BrLab Features is BrLab’s traditional fiction feature film project development lab.

Held for 11 years and focused on projects from Latin America or Portugal, Spain, and Italy, BrLab Features is the only international development lab for audiovisual projects in Brazil. 

During the laboratory, producers, directors, and screenwriters representing the twelve selected projects receive full consultancy in fundamental pillars for a better realization of their films: script, direction, production, and distribution. BrLab Features has accumulated successful cases of feature films released in Brazil and abroad, and has consolidated itself, in recent years, as a space of international reference.

The 11th edition of BrLab Features will take place from October 1st to 15th, 2021, with its programming online – as a security measure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the participation of professionals from several countries in our programming and activities is indispensable.

Participating projects compete for prizes and incentives offered by important partners. In this 11th edition of BrLab, Vitrine Filmes and Globo Filmes, which have been partners of the lab since 2012 and 2019 respectively, will jointly select the project that will receive the Globo Filmes + Vitrine Filmes Development Award, which will invest R$150.000,00 in the elaboration of the selected project’s screenplay. The announcement of the selected project will take place during the awards and closing ceremony of BrLab on October 22. Participants will also be eligible for consulting services, workshops and other awards offered by Torino Film Lab, supported by Projeto Paradiso, Pop Up Film Residency, Cas4atro, DAFB, CQS/FV and Cinéma en Développement.

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BRLAB 2021

BRPLOT

REACH

AUDIENCE DESIGN

COPRO

INDUSTRY ACADEMY 2021

Selection Committee

Andrea Cals

Audiovisual curator

Elzemann Neves

Screenwriter and playwright

Fábio Leal

Director, screenwriter and actor

Fernanda de Capua

Fernanda Vidigal

Producer

Flavia Candida

Curator, filmmaker and producer

Giovani Barros

Director, screenwriter and casting director

Julia Katharine

Actress and filmmaker

Kariny Martins

Curator and screenwriter

Leticia Santinon

Curator and release manager

Mannu Costa

Filmmaker and producer

Marcela Esquivel

Director and producer

Marcio Miranda Perez

Filmmaker and curator

Maria Carla Del Rio

Producer

Marina Torre

Executive producer and producer

Melina Bomfim

Audiovisual director, researcher, curator, and producer

Paula Astorga

Cultural producer

Rafael Sampaio

Director of BrLab and producer

Talita Arruda

Curator and distributor

Thamires Vieira

Director and producer

Xênia Rivery

Screenwriter and teacher

Talita Arruda

Curator and distributor

Thamires Vieira

Director and producer

Xênia Rivery

Screenwriter and teacher

Erick González

programmer

Fernanda de Capua

Flavia Candida

Curator, filmmaker and producer

Tutors

Giancarlo Nasi

Producer

Iana Cossoy Paro

Screenwriter

Mariana Rondón

Director

Paula Astorga

Cultural producer

Tatiana Leite

Producer

Xênia Rivery

Screenwriter and teacher

Exclusive activities for workshop participants

07oct

Panel

BrLab Features

A, B, C of Distribution

2 PM

Live broadcast

Panelist

Sandra Gómez


08oct

Panel

BrLab Features

Financing Plan

11h45

Live broadcast

Panelist

Fernanda Del Nido

producer

11oct

Panel

BrLab Features

International Sales

10 AM

Live broadcast

Panelist

Gabor Greiner


11oct

Panel

BrLab Features

How to dimension cinematography from the script from plural points of view

11h45

Live broadcast

Panelist

DAFB


12oct

Panel

BrLab Features

Palestra EAVE + Brlab: Branding Yourself - How to present your project and yourself

2 PM

Live broadcast

Panelist

Roshanak Behesht Nedjad


15oct

Panel

BrLab Features

Closure

4 PM

Live broadcast

Panelist

Paula Astorga

Cultural producer

Guests

Amanda Kadobayashi

Vitrine Filmes (Brasil)

Ana Leticia Leite

Vitrine Filmes (Brasil)

Angelica Cantisani

DAFB

Daniela Aun

Eva Morsch Kihn

Cinéma en Développement (France)

Felipe Lopes

Vitrine Filmes (Brasil)

Fernanda Del Nido

producer

Gabor Greiner

Juliette Lepoutre

producer

Kristina Aschenbrennerova

Leonardo Mecchi

Producer

Marina Vilela

CQS/FV Advogados (Brasil)

Matthieu Darras

Mylena Mandolesi

Rodrigo Chacon

CQS/FV Advogados (Brasil)

Roshanak Behesht Nedjad

Simone Bauman

Vinícius Lobo

Globo Filmes (Brasil)

AWARDS

GLOBO FILMES AND VITRINE FILMES DEVELOPMENT AWARD

In the 11th edition of BrLab – Development of audiovisual projects, Vitrine Filmes and Globo Filmes, which have worked as partners of the laboratory since 2012 and 2019, respectively, inaugurate a new type of award for project development. The Globo Filmes + Vitrine Filmes Development Award consists of offering, to one of the participating projects, an investment in the development of the script in the amount of R$ 150,000, R$ 40,000 of which from its own resources and R$ 110,000 through funds originating of the tax benefit provided for in Art. 3-A of Law 8685/93.

