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Brazilian companies
attending
TIFF – TORONTO
INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL 2018
Brazilian companies attending tiFF - toronto international Film FestiVal 2018 - Cinema do Brasil
Cinema do Brasil aims to reinforce and expand the
participation of Brazilian audiovisual productions in the
international market, to encourage the development of
co-productions and the distribution of Brazilian films
abroad. It is an export program implemented in 2006
by the São Paulo’s Audiovisual Industry Guild (SIAESP)
in partnership with the Brazilian Trade and Investment
Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), gathering today more
than 175 companies.

This directory contains information about the Brazilian
films selected by TIFF 2018. It also brings information
about the Brazilian film producers, distributor and sales
attending the event.

CONTACT
www.cinemadobrasil.org.br
info@cinemadobrasil.org.br

Meet our team

Executive Manager: ANA LETÍCIA FIALHO
analeticia@cinemadobrasil.org.br

Producer: MARCOS RIBEIRO DE MORAES
mrmoraes@gmail.com
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Platform - Competition                                               Discovery & Tiff Kids

                                                                                                          TITO AND THE BIRDS

    rojo

 by Benjamin Naishtat                                                 TITO E OS PÁSSAROS
                                                                      by Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar and Andre Catoto Dias
 Produced by Pucará Cine
 Co-produced by Desvia, Sutor Kolonko, Viking Films and Ecce Films
                                                                      Produced by Bits Filmes
 Sales: Lux Box | fiorella@luxboxfilms.com
                                                                      World Sales: Indie Sales | info@indiesales.eu
                                                                      North America: Shout Factory | vpanchal@shoutfactory.com

   Sep 9    12h30   Scotiabank 5 (press & industry)
   Sep 10   11h30   TIFF Bell Lightbox The Gallery (press)
   Sep 10   18h00   TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 (public)
   Sep 12   08h30   Scotiabank 7 (press & industry)
   Sep 12   13h45   TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 4 (public)                Sep 7 21h30 Scotiabank 9 (press & industry)
   Sep 14   09h00   Scotiabank 6 (press & industry)                     Sep 8 15h15 Scotiabank 3 (public)
   Sep 15   15h00   TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 2 (public)                Sep 15 12h45 TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 2 (public)
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Midnight Madness                                      Contemporary World Cinema

           DIAMANTINO

                                                                                        FLORIANÓPOLIS DREAM

 by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt                SUEÑO FLORIANÓPOLIS
                                                       by Ana Katz
 Produced by Maria & Mayer / Les Films du Belier
 Co-produced by Syndrome Films
                                                       Produced by Campo Cine and Prodigo Films
 Sales: Charades | carole@charades.eu
                                                       Coproduced by Groch Filmes
                                                       Sales: Film Factory | lide@filmfactory.es

  Sep 8    09h30    Scotiabank 4 (press & industry)     Sep 6    17h30   Scotiabank 3 (public)
  Sep 10   10h00    Scotiabank 7 (press & industry)     Sep 7    14h15   Scotiabank 8 (press & industry)
  Sep 15   11h59    Ryerson Theatre (public)            Sep 8    16h30   Scotiabank 13 (public)
  Sep 16   18h00    Scotiabank 1 (public)               Sep 15   21h30   Scotiabank 14 (public)
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Short

                                                                   THE ORPHAN

  O ÓRFAO
  by Carolina Markowicz

  Produced by YOURMAMA
  Sales: FiGa/Br | contact@figafilms.com

  Sep 10 21h30    Scotiabank 13 (public)
  Sep 11 09h30    TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 5 (press & industry)
  Sep 16 16h15    Scotiabank 13 (public)
Brazilian companies attending tiFF - toronto international Film FestiVal 2018 - Cinema do Brasil
B RAZILIAN
PROD U CERS ,
DISTRI B U TOR
a n d SALES
attending
TI F F 2 0 1 8
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                                           Project                                                                                               FILM

