Program

In addition to project development workshops and professional training, BrLab promotes various activities open to the public – such as meetings, talks and debates – which are held in person and also made available online to stimulate the democratization and accessibility of the event.

The program is completely free of charge, and the recordings of the panels with LIBRAS interpretation are made available online through BrLab‘s YouTube channel.

Program

2019

03 Oct

Lecture

Opening – Panel 1 | The Screenwriter and the Audience

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7:30 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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Is it possible to think that there are stories more likely to reach a wide audience? Or is it all the work of a huge coincidence? and luck? Or, the script doesn’t matter so much, but the marketing budget? For this debate, three authors experienced and with many popular works on their CV: Tati Bernardi, Paulo Cursino and Patrícia Andrade, mediated by journalist Ana Paula Sousa.

2019

04 Oct

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Panel 2 | Narrative Genres

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3:00 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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A central question serves as a starting point for this table: is there space in the Brazilian market to write gender narratives? What has been the experience of authors who have written horror, suspense, action and even Brazilian superheroes? For this table, some of the most fruitful Brazilian authors of recent years: LG Bayão, Marton Olympio and Gabriela Amaral Almeida, mediated by Jaqueline Souza.

2019

04 Oct

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Panel 3 | Screenwriter’s Rights

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5:00 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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An overview of Copyright in Brazil. Thiago Dottori, vice-president of GEDAR and advisor to ABRA, together with lawyer Paula Vergueiro, specialist in Copyright Law, talk about the current situation of rights author in Brazil. Thiago will also talk about Copyright Law in the world, especially in Europe, where he visited recently the Management Societies SSA, SWISSIMAGE and SACD.

2019

05 Oct

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Panel 4 | Heads of Script Rooms

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3:00 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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Script rooms are an increasingly common creative practice in the Brazilian audiovisual environment. Especially in the context of series, the creation of episodes has happened collectively. But, how do these rooms work and, specifically, what is the role of the head of script? Also: should the head of script continue in the production stages, or does his work end along with the work of the script team? For this debate, we will have screenwriters who have already led teams in series produced for different players. Chico Mattoso, Felipe Sant’Angelo and Jaqueline Vargas, mediated by Duda de Almeida.

2019

05 Oct

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Panel 5 | Real characters, Fiction Stories

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5:00 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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What are the challenges and strategies of screenwriters faced with the work of writing television projects? fiction, created from real people and stories? At the table, screenwriters who have several scripts created at from real characters: Carol Kotscho, Vera Egypt and LG Bayão, mediated by Maíra Bühler.

2019

05 Oct

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Panel 6 | Brazilian Originals

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7:00 PM

Espaço Itaú de Cinema Augusta 4

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Where have Brazilian authors sought inspiration to create original and authentic projects? In a scenario where which is increasingly produced and seeks more originality, as Brazilian authors have created universes fictional based on our references? Are there unexplored worlds? Is the universal around every corner? For this table, we will have the presence of authors with series and soap operas that have recently debuted. Felipe Braga, Maria Camargo and Rosane Svartman, mediated by Aleksei Abib.

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