Cesar Cabral

Direção | Produção | Tutor

Graduated in Cinema from the University of São Paulo, Cesar Cabral works as a director, animator and producer in projects for Cinema and Television. He is a partner in the production company Coala Filmes. His resume includes the award-winning short films “Dossiê Rê Bordosa” and “Tempestade”, as well as the TV series “Angeli the killer”. He was the leader of the Creative Center Coala Filmes / FSA, and is currently producing his first feature film, scheduled for release in 2019, and in pre-production for the second season of “Angeli the killer”.

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.

Gabriella Mancini

Tutor | Comissão de Seleção

Gabriella Mancini, 43, is a film and television screenwriter, graduated in Screenwriting from the Regular Course at EICTV, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de Cuba (2005-2007). For more than five years, she was script coordinator at Conspiração Filmes (RJ), where she developed animation and live action projects for adults and children. In addition to writing for several production companies, she provides consulting services on the subject. She has won important awards as a screenwriter, such as the Fundación Carolina Scholarship (2008), in Madrid. She was a reporter for the children’s supplement Folhinha (Folha de S.Paulo). She wrote the children’s book Na Rua da Aquarela (2011, ed. Girafinha).

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.

Maria Clara Escobar

Direção | Tutor

Maria Clara Escobar is a filmmaker, screenwriter and poet. She directed and wrote the films Desterro, which premiered in the Tiger Competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the documentary Os Dias Com Ele, where she investigates the life of her father, who was tortured during the military dictatorship, which was released in commercial theaters and also on DVD by the Moreira Salles Institute. Maria Clara also wrote and directed the short films: Onde Habito, from Sesc ConVida, Passeio de Família, winner of the Porta Curtas award, and Domingo, and is co-writer of the films Ontem Havia Coisas Estranhas no Céu, by Bruno Risas; and Histórias Que Só Existe Quando Lembradas, by Julia Murat. Maria Clara also works as a script and editing consultant and as a jury member for public notices and festivals. Maria Clara has published the books: Fear, Fear, Fear (Nosotros, Editorial, 2019), A New Sea Inside Me (Ed. Quelônio, 2021) and War Zones (Nosotros, Editorial, 2022).

Nara Aragão

Tutor

Live-action and animation producer Nara Aragão holds a degree in Social Communication and a Master’s degree in Communication from UFPE. She was a partner at REC Produtores Associados from 2015 to 2017, when she co-founded Carnaval Filmes in Recife with João Vieira Jr.

She has produced 7 feature films and 2 TV series, in addition to being the executive producer of 3 other feature films and 1 series. Among her main works are the feature films Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo (Marcelo Gomes and Karim Aïnouz), Paloma and Estou me guardando para quando o carnaval chegar (Marcelo Gomes), Tatuagem and Fim de Festa (Hilton Lacerda).

In animation, she produced the series Bia Desenha (TV Cultura, TV Brasil, Canal Futura) and the short film Mergulhão, and produced and directed the short film Um Pequeno Grande Dia (Anima Bruxelas, Buff Malmö and Psaroloco – Atenas). She is a producer and screenwriter for the Contos de Mungará series (in development) and one of the authors of the children’s book Menino Onça, Onça Menino, published in 2025 by Editora Boitatá.

She was President of the Brazilian Association of Animated Cinema – ABCA between 2021 and 2023. In 2025, she was one of the featured producers at the Producers Network of the Cannes Film Festival.

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.

Teodoro Poppovic

Palestrante | Tutor

Teodoro Poppovic is a screenwriter and director. He graduated in film and began his career at MTV Brazil. He was one of the writers responsible for the network’s comedy programs, such as Comédia and 15 Minutos, winners of the APCA award. With Cao Hamburger, he made the program No Estranho Planeta dos Seres Audiovisuais and created three more series: Família Imperial, Pedro e Bianca and Que Monstro te Mordeu?. For these projects, he won international awards such as the Prix Jeunesse and the Emmy. In 2017, he released his first feature film, Transtornada Obsessiva Compulsiva, directed in partnership with Paulo Caruso. The film was shown at festivals such as SXSW, PÖFF Tallinn and the Transilvânia Film Festival. As a screenwriter, Teodoro has worked with O2 Filmes, RT Features, Gaumont, Boutique, Gullane, Conspiração and created and wrote the series Destino SP/RJ (HBO), Segredos de Justiça (Globo) and Nobody is Looking (Netflix), which is nominated for an International Emmy in 2020. In 2019, he launched his series Feras (MTV/Globoplay) as general director and screenwriter. He won a Paradiso Scholarship to attend the Cine Qua Non Lab’s Screenwriting Revision Laboratory in Spain in Mexico in 2020.

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.

Rafael Neumayr

Palestrante

Throughout his career, Rafael has specialized in entertainment law, with an emphasis on intellectual property, a topic that was addressed in his master’s thesis in business law, from Milton Campos/MG, where he also studied law. Today he is Vice-President of the Intellectual Property Committee of the OAB/MG, in addition to being a law professor in the postgraduate course in Cultural Management at the UNA/MG University Center, in the postgraduate course in cultural management at the State University of Minas Gerais – UEMG and in the Professional Development Program “Photography and Culture” at PUC/MG. He is the coordinator and co-author of the book “Law and Culture: Legal Aspects of Cultural Management and Production”. He also has a degree in theater from UFMG. His areas of expertise are entertainment law, copyright, trademark law, unfair competition, audiovisual law, fashion law and arts law.