Biônica has developed and produced
content for cinema since 2012. Among                                                                                                                                                                                                           Karen Castanho
its productions are “Holy Biker”                                                                                                                                                                                                          karen@bionicafilmes.com.br
(winner of Special Jury Prize at 2016
Tallin Black Nights) and “Neurotic
Quest for Serenity” (selected for 2018
SXSW), “El Revenge” (winner of Best
New Director at 2017 Brooklyn Film
Festival) and “Divine Divas” (winner      J SISTERS – A BRAZILIAN BIKINI WAX STORY                                                         MONICA & FRIENDS – BONDS
of Global Award at SXSW 2017).
Right now, Biônica is on the post         J SISTERS | Brazil and Canada | 2020 | 90 min | Dramedy                                          TURMA DA MÔNICA - LAÇOS | Brazil | 2019 | 90 min | Family
production of Brazilian pop culture
symbol “Monica and Friends – Bonds”,      “J Sisters” tells the story of seven sisters     Development Phase: In development               After the disappearance of his dog             Development Phase: Post-production
directed by Daniel Rezende, and is        from a small town in the countryside             Director: No director attached yet              Floquinho, Cebolinha and his best friends      Director: Daniel Rezende
about to shoot “Pedro Through the Blue    of Brazil who revolutionized female              Screenwriter: Patricia Andrade                  Mônica, Cascão, and Magali need to             Screenwriter: Thiago Dottori
Ocean”, a co-production Brazil-Portugal   intimate grooming in the USA through the         Filming Locations: Toronto (Canada),            prepare one of their master plans to find      Cast: Giulia Barreto, Laura Raseo,
directed by Lais Bodanzky.                introduction of the Brazilian Bikini Wax,        New York (USA) and Linhares (Brazil)            his loyal pet. This is just the beginning of   Kevin Vechiatto, Gabriel Moreira, Rodrigo
                                          a waxing technique for unwanted hair             Available Territories: All territories except   a big adventure that will strengthen the       Santoro, Monica Iozzi, Paulinho Vilhena
                                          that has become a craze among movie              South and Central America                       bond that has been uniting Mônica and          Filming Location: Brazil
                                          and fashion stars such as Sarah Jessica          Language: Portuguese                            her friends for over 50 years.                 Available Territories: All territories
                                          Parker, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman,            Budget: US$ 2,978,189.00                                                                       except Americas
                                          Cameron Diaz, among others. The                                                                                                                 Language: Portuguese
                                          trajectory of Jocely, Janea, Joyce, Juracy,      Production Company: Bionica Filmes                                                             Budget: US$ 2,663,663.66
                                          Jussara, Judeseia and Jonice shows the           Distribution Company: Paris Filmes (Brazil)
                                          strength behind sisterhood and the power                                                                                                        Production Company: Bionica Filmes
                                          and creativity of Brazilian women.                                                                                                              Co-production Companies: Quintal Digital
                                                                                                                                                                                          and Latina Filmes
                                                                                                                                                                                          Distribution Company: Paris Filmes (Brazil)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        São Paulo - SP
www.bionicafilmes.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                                +55 11 97307 1120
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                                              FILM

We produce movies, TV shows and the
biggest independent games and music                                                                                                                                                                         Gustavo Steinberg
festival in Brazil. Our new feature,                                                                                                                                                                      gustavo@bitsfilmes.com
the animation “Tito and the Birds”,
was in competition at Annecy Festival
and was selected to TIFF and lots of
festivals.

