals such as Cannes, with selections at Locarno, Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin, in addition to representing Brazil in the Oscar 2023 campaign as the film Marte Um.
Direction
Haroldo Borges
Production
Paula Gomes
Marcos Bautista
Ernesto Molinero
Brazil - Bahia
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Direction
Gil Baroni
Script
Rodrigo de Vasconcellos
Production
Andréa Tomeleri
Brazil - Paraná
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Direction
Claudia Huaiquimilla
Script
Claudia Huaiquimilla
Pablo Greene
Production
Pablo Greene
Chile
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Direction
Mariana Gil Ríos
Script
Mariana Gil Ríos
Production
Daniela Echeverri
Colombia
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Direction
Ernesto Bautista
Script
Ernesto Bautista
Production
Melissa Guevara
El Salvador
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Direction
Ana Julia Travia
Script
Duda de Almeida
Ana Julia Travia
Production
Helena Dias
Brazil - São Paulo
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Direction
Letícia Simões
Script
Letícia Simões
Production
Thiago Macêdo Correia
Brazil - Pernambuco
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Comissão de Seleção
Caique Ferreira is a producer and social scientist with experience in independent and high-impact distribution, international festivals, laboratories and arthouse cinema projects. Currently, as production director at CUP Filmes, in São Paulo, he worked on the series Notícias Populares (Globo Play/Canal Brasil) and the feature films A Mãe (2022) and Baby (awarded at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes 2024).
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.
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.
Comissão de Seleção
Giovani Barros is a director and casting producer. He has directed short films that have been screened at several national and international festivals. His latest short film, Carne Fresca, won best short film at the Rio Film Festival, within the Première Brasil Novos Rumos section. He works as an assistant director on feature films and also as a casting producer for films, series, and soap operas. He has been a member of selection committees for the Espírito Santo State Department of Culture (SECULT-ES), Riofilme, and the curatorial team of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival.
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.
Tutor | Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante
She is a distributor, communicator, and researcher. She graduated in Social Communication from ESPM and holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from Cásper Líbero. She has a master’s degree from Facom/UFBA with research on audiovisual reception, studying the audience of streaming platforms. She has worked for companies such as Vitrine Filmes and Elo Studios. She founded Fistaile, a distribution and audience design company. She has worked on projects funded by RioFilme, Spcine, MinC, and Göteborg Film Fund grants. She has attended training and market spaces such as Torino Film Lab NEXT Audience Design, Berlinale Talents Rio Audience Design, Locarno Industry Academy, Seminario Públicos y Audiencias del Futuro (Ficunam), Open Doors Locarno, and EFM Toolbox Programmes (Berlinale). She was part of the BrLab team, as a member of the selection committee and audience design consultant. She is associated with ANDAI (National Association of Independent Audiovisual Distributors).
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.
Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante
Distributor, researcher and curator. She is currently studying for her master’s degree at UFRB and studies the distribution of contemporary black cinema. She works for Fistaile, a company that promotes the encounter between audiences and audiovisual projects. She collaborates with spaces such as Lab Negras Narrativas, Sessão Vitrine Petrobras, Locarno Industry Academy, BrLab, El Público del Futuro and EFM Toolbox (Berlinale). She is a member of APAN, Andai and ABPA.
Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante
Screenwriter, consultant and teacher. She was coordinator and head of the Screenwriting Department at EITCV – Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba. She coordinated the International Screenwriting Workshop (Havana Film Festival). She develops and teaches workshops in Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Panama, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. She works as a speaker and judge at Latin American and European events and festivals, and is a founding member of the creative collective Viceversa.
Tutor
Albertina Carri is a pivotal figure in contemporary Latin American cinema. She is known for her versatility in the genres and materials she explores. She has directed the films No quiero volver a casa, Los rubios, Géminis, La rabia, Cuatreros, Las hijas del fuego, and ¡Caigan las rosas blancas!, which have been screened at the Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Venice, San Sebastián, and Rotterdam film festivals, among many others. Carri’s work evolves as she develops her themes, resources, and methods. She reorganizes film footage, immersing herself in the power of sound and movement in audiovisual installations such as Cine puro, Punto impropio, and Animales puros. She also incorporates writing into her work, both poetry and prose. She has published Los rubios: Cartografía de una película, Retratos ciegos, Lo que aprendí de las bestias, Las poseas, and Cine vivo.
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, as well as tutor and panelist at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals. Specialized in international co-productions, he has worked with 15 countries on more than 20 films through Quijote Films. Among his most notable productions are Land and Shade by César Augusto Acevedo, winner of the Caméra d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival; The Settlers by Felipe Gálvez, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize and Chile’s submission for the 2023 Academy Awards; The Blue Trail (2025) by Gabriel Mascaro, which competed in the official section of the Berlinale and won the Silver Bear; and his most recent production, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes, awarded the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize at the Brussels Film Festival, and selected as Chile’s submission for the 2026 Academy Awards and Goya Awards.
Tutor | Speaker
Screenwriter, professor, and consultant. Director of the Master’s program and residency in Screenwriting at EICTV. She co-wrote the screenplay for Eneida (2022) with Heloisa Passos and Tina Hardy, Três Verões (2019) with Sandra Kogut, Eu Te Levo (2017) with Marcelo Muller, among others. She holds a Master’s degree in Audiovisual Media and Processes from ECA-USP and is a consultant and lecturer in various laboratories and schools throughout Latin America.
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.
Tutor | Produção
Tatiana Leite is a film programmer and producer. Through Bubbles Project, she has produced 11 feature films, including Malu, by Pedro Freire; Benzinho, by Gustavo Pizzi (both premieres in the Official Competition at Sundance); Puan, by Maria Alché and Benjamin Naishtat, (Best Screenplay and Best Actor at San Sebastián); and Rule 34, by Julia Murat (Golden Leopard at Locarno).
Comissão de Seleção | Palestrante
Screenwriter, consultant and teacher. She was coordinator and head of the Screenwriting Department at EITCV – Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba. She coordinated the International Screenwriting Workshop (Havana Film Festival). She develops and teaches workshops in Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Panama, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. She works as a speaker and judge at Latin American and European events and festivals, and is a founding member of the creative collective Viceversa.
