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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

Sandro Fiorin

Tutor | Speaker

Born and raised in Brazil, he studied film in São Paulo (FAAP) and New York (The New School), where he worked for fourteen
years before moving to Los Angeles in 2001. Over the course of his 25-year career, he has held positions at Film Forum, Universal,
First Look Films, and calArts. in 2006, he founded FiGa Films to produce, distribute, and sell Latin American content worldwide.
His first production won Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in 2010.

Agustina Chiarino

Tutor

Estudió Ciencias Políticas, es licenciada en Comunicación y magíster en Documentales. Ha producido 15 largometrajes latinoamericanos con más de 100 premios internacionales, estrenados en los más prestigiosos festivales de cine y distribuidos en más de 30 territorios. Entre ellos se encuentran Gigante, de Adrián Biniez (2009); Tanta Agua (2013), de Ana Guevara y Leticia Jorge; Mi Amiga del Parque (2015), de Ana Katz; Benzinho (2018), de Gustavo Pizzi; y Las Herederas, de Marcelo Martinessi. Forma parte del comité de selección del Foro de Coproducción de San Sebastián y es docente y tutora en Biennale College, BrLab, Biobio Lab y PUENTES, que organiza junto con EAVE.

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.

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.

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.

Leonardo Mecchi

Produção | Palestrante

Leonardo Mecchi is the founding partner of Enquadramento Produções. He is the producer of films such as Los Silencio, by Beatriz Seigner (Cannes Film Festival – Directors’ Quinzena); A Febre, by Maya Da-Rin (Locarno Festival); A Morte Habita à Noite, by Eduardo Morotó (Roterdã Festival); e Mormaço, by Marina Meliande (Roterdã Festival). He is also associate producer of >O Processo, by Maria Augusta Ramos (Berlim Festival).

Marcelo Starobinas

Tutor

Marcelo Starobinas is a screenwriter and script consultant. He holds a Master’s degree in Fiction Screenwriting from Columbia University and is dedicated to training new authors with his Feature Film Workshop (in São Paulo) and Character Development workshops. He co-wrote the feature film Jean Charles, and is currently a screenwriter for the series Carcereiros and Pico da Neblina. Before diving into audiovisual writing, he dedicated himself to journalism, with stints in the newsrooms of Jornal da Tarde, O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de São Paulo and BBC World Service, in London.

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.

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.

Diana Almeida

Produção

Born in Maputo in 1983, she graduated from the University of São Paulo. Her first feature film as a producer, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, won the Teddy Award and the Fipresci Award at the 2014 Berlinale and was Brazil’s official entry for the 2015 Oscars. Her second feature, As Duas Irenes, premiered at the 2017 Berlinale.

Paula Cosenza

Palestrante

An international producer, she has worked with HBO, FOX, Warner Bros and Sony Pictures. She has produced independent productions that have been screened and awarded at the Cannes, Berlinale, San Sebastian, Sundance and Telluride festivals. Among them: ‘Casa de Antiguidades’, by João Paulo Miranda Maria; ‘Araña’ and ‘Violeta went to Heaven’, both by Andrés Wood; ‘Ausência’, by Chico Teixeira; and ‘Tropicália’, by Marcelo Machado. As a distributor, she has acquired and released titles such as “Parasite” by Bong Joon-ho and “The Square” by Ruben Ostlund. She was named by Variety as a “Latin American Producer to Watch”.

Rodrigo Teixeira

Palestrante | Produção

Rodrigo Teixeira is a film producer and the founder of RT Features, which since 2006 has been one of Latin America’s leading production companies and the most prominent Brazilian in the international market. His films are world-renowned, having garnered over 50 award nominations – including 9 Oscar nominations and 6 Golden Globe nominations. Most notably, the award-winning Ainda Estou Aqui, directed by Walter Salles, winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

Sandro Fiorin

Tutor | Speaker

Born and raised in Brazil, he studied film in São Paulo (FAAP) and New York (The New School), where he worked for fourteen
years before moving to Los Angeles in 2001. Over the course of his 25-year career, he has held positions at Film Forum, Universal,
First Look Films, and calArts. in 2006, he founded FiGa Films to produce, distribute, and sell Latin American content worldwide.
His first production won Best Film at the Venice Film Festival in 2010.