                                        TITO AND THE BIRDS                                                   Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives    Development Phase: Complete
                                                                                                             with his mother. Suddenly, an unusual      Directors: Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar
                                        TITO E OS PÁSSAROS | Brazil | 2018 | 73 min | Animation, Adventure   epidemic starts to spread, making          and Andre Catoto Dias
                                                                                                             people sick whenever they get scared.      Screenwritters: Eduardo Benaim and
                                                                                                             Tito quickly discovers that the cure is    Gustavo Steinberg
                                                                                                             somehow related to his missing father’s    Cast: Matheus Nachtergaele, Denise Fraga,
                                                                                                             research on bird song. He embarks on       Mateus Solano, Otávio Augusto, Pedro
                                                                                                             a journey to save the world from the       Henrique
                                                                                                             epidemic with his friends. Tito’s search   Language: Portuguese (but will be dubbed
                                                                                                             for the antidote becomes a quest for his   in English and other languages)
                                                                                                             missing father and for his own identity.   Budget: US$ 2 million

                                                                                                                                                        Production Company: Bits Filmes
                                                                                                                                                        World Sales: Indie Sales |
                                                                                                                                                        info@indiesales.eu
                                                                                                                                                        North America: Shout Factory |
                                                                                                                                                        vpanchal@shoutfactory.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                      São Paulo - SP
www.bits.productions                                                                                                                                                                                  +55 11 98264 3836
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                                                 film                                                                                    PROJECT

Founded in 2000, it is one of the most
successful production companies in the                                                                                                                                                                                                          André Carreira
Brazilian film market. Its productions                                                                                                                                                                                                     andre@camisalistrada.com.br
are in the list of the biggest Brazilian
box offices, reaching almost 10 million
tickets in the last few years.

                                           COME ON, MOM!                                                                                MUSSUM, THE MOVIES
                                           FALA SÉRIO, MÃE! | Brazil | 2017 | 78 min | Family, Comedy                                   MUSSUM, O FILMIS | Brazil | 2019 | 110 min | Biopic

                                           The usual, and healthy, disagreements            Development Phase: Completed                The trajectory of Antônio Carlos                 Development Phase: Pre-production
                                           between mothers and daughters are the            Director: Pedro Vasconcelos                 Bernardes Gomes, the Mussum, a famous            Director: Roberto Santucci
                                           main ingredient of this faithful and fun         Screenwriters: Ingrid Guimarães, Paulo      samba player and one of the most popular         Screenwriters: Paulo Cursino
                                           story of coexistence, sometimes wild,            Cursino and Dostoiewski Champagnate         Brazilian comedians of all time. From his        Cast: Ailton Graça and others
                                           between creator and creature. One of the         Cast: Ingrid Guimarães, Larissa Manoela     humble origin to fame, his career mixes          Language: Portuguese
                                           greatest Brazilian box office in 2018.           Language: Portuguese                        with the history of Brazilian TV.                Filming Location: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
                                                                                            Filming Location: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)                                                    Available Territories: All territories except
                                                                                            Budget: US$ 1,800,000.00                                                                     Latin America
                                                                                                                                                                                         Budget: US$ 3,000,000.00
                                                                                            Production Company: Camisa Listrada
                                                                                            Co-production Companies: Fox, Telecine,                                                      Production Company: Camisa Listrada
                                                                                            Globo Filmes and Focus Films                                                                 Co-production Company: Globo Filmes
                                                                                            Distribution Company: Downtown Filmes                                                        Distribution Company: Downtown Filmes
                                                                                            (Brazil)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Rio de Janeiro - RJ
www.camisalistrada.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                                +55 21 96857 6148
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BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                             Project                                                                                 Project