VITRINE FILMES DISTRIBUTION AWARD

Vitrine Filmes reaffirms its commitment to Latin American and Iberian cinema by supporting BrLab for the seventh consecutive year by granting an Award for distribution in cinemas and other media in Brazilian territory to a project participating in the laboratory's activities. In 2020, the award-winning project was Los Caídos, directed by Damián Sainz Edward. Fallen, com direção de Damián Sainz Edward.  

The announcement of the project selected for investment by Vitrine Filmes will be made during the awards ceremony of the 2021 BrLab – Development of audiovisual projects, and the contracting process and conditions will be established directly with the award grantor.

Cinéma en Développement Award

Cinéma en Développement provides follow-up and visibility to projects and creators, and aims to encourage the meeting of European professionals and Latin American creators without necessarily establishing a market. The goal of this platform is to promote exchanges among professionals, the search for talent, projects, directors and producers who are developing their films in any stage (from writing to post-production), with or without raised funding. Only directors who have a film selected for the festival or those who are participating in a partnership can apply. Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse and BrLab have joined forces since 2013 to expand, in Toulouse, the support offered to Brazilian producers and directors through a jointly selected project. This partnership aims to promote the continuity, in Europe, of the support dynamics and guidelines initiated in Latin America, thus offering an opportunity for one of the participating directors, who will benefit from a personalized program – which includes a presentation of the project at Cinéma en Développement through individual meetings with renowned professionals in the industry, as well as access to screenings at Cinéma en Construction. The Cinéma en Développement will be held on the professional platform of the Cinélatino 34th Rencontres de Toulouse (from March 25 to April 3, 2022). Since then, the projects Paterno (2013), A Morte Habita à Noite (2014), O Filho Plantado (2015), Sábado Morto (2016), Criadas (2017), Todos os Demônios Estão Mortos (2018), Bate e Volta Copacabana (2020) and Amores Surdos have been selected by Brlab to participate in the program.

POP UP FILM RESIDENCY

The Pop Up Film Residency brings the best of what artistic residencies offer, together with a truly individualized mentorship program. It is run by filmmakers for filmmakers and hosts one resident at a time for a three-week period. The Pop Up Film Residency was launched in January 2019 by Slovakia-based Matthieu Darras, who is also founder and director of the First Cut Lab, First Cut+ and Full Circle Lab, and Slovak producer Juraj Krasnohorsky. The hub of the Residency is based in Bratislava. However, it can hatch out anywhere in the world thanks to our network of film industry hosts. As a rule, the residents are selected through a network of creative partners including BrLab, Cannes Critics’ Week, Doha Film Institute, When East Meets West, or Kids Kino Industry. An exception to the selection rule goes for experienced filmmakers, who can request a "Residency on Demand". The winner of the Pop Up Film Residency Award will be offered a three-week-long tailor-made residency.

TFL NEXT AWARD

TFL Next is the branch of TorinoFilmLab that offers an innovative teaching approach, a fully online based experience. It aims at empowering a new generation of agile-thinking and innovative filmmakers, who are ready to immerse themselves in a truly global experience, sharing with international experts and peers, travelling across barriers. The TFL Next – Film is addressed to international professionals with feature film projects at early development stage, encouraging the creative development through intensive coaching. Sixteen projects will be selected for each workshop and divided into four groups, to work on their treatment alongside peers and a tutor with substantial international experience as a script consultant. The TFL Next Award, which is supported by Projeto Paradiso, consists in the selection of one of the projects that were part of BrLab to attend one of the online workshops in 2022.

CQS award

CQS/FV specializes in legal consultancy for planning, structuring and enabling business models for the entertainment, technology and tertiary sector markets. Since 1996, it has been contributing to the professionalization and growth of these markets in Brazil and, as a result, it has become a reference. In the 11th edition of BrLab – Development of Audiovisual Projects, CQS/FV Advogados offers a legal assistance award of up to six hours to one of the participating projects. The project awarded with the production consultation award, granted by BrLab, will also receive consultancy from CQS/FV, which may be used for legal advice involving Brazilian law or consultancy for structuring business models.

