LECTURE 2
Brazilian content abroad: What are festival curators looking for?
Curators, programmers, and audiovisual specialists discuss how Brazilian films have been received abroad, analyzing their presence in festivals, markets, and exhibition circuits.
The debate seeks to identify trends, selection criteria, and dynamics of international circulation, evaluating hypotheses about factors that drive or limit this visibility and pointing out possible ways to strengthen the global reach of Brazilian films.
Participants:
Eduardo Valente
Delegate - Berlin Film Festival
Filmmaker, critic, and film curator. He is currently the artistic director of the Brasília Film Festival, as well as programmer for Olhar de Cinema and delegate for Brazil at the Berlin Film Festival.
Juan Manuel Dominguez
Distributor/Director - Bafici
Juan Manuel Domínguez is a journalist, curator, and programmer at BAFICI. Artistic director of Lumiton, he works with festival programming, audiovisual preservation, and developing new audiences for cinema.
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro
Programmer - IndieLisboa
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro is a film director, curator, and programmer, a member of IndieLisboa and the Rio Film Festival, and has worked at several other Brazilian and international festivals.
Moderator:
Ana Arruda
Seventh Cinema XR
Ana Arruda, Director of Sétima Cinema XR, based in São Paulo and Brasília. Curator, consultant, and analyst of national and international projects.