Campo Cerrado Produções is a young
Brazilian production company headed                                                                                                                                                                                               Cássio Pereira dos Santos
by the siblings Erika Santos and                                                                                                                                                                                                 cassiops@campocerrado.com.br
Cássio Pereira dos Santos, who've
been working in the Brazilian film/
TV industry since 2001. Our company
develops and produces thought-
provoking films and TV projects,
providing relevant content and              VALENTINA                                                                               A TERRA E OS SONHOS
engaging stories, mostly for young
people. We are committed to creating        Brazil | 2019 | 90 min | Drama, LGBTQ                                                   Brazil | 2020 | 100 min | Family Film, Drama
audiovisual experiences that are able
to engage young audiences, stimulate        Valentina, a 16-year-old transgender girl,    Development Phase: Pre-production         Jandira is a 11-year-old African-Brazilian     Development Phase: Fundraising
critical thinking and artistic reflection   moves from Brasília to a small town in       Director: Cássio Pereira dos Santos       girl, born and raised at the Valley of         Directors: Erika Santos and Cássio Pereira
on contemporary issues.                     the countryside with her mother Márcia       Screenwriter: Cássio Pereira dos Santos   Jequitinhonha, a poor region in the            dos Santos
                                            (42). Subjected to bullying at the new        Language: Portuguese                      Brazilian hinterlands. When her mother         Screenwriter: Cássio Pereira dos Santos
                                            town due to her gender identity, the girl     Filming Locations: Brasília and Minas     passes away, Jandira is obliged to face        Language: Portuguese
                                            realizes that being a good girl only brings   Gerais (Brazil)                           a big challenge: Will she be able to           Filming Location: Minas Gerais, Vale do
                                            trouble and oppression. Valentina decides     Budget: US$ 350,000.00                    take care of her recently-born sister and      Jequitinhonha (Brazil)
                                            it’s time for revenge.                        Available Territories: All territories    continue her studies at the same time?         Budget: US$ 600,000.00
                                                                                                                                                                                   Available Territories: All territories
                                                                                          Production Company: Campo Cerrado                                                        Previous Festivals and Markets: Cabiria
                                                                                          Produções                                                                                Screenplay Award 2017
                                                                                          Co-production Company: Corriola Filmes
                                                                                                                                                                                   Production Company: Campo Cerrado
                                                                                                                                                                                   Produções
                                                                                                                                                                                   Co-production Company: Academia de
                                                                                                                                                                                   Filmes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Uberlândia - MG
www.campocerrado.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                         +55 34 3235 2655
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                             film                                                                                   PROJECT

Desvia is an independent production
company based in Northeast Brazil,                                                                                                                                                                                                               Rachel Daisy Ellis
founded in 2010 by producer Rachel                                                                                                                                                                                                              rachel@desvia.com.br
Ellis and director Gabriel Mascaro.

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Copyright Aleah Chapin, image
                                      ROJO                                                                                         CENTRE OF THE EARTH                                                  courtesy of the Flowers Gallery,
                                                                                                                                                                                                   London / New York and The Bennett
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Collection of Women Realists, USA

                                      Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Netherlands | 2018 | 100 min | Drama                  CENTRO DA TERRA | Brazil | 2020 | 100 min | Drama

                                      In the mid 1970s a wave of unprecedented         Development Phase: Completed                "Centre of the Earth" is a silver-age drama    Development Phase: In development
                                      political violence begins to unfold in           Director: Benjamin Naishtat                 that tells the story of a woman in her 80s     Director: Gabriel Mascaro
                                      Argentina. This, however, appears to have        Screenwriter: Benjamin Naishtat             who realizes that by trusting in others        Screenwriter: Gabriel Mascaro
                                      little effect on a small rural town where        Cast: Alfredo Castro, Dario Grandinetti,    she can be freed from the constraints of       Filming Location: Pernambuco (Brazil)
                                      Claudio, a well-known lawyer, leads a            Andrea Frigerio, Diego Cremonesi            her altruism, discovering bodily pleasure      Language: Portuguese
                                      placid life with his family. The ordinary        Filming Location: Argentina                 along the way.                                 Available Territories: All territories except
                                      course of things is interrupted, however,        Language: Spanish                                                                          Brazil and Mexico
                                      when Claudio gets into a heated argument         Budget: US$ 1,200,000.00                                                                   Budget: US$ 1,500,000.00
                                      that gets out of hand. Claudio is unsettled      Previous Festivals and Markets: Cinemart                                                   Previous Festivals and Markets: Cinemart
                                      by the event but resumes his daily routine,      2016 and EFM 2016                                                                          (2017) and IFP (2018)
                                      until a private detective (Alfredo Castro) in
                                      search of Dario appears in the small town.       Production Company: Pucará Cine                                                            Production Company: Desvia (Brazil)
                                                                                       Co-production Companies: Desvia, Ecce,                                                     Co-production Company: Cinevinay (Mexico)
                                                                                       Sutor Kolonko and Viking Films
                                                                                       Distribution Company: Vitrine (Brazil)
                                                                                       Sales: Lux Box | fiorella@luxboxfilms.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Recife - PE
www.desvia.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                                          +55 81 99236 9287
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                           PROJECT                                                                                  PROJECT