C/as4atro award

C/as4atro is a collective of executive producers with experience in different and complementary areas of activity in audiovisual production, teaching and consulting for feature films and TV series. They are Ariene Ferreira, Daniela Aun, Mariana Brasil and Mylena Mandolesi, women who jointly strive to create new ways of working that generate autonomy, prosperity and respect through a healthy environment. Active since November 2016, the collective has already provided production consulting services to several projects, such as the TV series Filhos do Mar, produced by Flo Filmes (GO); Felipa e o Foguete, a TV film produced by Pira Filmes (GO); O Reflexo do Lago, a feature film produced by Claritê Produções (PA), among others. The collective was also responsible for the executive production of the TV series Insustentáveis, coproduced by Cérberos Filmes (MT) and Vermelho Filmes (SP); the documentary series Consciência ao Cubo, produced by Gaya Filmes (DF) and available on Amazon Prime; and the musical documentaries Ventos que Sopram – Pará, which premiered at In-Edit 2020 festival and on Canal Curta!, and Ventos que Sopram – Maranhão, to be released on Canal Curta!. In the area of education, C/as4atro has participated in Ancine’s FSA/PRODAV 4 project development labs, organized by Klaxon Cultura Audiovisual and taught courses and classes at Centro Cultural B_arco, Instituto de Cinema de São Paulo, Centro de Produção Audiovisual TECNA at PUC-RS. The collective has also offered workshops at festivals and courses in partnership with several institutions in Brazil, including Icumam Lab, SEBRAE and Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro. Believing and willing to be the change needed in the world, C/as4atro provides consulting services focused on reducing the environmental impact of audiovisual productions through the brand Cinema Verde. This year, in partnership with BrLab, the collective will award one project with six hours of consulting services in executive production. From production planning to specific questions involving grants or other issues related to the audiovisual sector, negotiations and partnerships, the goal of the award is to streamline processes and unlock steps to contribute to the creation of a healthy and viable production. In 2020, the C/as4tro Award was granted to Maick Hannder’s Perto da Meia Noite, a state of Minas Gerais production.

DAFB Cinematography Consulting Award

In partnership with BrLab, the Women and Transgender People Collective of the Photography Department of Brazilian Film presents, for the second consecutive year, the DAFB Cinematography Consulting Award, which aims to contribute to the thought of cinematography aspects in the construction of audiovisual narratives since the screenplay development stage. Through the shared reading of arguments and screenplays under development, the DAFB consulting process proposes, as well as imagination exercises around the project’s visual proposals, which strengthen the sensory fabric and its imagery construction, other exercises to transpose these findings into technical measures that help filmmakers and producers to dimension the film’s photography direction. Representatives of the collective will select two projects, which will receive 6 hours of cinematography consulting services each. The consultation will be applied exclusively to projects participating in BrLab.

Prêmio Desenvolvimento globofilmes

Criada em 1998, a Globo Filmes atua como coprodutora de conteúdo multiplataforma com o propósito de fortalecer a indústria audiovisual nacional. Participou de mais de 300 filmes, levando ao público o que há de melhor do cinema brasileiro. Comédias, romances, documentários, infantis, dramas, aventuras: a aposta é na diversidade de obras que valorizam a cultura brasileira. Fazem parte de sua filmografia recordistas de bilheteria, como Tropa de Elite 2 and Minha Mãe É Uma Peça 3 – ambos com mais de 11 milhões de espectadores –, sucessos de crítica como 2 Filhos de Francisco, Aquarius, Que Horas Ela Volta?, O Palhaço e Carandiru, até longas premiados no Brasil e no exterior, como Cidade de Deus – com quatro indicações ao Oscar – e Bacurau, que recebeu o prêmio do Júri no Festival de Cannes. Desde 2019, a Globo Filmes apoia o BrLab e participa com a concessão do Prêmio Desenvolvimento Globo Filmes, que investe em um dos projetos participantes.

VITRINE FILMES DISTRIBUTION AWARD

Vitrine Filmes reaffirms its commitment to Latin American and Iberian cinema by supporting BrLab for the seventh consecutive year by granting an Award for distribution in cinemas and other media in Brazilian territory to a project participating in the laboratory's activities. In 2020, the award-winning project was Los Caídos, directed by Damián Sainz Edward. Fallen, com direção de Damián Sainz Edward.  

The announcement of the project selected for investment by Vitrine Filmes will be made during the awards ceremony of the 2021 BrLab – Development of audiovisual projects, and the contracting process and conditions will be established directly with the award grantor.