Elefanti Films, founded in 2008
by the filmmakers Beatriz and                                                                                                                                                                                                 Giuliana Monteiro
Giuliana Monteiro, focuses on the                                                                                                                                                                                          elefanti.films@gmail.com
development and co-production of
independent features films, short
films, documentary films and web
series that will appeal to domestic and
International audiences.
                                          ROAD TO LIVRAMENTO                                                                       BENTO
                                          ESTRADA PARA LIVRAMENTO | Brazil | 2020 | 80 min | Drama, Road Movie                     Brazil | 2019 | 70 min | Documentary

                                          "The destinies of two estranged brothers      Development Phase: Fundraising             A man-made accident buries an entire      Development Phase: In development
                                          reluctantly merge when they embark on         Director: Giuliana Monteiro                village under toxic mud and reveals a     Director: Giuliana Monteiro
                                          a journey through the south of Brazil in      Screenwriters: Giuliana Monteiro and       tight-knit community that is willing to   Screenwriters: Giuliana Monteiro and
                                          search of their youngest brother".            Beatriz Monteiro                           fight for justice.                        Beatriz Monteiro
                                                                                        Filming Locations: Brazil and Uruguay                                                Filming Location: Minas Gerais (Brazil)
                                                                                        Language: Portuguese                                                                 Language: Portuguese
                                                                                        Budget: US$ 537,000.00                                                               Budget: U$ 218,884.00
                                                                                        Previous Festivals and Markets: 64th San                                             Previous Festivals and Markets: Tenerife
                                                                                        Sebastian Coproduction Forum                                                         International CoProduction Market 2018

                                                                                        Production Company: Elefanti Films                                                   Production Company: Elefanti Films

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        São Paulo - SP
www.elefantifilms.com                                                                                                                                                                                                   +55 11 3079 2308
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                           PROJECT                                                                              PROJECT

Established in the year 2000 in Brazil,
Ocean Films has grown to become one                                                                                                                                                                                          João Roni Garcia
of the leading and most experienced                                                                                                                                                                                        roni@oceanfilms.com.br
production service companies in
South America. Since 2009 also
focused on cinema and TV productions
targeting international audiences.
Company's portfolio includes feature
films, documentaries, TV Shows,           DOT                                                                                  BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
commercials and music videos. Its
last feature film “Little Secret” has     Brazil | 2022 | 120 min | Drama                                                      ANTES QUE SEJA TARDE | Brazil | 2019 | 90 min | Documentary
represented Brazil in the Best Foreign
Language Film for the Academy Award       In the heart of the Amazon, Father          Development Phase: Fundraising           “Before It’s Too Late” is a feature            Development Phase: Fundraising
in 2017.                                  Anselmo encounters an indomitable           Director: David Schurmann                documentary that circles around                Director: Rodrigo Rebouças
                                          defender of the forest and its people who   Screenwriter: Binka Le Breton            Alzheimer, with testimonies of patients,       Screenwriter: Rodrigo Rebouças
                                          changes his life forever.                   Available Territories: All territories   friends and family. The movie has an           Available Territories: All territories
                                                                                      Filming Locations: Amazon (Brazil) and   optimistic approach and shows how              Filming Locations: Latin America,
                                                                                      Vatican (Italy)                          a person can lead a normal life if the         USA and UK
                                                                                      Languages: Portuguese and English        diagnosis is made in its early stages.         Languages: Portuguese, English
                                                                                      Budget: US$ 6,000,000.00 (estimated)                                                    and Spanish
                                                                                                                                                                              Budget: US$ 550,000.00 (estimated)
                                                                                      Production Company: Ocean Films
                                                                                                                                                                              Production Company: Ocean Films

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rio de Janeiro - RJ
www.oceanfilms.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                  +55 48 99924 9839
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                               film                                                                                      FILM

Prodigo Films is an entertainment and
advertising production company that's                                                                                                                                                                                         Beto Gauss
as rock solid as its twenty years on                                                                                                                                                                                      beto@prodigo.com.br
the road already suggest, but with the
swagger of a kid who knows that "just
'cause it's not broken, doesn't mean
you can't fix it."

                                         FLORIANoPOLIS DREAM                                                                       FAMILY HOME
                                         SUEÑO FLORIANÓPOLIS | Brazil and Argentina | 2018 | 106 min | Dramedy                     SWING - UMA CASA DE FAMÍLA | Brazil | Dramedy

                                         When a family growing apart decide to          Development Phase: Completed               An estranged family is reunited after their   Development Phase: Fundraising
                                         take a road trip from Argentina to Brazil in   Director: Ana Katz                         eldest daughter opens a swingers' club in     Director: André Godoi
                                         hopes of fixing a broken marriage, what        Screenwriters: Ana Katz and Daniel Katz    São Paulo.                                    Screenwriter: Maurício Bouzon
                                         begins as an awkward experience soon           Cast: Mercedes Morán, Gustavo Garzón,                                                    Filming Location: Brazil
                                         turns into the vacation that opens up each     Andrea Beltão, Marco Ricca, Manuela                                                      Language: Brazilian Portuguese
                                         member to new and exciting experiences.        Martinez, Joaquín Garzón, Caio Horwicz                                                   Budget: US$ 1,653,884.79
                                                                                        Filming Location: Florianópolis (Brazil)
                                                                                        Languages: Brazilian Portuguese                                                          Production Company: Prodigo Films
                                                                                        and Spanish
                                                                                        Budget: US$ 769,040.07
                                                                                        Previous Festivals and Markets: Karlovy
                                                                                        Vary 2018

                                                                                        Production Companies: Prodigo Films and
                                                                                        Campo Cine
                                                                                        Co-Production Company: Groch Filmes
                                                                                        Distribution Company: Vitrine Filmes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     São Paulo - SP
www.prodigo.com.br                                                                                                                                                                                                   +55 11 3749 2555
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                           PROJECT                                                                                            FILM

Syndrome Films is an independent
production company with international                                                                                                                                                                                                         Daniel van Hoogstraten
awards. Productions include                                                                                                                                                                                                                  daniel@syndromefilms.com
“Diamantino” (2018), “Pendular”
(2017), “The Other Hand” (2016), “Just
for Today” (2017 – short), “Gisela”
(2011 – short), “Queen of Brazil” (2008
– documentary) and others.
                                          STREETS OF GLORIA                                                                             DIAMANTINO
                                          RUAS DA GLÓRIA | Brazil | 2020 | 90 min | Fiction, Drama                                      Portugal, France, Brazil | 2018 | 96 min | Comedy

                                          Gabriel is a closeted young anthropologist        Development Phase: Fundraising              Diamantino, the world’s premiere soccer             Development Phase: Completed
                                          from Brazil’s countryside, who moves to           Director: Felipe Sholl                      star loses his special touch and ends his           Directors: Gabriel Abrantes and
                                          Rio de Janeiro to study the lives of sex          Screenwriter: Felipe Sholl                  career in disgrace. Searching for a new             Daniel Schmidt
                                          workers. Seduced by the subject of his            Cast: Jesuita Barbosa (tbc)                 purpose, the international icon sets on             Screenwriters: Gabriel Abrantes and
                                          thesis, he becomes a sex worker himself.          Available Territories: All territories      a delirious odyssey where he confronts              Daniel Schmidt
                                                                                            Filming Location: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)   neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, genetic            Cast: Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares
                                                                                            Language: Portuguese                        modification, and the hunt for the source           Filming Location: Portugal
                                                                                            Budget: US$ 800,000.00                      of genius.                                          Language: Portuguese
                                                                                                                                                                                            Budget: US$ 1,600,000.00
                                                                                            Production Company: Syndrome Films                                                              Previous Festivals and Markets: Cannes 2018
                                                                                            Distribution Company: Vitrine Filmes
                                                                                            (Brazil)                                                                                        Production Company: Maria & Mayer /
                                                                                                                                                                                            Les Films du Belier
                                                                                                                                                                                            Co-Production Company: Syndrome Films
                                                                                                                                                                                            Distribution Companies: Vitrine Filmes
                                                                                                                                                                                            (Brazil), UFO (France), Nós (Portugal)
                                                                                                                                                                                            Sales: Charades | carole@charades.eu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rio de Janeiro - RJ
www.syndromefilms.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                     +55 21 98121 2199
BRAZILIAN PRODUCERS attending TIFF 2018

                                               short                                                                                  project

Headed by the founder and producer
Mayra Auad, YOURMAMA believes                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mayra Auad
in the discovery and development of                                                                                                                                                                                                   conteudo@yourmama.com.br
new audiovisual talents. YOURMAMA
brings together producers, distributors,
directors, writers and artists seeking
for creativity and excellence in the
Brazilian Film Industry.
                                           THE ORPHAN                                                                                WHEN MY LIFE WAS MY LIFE
                                           O ÓRFÃO | Brazil | 2018 | 15 min | Fiction                                                QUANDO MINHA VIDA ERA A MINHA VIDA | Brazil and Argentina| 2020 | 90 min | Drama, Dark Humor

                                           Jonathas has been adopted but then           Development Phase: Completed                 A dark-humored look at the new life of          Development Phase: Fundraising
                                           returned due to his 'different' way.         Director: Carolina Markowicz                 Miguel, a drug lord hidden by a mafia           Director: Carolina Markowicz
                                                                                        Screenwriter: Carolina Markowicz             that replaces vegetative relatives of poor      Screenwriter: Carolina Markowicz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Carolina Markowicz
                                                                                        Cast: Clarisse Abujamra, Kauan               families with fugitives.                        Cast: César Bordón, Maeve Jinkings, Rita
                                                                                        Alvarenga, Georgina Castro, Ivo Müller,                                                                                                       conteudo@yourmama.com.br
                                                                                                                                                                                     Cortese, José Luis Arias
                                                                                        Julia Costa                                                                                  Available Territories: All territories
                                                                                        Language: Portuguese                                                                         except Brazil
                                                                                        Filming Location: São Paulo (Brazil)                                                         Filming Locations: Joanópolis (Brazil) and
                                                                                        Budget: US$ 19,000.00                                                                        Triple Frontier Zone (Argentina)
                                                                                        Available Territories: All territories                                                       Languages: Portuguese and Spanish
                                                                                        Previous Festivals and Markets: Cannes                                                       Budget: US$ 1,081,000.00
                                                                                        – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs – Award
                                                                                                                                                                                     Previous Festivals and Markets: Cinemart
                                                                                        Queer Palm - Première 2018, Locarno
                                                                                                                                                                                     2018 - Australab 3 Puertos Cine 2017,
                                                                                        International Film Festival – Academy
                                                                                                                                                                                     Ibermedia Development Fund 2017, SPCine
                                                                                        Screening 2018, São Paulo International
                                                                                                                                                                                     Script Doctoring Fund, FAM Florianópolis
                                                                                        Short Film Festival 2018, Toronto
                                                                                                                                                                                     Audiovisual Mercosul – 2017
                                                                                        International Film Festival 2018, Concorto
                                                                                        Film Festival 2018, Festival de Biarritz
                                                                                        Amérique Latine 2018                                                                         Production Companies: Cinematográfica
                                                                                                                                                                                     Superfilmes and YOURMAMA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    São Paulo - SP
www.yourmama.com.br                                                                     Production Company: YOURMAMA                                                                 Co-production Company: Ajimolido Films
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    +55 11 3060 6110
                                                                                        Sales: FiGa/Br | contact@figafilms.com                                                       Distribution Company: Bretz Filmes
BRAZILIAN DISTRIBUTOR attending TIFF 2018

                                               film                                                                                  PROJECT

Internationally known as “your bridge
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blockbusters such as "SOS Women to       DAVID'S SECRET                                                                             CRAVOS
the Sea 2", with more than 1.5 million
tickets sold.                            O SEGREDO DE DAVI | Brazil | 2018 | 90 min | Fiction                                       Brazil | 2018 | 105 min | Documentary

                                         Davi is a 20 year-old orphan, who hides           Development Phase: Completed             A family. Three generations of artists.   Development Phase: Completed
                                         from a dark past. When David starts a             Director: Diego Freitas                  Mário Cravo Junior, grandfather and       Director: Marco del Fiol
                                         troubled friendship with Jônatas, a new           Screenwriter: Diego Freitas              Brazilian modern sculpture icon. Mário    Screenwriter: Marco del Fiol
                                         college student, a forgotten instinct             Cast: Nicolas Prattes                    Cravo Neto, father and worldwide renown   Cast: Mario Cravo Neto
                                         comes back and turns him into a serial            Available Territories: All territories   photographer. Christian Cravo, grandson   Available Territories: All territories
                                         killer famous on the web. Davi has then           Filming Location: São Paulo (Brazil)     and photographer on the rise. Three men   Filming Location: Brazil
                                         to alternate between a shy student and            Language: Portuguese                     united by blood and by art, torn by the   Language: Portuguese
                                         the feared anonymous murderer. And                Budget: US$ 1,600,000.00                 wild nature of their personalities.       Budget: US$ 1,200,000.00
                                         everything gets even more complicated
                                         when the ghosts of the victims appear             Production Companies: Parakino and                                                 Production Company: Casa Redonda
                                         to give him a list of the next victims,           Movioca                                                                            Produções Culturais
                                         including Jônatas.

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                                       BUILDING BRIDGES                                                                           EUGENIA
                                       CONSTRUINDO PONTES | Brazil | 2017 | 72 min | Documentary                                  Bolivia and Brazil | 2017 | 82 min | Drama, Coming-of-Age

                                       “Building Bridges” is a film that pursues      Development Phase: Completed                Eugenia, a young middle-class woman             Development Phase: Completed
                                       a possible relationship between Heloisa,       Director: Heloisa Passos                    living in a small town in Bolivia, has          Director: Martín Boulocq
                                       the filmmaker, and her father, an engineer     Screenwritter: Heloisa Passos               decided to separate from her husband,           Screenwritter: Martín Boulocq
                                       who had his moment of glory during the         Available Territories: All territories      leave her job and move to her father’s          Cast: Andrea Camponovo, Alvaro Eid,
                                       Brazilian military dictatorship. Projections   Language: Portuguese                        house in another city. Predisposed to           Alejandra Lanza, Simón Peña, Ricardo
                                       and maps become the first bridges to           Previous Festivals and Markets: São Paulo   new experiences, she wants to start             Gumucio, Alicia Gamio, Rafaela
                                       connect with the past. However, it is the      International Film Festival and IDFA 2017   a different life. As time goes by she           Mesquita, Emilio Lanza
                                       inescapable present that really strikes                                                    gets disappointed with her surrounding          Available Territories: All territories
                                       Heloisa and Alvaro as they position            Production Company: Maquina Filmes          environment until one day she receives          Filming Location: Bolivia
                                       themselves on opposite sides of the            Distribution Company: Espaço Filmes         a notice that will put her long-awaited         Language: Spanish
                                       troubling political situation of Brazil.       Sales: FiGa/Br | contact@figafilms.com      independence at risk.                           Previous Festivals and Markets: São Paulo
                                                                                                                                                                                  International Film Festival, Mar del Plata

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